Publication Ethics
Duties and responsibilities of Editors
The ethic statements of the MEPR, concerning the duties of the editors, are based on Committee on Publication Ethics, Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Editors in MEPR work to enhance the quality of the Journal. They are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted should be published and they are guided by the policies of the Journal’s Board.
The editors survey manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic origin, religious belief, or political orientation of the authors.
The editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher. Our peer reviewing is double blind.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by editors without the express written consent of the author.
Duties and responsibilities of Reviewers
Peer review cooperates with the editor in making editorial decisions and also assist the author in improving the paper.
Any manuscripts received for review is treated as secret documents.
Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Reviewers should call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper.
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts which can give birth to conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duties and responsibilities of Authors
Authors should present an accurate account as well as an objective discussion of its significance. The articles should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Authors should not publish manuscripts presenting the same research in other journals or primary publication.
The 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.
All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors are included on the article, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the article and have agreed to its submission to the Journal for its publication.
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the Journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to emend the paper.
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