Publication Ethics

This statement of publication ethics outlines the ethical standards for all parties involved in the publication process of this journal, including the publisher, editors, reviewers, and authors. This publication ethics statement upholds three fundamental ethical principles: (i) Neutrality, free from conflicts of interest in managing publications; (ii) Fairness, ensuring proper authorship attribution; and (iii) Honesty, free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism in publications.

Publisher Responsibilities

  • The publisher is responsible for publishing manuscripts that have undergone editing, peer review, and layout processes in accordance with scientific journal publishing standards.
  • The publisher ensures academic freedom for editors and reviewers in performing their duties.
  • The publisher is responsible for maintaining privacy, protecting intellectual property rights and copyright, and ensuring editorial independence.

Editor Responsibilities

  • Editors are responsible for deciding which manuscripts are suitable for publication based on editorial board discussions and in accordance with applicable legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement, duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, and plagiarism.
  • In the review and acceptance process, editors apply the principle of fairness without discrimination based on race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political ideology of the authors.
  • Editors and the editorial team must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts without the author’s permission.
  • Unpublished manuscripts must not be used by editors for their own research purposes and must be returned to the authors.

Reviewer Responsibilities (Peer Reviewers / Mitra Bestari)

  • Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions regarding submitted manuscripts.
  • Reviewers are responsible for the recommendations they provide on the manuscripts they review.
  • Reviews must be conducted objectively and supported by clear arguments.
  • Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited and ensure the absence of duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, and plagiarism.
  • Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of information and must not use any information obtained from the manuscript for personal advantage.

Author Responsibilities

  • Authors must present their manuscripts clearly, honestly, and without duplication, data fabrication, data falsification, or plagiarism.
  • Authors are responsible for the content and statements presented in their manuscripts.
  • Authors must properly cite all sources, opinions, and works of others used in their manuscript.
  • Authors must prepare manuscripts ethically, honestly, and responsibly in accordance with applicable scientific writing standards.
  • Authors must not submit the same manuscript to another journal while it is under review in this journal (no double submission).
  • Authors agree that their manuscripts may undergo editorial revisions during the review and layout process without altering the substance or main ideas of the work.