Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Ethics of publications and prevention of unconscientious practice of publications

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

An Editors takes seriously and investigates any allegations of misconduct. If you have a suspicious in any misconduct by any person evolved in publication process (plagiarism, data manipulations, untruthful authorship, unfair by reviewer, confidential violation, multiply submissions etc.) please inform us via editorial email ei.journal.impeer@gmail.com. The group of Editors, stated by Editor-in-Chief, will investigate that case carefully, according to COPE recommendations https://publicationethics.org/misconduct and inform you about the results. Allegations of misconduct are accepted on a confidential basis.

If you have any complaints against the Journal, its staff, editorial board or publisher, please inform us via editorial email ei.journal.impeer@gmail.com. Every complaint handling carefully by the group of Editors, stated by Editor-in-Chief, according to COPE recommendations https://publicationethics.org/appeals. Complaints are accepted on a confidential basis. We will inform you about the results.

All authors, reviewers and editors required to declare is there any relevant financial or non-financial conflicts of interest / competing interests exists. If you know about existing conflicts of interest / competing interests of parties involved, please inform us via editorial email ei.journal.impeer@gmail.com. Such cases will be resolved according to COPE recommendations https://publicationethics.org/competinginterests.

Post publication debates are allowed through the letter to the editor via editorial email ei.journal.impeer@gmail.com, All cases will be handled and resolved according to COPE recommendations https://publicationethics.org/postpublication. In case of correcting, revising or retracting needed, it will be published with clearly identification.

 

Duties of Editors

Publication decisions. The editorial board is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editorial board will be guided by the policies of the journal and constrained by legal requirements related to libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Members of the editorial board will confer and refer to reviewers recommendations in making this decision.

Equality. An editor, member of the editorial board or reviewer must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, political philosophy, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, or religious belief of the authors.

Confidentiality. The edition board guarantees confidentiality, that is, it undertakes not to disclose information about the given manuscript to anyone other than the respective authors, reviewers, other editorial consultants and, if necessary, the publisher.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's, reviewer’s or any other reader’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

 

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions. Reviewers assist the editorial board in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications during the open review process with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Qualification and Efficiency. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. The editorial board is responsible for ensuring the promptness of responses in the open review process.

Confidentiality. Reviewers are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the review process.

Establishing Standards of Objectivity through Critical Discussion. Reviews should be conducted objectively. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments in the spirit of enhancing the quality of the paper through the mutual rational controls of critical discussion.

Acknowledgement of Sources. References to the ideas of others should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest. Information or ideas obtained through peer review must only be used with the explicit agreement of the participants in the peer review.

 

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper.

Originality and Plagiarism. The Editorial Board of Journal recognize different cultural beliefs about the acceptability of quoting the ideas of others as if they were one’s own, and authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Authorship. Authors list should include only those persons, who made a significant contribution to the submitted article.

Fundamental errors in published works. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in the published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and work with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.