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Publication Guidelines & Ethics
To maintain fair practice we strongly believe in following COPE ethics and guidelines. We are committed to fair practice of publication. Success in this regard can be achieved if ethics are well practiced by the Authors, Editors, Reviewers as well as Publisher.
Guidelines:
For
Print Edition papers must be written in English; Online publications may
be consider in any language but should be in proper format and abstract
must be written in English language. For
that paper which is written-in other than English language, author/s has
to provide a list of THREE reviewers to review their paper (for online
publication). Papers
submitted must be in MS Word format with file extension *.doc. List
of Reviewers 1.
The Author has to provide the details of at least three Reviewers to
review his paper. 2.
The Reviewer may be either Associate Professor / Reader or Professor in
the field of specialisation as the subject of the paper demands to whom
we may request for review of 3.
The Reviewer should be other than the Members of Editorial Board of the
Journal, 4.
The paper may also be sent to others for review in addition to the list
of Reviewers provided by the author. Full
Name : Designation
: Field
of specialization : Address
: Institute/Department
: University
: Mobile
No. : Publication
Ethics:
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The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and
responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation. #
Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without
fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. #
Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted
work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published
elsewhere. Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly
and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others. #
Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and
published work. The authorship of research publications should
accurately reflect individuals contributions to the work and its
reporting. #
Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed
Publication is the final stage of research and therefore a
responsibility for all researchers. Scholarly publications are expected
to provide a detailed and permanent record of research. Because
publications form the basis for both new research and the application of
findings, they can affect not only the research community but also,
indirectly, society at large. Researchers
therefore have a responsibility to ensure that their publications are
honest, clear, accurate, complete and balanced, and should avoid
misleading, selective or ambiguous reporting. Journal editors also have
responsibilities for ensuring the integrity of the research literature
and these are set out in companion guidelines. This
document aims to establish international standards for authors of
scholarly research publications and to describe responsible research
reporting practice. Reliability A]
The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and
responsible manner and follow all relevant legislation B]
The research being reported should be sound and carefully executed. C]
Researchers should use appropriate methods of data analysis and display
(and, if needed, seek and follow specialist advice on this). D]
Authors should take collective responsibility for their work and
for the content of their publications. Researchers should check their
publications carefully at all stages to ensure methods and findings are
reported accurately. Authors should carefully check calculations, data
presentations, typescripts/submissions and proofs. Sincerity A]
Authors should represent the work of others accurately in citations and
quotations. B]
Authors should not copy references from other publications if they have
not read the cited work. C]
Researchers should present their results honestly and without
fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. Research
images (e.g. micrographs, X-rays, pictures of electrophoresis gels)
should not be modified in a misleading way. D]
Researchers should strive to describe their methods and to present their
findings clearly and unambiguously. Researchers should follow applicable
reporting guidelines. Publications should provide sufficient detail to
permit experiments to be repeated by other researchers. E]
Reports of research should be complete. They should not omit
inconvenient, inconsistent or inexplicable findings or results that do
not support the authors’ or sponsors’ hypothesis or interpretation. F]
Authors should alert the editor promptly if they discover an error in
any submitted, accepted or published work. Authors should cooperate with
editors in issuing corrections or retractions when required. G]
New findings should be presented in the context of previous research.
The work of others should be fairly represented. Scholarly reviews and
syntheses of existing research should be complete, balanced, and should
include findings regardless of whether they support the hypothesis or
interpretation being proposed. H]
Editorials or opinion pieces presenting a single viewpoint or argument
should be clearly distinguished from scholarly reviews. I]
Study limitations should be addressed in publications. Originality A]
Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is
original and has not been published elsewhere in any language. B]
Work should not be submitted concurrently to more than one publication
unless the editors have agreed to co-publication. C]
If articles are co-published this fact should be made clear to readers. D]
Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be followed. Copyright
material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) should be
reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. E]
Relevant previous work and publications, both by other researchers and
the authors’ own, should be properly acknowledged and referenced. The
primary literature should be cited where possible. F]
Data, text, figures or ideas originated by other researchers should be
properly acknowledged and should not be presented as if they were the
authors’ own. Original wording taken directly from publications by
other researchers should appear in quotation marks with the appropriate
citations. G]
Authors should inform editors if findings have been published previously
or if multiple reports or multiple analyses of a single data set are
under consideration for publication elsewhere. H]
Authors should provide copies of related publications or work submitted
to other journals. I]
Multiple publications arising from a single research project should be
clearly identified as such and the primary publication should be
referenced. J]
Translations and adaptations
for different audiences should be clearly identified as such, should
acknowledge the original source, and should respect relevant copyright
conventions and permission requirements. K]
If in doubt, authors should seek permission from the original publisher
before republishing any work. L]
All sources of research funding, including direct and indirect financial
support, supply of equipment or materials, and other support
should be disclosed. M]
Authors should disclose the role of the research funder(s) or sponsor
(if any) in the research design, execution, analysis, interpretation and
reporting. N]
Authors should disclose relevant financial and non-financial interests
and relationships that might be considered likely to affect the
interpretation of their findings or which editors, reviewers or readers
might reasonably wish to know. This includes any relationship to the
journal, for example if editors publish their own research in their own
journal. In addition, authors should follow journal and institutional
requirements for disclosing competing interests. Appropriate
acknowledgement A]
The research literature serves as a record not only of what has been
discovered but also of who made the discovery. The authorship of
research publications should therefore accurately reflect individuals’
contributions to the work and its reporting. B]
In cases where major contributors are listed as authors while those who
made less substantial, or purely technical, contributions to the
research or to the publication are listed in an acknowledgement section,
the criteria for authorship and acknowledgement should be agreed at the
start of the project. Ideally, authorship criteria within a particular
field should be agreed, published and consistently applied by research
institutions, professional and academic societies, and funders. While
journal editors should publish and promote accepted authorship criteria
appropriate to their field, they cannot be expected to adjudicate in
authorship disputes. C]
Responsibility for the correct attribution of authorship lies with
authors themselves working under the guidance of their institution.
Research institutions should promote and uphold fair and accepted
standards of authorship and acknowledgement. When required, institutions
should adjudicate in authorship disputes and should ensure that due
process is followed. D]
Researchers should ensure that only those individuals who meet
authorship criteria (i.e. made a substantial contribution to the work)
are rewarded with authorship and that deserving authors are not omitted.
Institutions and journal editors should encourage practices that prevent
guest, gift, and ghost authorship. E]
All authors should agree to be listed and should approve the submitted
and accepted versions of the publication. Any change to the author list
should be approved by all authors including any who have been removed
from the list. F]
The corresponding author should
act as a point of contact between the editor and the other authors and
should keep co-authors informed and involve them in major decisions
about the publication. G]
Authors should not use acknowledgements misleadingly to imply a
contribution or endorsement by individuals who have not, in fact, been
involved with the work or given an endorsement. Responsibility A]
All authors should have read and be familiar with the reported work and
should ensure that publications follow the principles set out in these
guidelines. In most cases, authors will be expected to take joint
responsibility for the integrity of the research and its reporting. However,
if authors take responsibility only for certain aspects of the research
and its reporting, this should be specified in the publication. B]
Authors should work with the editor or publisher to correct their work
promptly if errors or omissions are discovered after publication. C]
Authors should abide by relevant conventions, requirements, and
regulations to make materials, reagents, software or datasets available
to other researchers who request them. D]
Researchers, institutions, and funders should have clear policies for
handling such requests. Authors must also follow relevant journal
standards. E]
While proper acknowledgement is expected, researchers should not demand
authorship as a condition for sharing materials. F]
Authors should respond appropriately to post-publication comments and
published Correspondence. G]
Authors should attempt to answer correspondents’ questions and supply
clarification or additional details where needed. Adherence
to peer review and publication conventions A]
Authors should follow publishers’ requirements that work is not
submitted to more than one publication for consideration at the same
time. B]
Authors should inform the editor if they withdraw their work from
review, or choose not to respond to reviewer comments after receiving a
conditional acceptance. C]
Authors should respond to reviewers’ comments in a professional and
timely manner. D]
Authors should respect publishers’ requests for press embargos and
should not generally allow their findings to be reported in the press if
they have been accepted for publication (but not yet published) in a
scholarly publication. E]
Authors and their institutions should liaise and cooperate with
publishers to coordinate media activity (e.g. press releases and press
conferences) around publication. F]
Press releases should accurately reflect the work and should not include
statements that go further than the research findings. Responsible
reporting A]
Appropriate approval, licensing or registration should be obtained
before the research begins and details should be provided in the report
(e.g. Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Committee approval,
national licensing authorities for the use of animals). B]
If requested by editors, authors should supply evidence that reported
research received the appropriate approval and was carried out
ethically. C]
Researchers should not generally publish or share identifiable
individual data collected in the course of research without specific
consent from the individual (or their representative). D]
Researchers should remember that many scholarly journals are now freely
available on the internet, and should therefore be mindful of the risk
of causing danger or upset to unintended readers. E]
The appropriate statistical analyses should be determined at the start
of the study and a data analysis plan for the prespecified outcomes
should be prepared and followed. F]
Secondary or post hoc analyses should be distinguished from primary
analyses and those set out in the data analysis plan. G]
Researchers should publish all meaningful research results that might
contribute to understanding. H]
In particular, there is an ethical responsibility to publish the
findings of all clinical trials. The publication of unsuccessful studies
or experiments that reject a hypothesis may help prevent others from
wasting time and resources on similar projects. I]
If findings from small studies and those that fail to reach
statistically significant results can be combined to produce more useful
information (e.g. by meta-analysis) then such findings should be
published. J]
Authors should supply research protocols to journal editors if requested
(e.g. for clinical trials) so that reviewers and editors can compare the
research report to the protocol to check that it was carried out as
planned and that no relevant details have been omitted. K]
Researchers should follow relevant requirements for clinical trial
registration and should include the trial registration number in all
publications arising from the trial.
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