Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Introduction

Ethical standards are recommended

 Authorship: 

Persons who did not contribute to merit authorship based on the journal’s editorial policy should      not be included as authors whilst exclusion of individuals who meet the requirements of authorships violates the editorial policy of the journal.

 Plagiarism and Duplication of Manuscripts
Original work of authors (s) should be manuscripts that are to be only submitted for review. Duplication of manuscripts for the purpose of publication which shows clearly substantially overlaps without reference to the other publication will be considered a duplication. Under no circumstance will the journal accept a manuscript which is already submitted to another journal at the same time for review and publication. Duplicate submission also includes the submission of the same manuscript in either the same or different languages to be considered for the purpose of publication.

 Fabrication of Information and Data

The fabrication, manipulation or falsification of data is a violation of this publication ethics and therefore manuscript will be rejected if found to contain falsified information.

Further Reading and Guideline Resources are Available At

• WAME - Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
• COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
• I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers
• ICMJE - Responsibilities in the Submission and Peer-Review Process
• STM http://www.stm-assoc.org/
• ICMJE Overlapping Publications