Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
At EJET Publishing, we are committed to upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process and adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics. We expect strict adherence to standards of ethical practices from all the parties involved, i.e., expert reviewers, editors, and authors. Our prime objective is to educate researchers, authors, contributors, reviewers, and editors on understanding and delivering those standards, in partnership with others.
Authorship
By an author we mean an individual who has made considerable academic contributions to a scientific investigation. For example, one who contributes significantly to the conception, design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of the data participates in drafting, reviewing, or revising the manuscript for intellectual content and approves the manuscript for publication.
Corresponding Author
One author should be designated as a corresponding author if there are multiple authors in a research paper. The corresponding author assumes overall responsibility for the manuscript by providing a significant contribution to the research effort, and may not necessarily be the principal investigator or project leader.
Co-authors
All the co-authors of a research paper are responsible for providing consent for authorship to the corresponding author. They should contribute to the research work, take responsibility for appropriate portions of the content, and acknowledge that they have reviewed and approved the manuscript. They are also responsible for the content of all appropriate portions of the manuscript, including the integrity of any applicable research.
Contributor-ship
In the Acknowledgement section, the corresponding author should also specify individuals or institutions who have also contributed to the article but are not its authors. All acknowledged individuals should agree to be acknowledged. Besides, an editor may ask the corresponding author to provide the written consent from all acknowledged individuals for being mentioned in the Acknowledgement.
According to CRediT, contributors’ roles are defined as follows:
- Conceptualisation: Ideas; formulation or evolution of research goals and aims.
- Data curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub and maintain research data (including software code for interpreting the data itself).
- Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesise study data.
- Funding acquisition: Acquisition of financial project support.
- Investigation: Conducting research, performing experiments, and collecting data.
- Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
- Project administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and implementation.
- Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, laboratory samples, computing resources, and other analysis tools.
- Software: Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
- Supervision: Leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and implementation.
- Validation: Verification of the overall research.
- Visualisation: Preparation, creation, and presentation of the published work.
- Writing – original draft: Preparation, creation, and presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft.
- Writing – review & editing: Preparation, creation, and presentation of the published work by those from the original research group (critical review, commentary or revision for pre- or post-publication stages).
Duties of Authors
- Authors should not submit the same manuscript in the same language simultaneously to more than one journal...
- Manipulation of data and results, intellectual property theft, and plagiarism are highly unacceptable...
- Authors and co-authors are requested to review and ensure the accuracy and validity of all the results prior to submission...
- All authors are requested to submit the License to publish agreement without failure once they receive the acceptance...
- Manuscripts should include a signed statement of informed consent to publish (online) patient descriptions...
- Sharing with public media, government agencies, or manufacturers the scientific information described in a paper...
- Authors should declare that all work in their submitted paper is original...
- Authors must ensure their contribution does not contain any defamatory matter...
- Authors should ensure that their manuscript, as submitted, is not under consideration elsewhere...
- Authors should declare any potential conflicts of interest relating to a specific research paper...
- In accordance with the position statement of the Committee on Publication Ethics, the policy with regard to AI tools...
Duties of Reviewers
- Reviewers should follow the review guidelines and decide on the articles with special reference to originality and novelty.
- Reviewers should understand that the peer review process is confidential...
- Reviewers should clearly understand that the review process should be unbiased...
- Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest...
- Reviewers should submit a comprehensive and substantial peer review report on time...
- Reviewers should identify the mention of published work in an article that has not been cited...
- Reviewers should also bring to the editorial committee's attention any substantial similarity or overlap...
- Reviewers should have a look at the assigned manuscript and arrive at a decision regarding whether the paper fits within the stated scope of the journal or not...
- Confidential remarks to be done, and the reviewer can advise the editor on acceptance, rejection, or modification...
Duties of Editors
- Editors should look for the views of associate editors, authors, readers, reviewers, and editorial board members...
- If the author has used information of certain individuals, specifically in any of his or her medical or scientific records...
- The editors need to check the validity of the scientific facts stated...
- The editorial board members must ensure that published content is original...
- The final decision regarding modification, acceptance, or rejection of a manuscript rests solely with the editor...
- The comments that are given by the peer reviewers will be strictly followed...
- Editorial decisions should be objective, autonomous, and non-discriminatory...
- Editors should understand that the peer review process is confidential...
- Editors should automatically reject manuscripts that are inappropriate or out of scope...
- The Editor-in-Chief should discuss all matters regarding publication with the editorial board members before making a final decision...
- Editors must investigate and report to the Editor-in-Chief if they receive information that a manuscript is plagiarized...
- Editorial staff must not disclose any information related to a submitted manuscript...
- Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed...
- Editors should not reverse their decisions...
- Editors should ensure that all research materials to be published conform to internationally accepted ethical guidelines...
- Any suspicion of misconduct should be immediately acted upon by the editor...
- Editors should not reject papers based on suspicion...
- Editors should not allow any conflict of interest between journal management staff, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members...
Duties of Publisher
- As the publisher of this journal, we offer editors a contract outlining their responsibilities, rights, and power...
- As the Publishers of this Journal, we do not directly or indirectly influence decisions on the evaluation, selection...
- As Publishers of this journal, we give our editors direct access to the highest level of ownership...
Ethical oversight
EJET Publishers is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards in scholarly publishing...
Consent to Publication
EJET Publishers requires authors to obtain appropriate consent from all individuals or entities mentioned in the research...
Handling Confidential Data
EJET Publishers ensures the confidentiality and security of any confidential data provided during the submission and review process...
Ethical Business/Marketing Practices
EJET Publishers is committed to ethical business and marketing practices...
Compliance and Reporting
Authors should comply with all aspects of this ethical oversight policy...
Conflict of Interest
- The editor should have systems for managing his own conflicts of interest as well as those of his staff, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members...
- Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research...
Dealing with possible misconduct
- The editor has a duty to act if he/she suspects misconduct or if an allegation of misconduct is brought to him...
- The editor should not simply reject papers that raise concerns about possible misconduct...
- The editor should first seek a response from those suspected of misconduct...
- The editor should make all reasonable efforts to ensure that a proper investigation into alleged misconduct is conducted...
Intellectual property
- The editor should be alert to intellectual property issues and work with their publisher to handle potential breaches...
- Best practice for the editor would include adopting systems for detecting plagiarism...
- Supporting authors whose copyright has been breached...
- Being prepared to work with the publisher to defend authors’ rights...
Plagiarism
EJET Publishers is committed to publish original and unpublished material...
Citation Manipulation
Citation manipulation refers to the publication of a research paper primarily to increase an author's number of citations...
Sanctions
In the event of a complaint of misconduct, EJET Publishers will investigate...
Data Sharing and reproducibility
We require that authors make their data openly available...
Post Publication Discussion and Corrections
EJET Publishers encourages post publication debates by submitting a letter to the editor...
