"Ethical Principles of Article Publishing"
Publications should aim to publish problem-oriented and innovative scientific-research articles
The author and those active in the journal (editor of the journal, members of the editorial board, editor-in-chief, editor and publisher) must accept and agree on the ethical rules and charter of the journal.
Publishing decisions
Copyright laws and copying of other literary works must be observed by the publication and the rights of individuals are protected at the time of publication.
Make fair decisions about articles
Decisions about articles should be made at any stage, regardless of the authors' races, genders, religious beliefs, ethnicities, citizenships, or political philosophies.
Confidentiality of information
The personal information of the authors of the articles should always be protected and kept strictly confidential to all persons who have access to it, such as the editor, members of the editorial board and the internal and executive director of the journal, and other active actors (other than the author) such as reviewers, consultants, editors and publishers.
Respect for the interests of individuals
The possibility of using the results of others' research should be done with the reference and written permission of the author.
Duties of Reviewers
- To help editorial decisions
The reviewers undertake to assist the editor of the journal in the qualitative, content and scientific review of the articles or to help improve and enhance the quality and content of the articles through the communication of the editorial members with the respected author.
2- Speed of action
The selected reviewers should, after the initial review, inform the editor of the journal about the quality of the reviewed article and respond in the due time.
3- Confidentiality of information
All information in the articles should be considered confidential to the reviewer and the reviewer should try to save it.
4- To judge by presenting scientific and transparent documents and arguments
Judging articles should be based on sufficient scientific documents and reasoning as well as clearly stated. The documents should be presented to publications and authors. Besides, expressing personal taste, racial and religious opinions, etc. in judging articles must be avoided.
5- To pay attention to the sources used in the article
Paying attention to the sources used in the article is another duty of the reviewers. All research, topics, and citations used in the article should be accompanied by a complete reference in the references.
Duties of authors
1- Commitment to observe scientific standards in writing the article
Authors of articles must write scientifically and coherently and in accordance with the standard of the journal. The method used in the article should be done accurately and objectively and the data should be reported correctly. The rights of other people in the article should be respected through full citation. Expressing sensitive and immoral issues, personal tastes, racial and religious subjects, false and inaccurate information, and translations of other people's works without mentioning the sources in the article should be avoided.
2- Providing raw data if needed
The author should be asked to provide, if necessary, raw data, interviews or questionnaires and other tools used in the research process. Public access to this information (compliant with the ALPSP-STM statement) helps to improve the performance of articles.
3- The originality of the presented article
Articles submitted by the authors should be taken from the research and scientific activities of the author of the article and any use of other people's research should be mentioned in the article.
4- Not simultaneous submission of an article or submission of an already accepted and published article
It is against the law to submit an article to several journals at the same time or to submit already published or accepted articles to other journals.
5- Mentioning the responsible author and colleagues in the article and avoiding to mention unrelated names
The person in charge of the article is one who has played a major role in preparing, designing and executing the article, and other authors are also mentioned as colleagues in the article. He must make sure there are no names other than the authors of the article, and that all authors have read the article and agreed to submit it.
6- Mentioning financial support
Authors should also declare all sponsorships for their article.
7- Announcing the existence of fundamental errors in the articles
Whenever the author notices any errors or inaccuracies in the article, he must inform the journal about it, correct it or withdraw the article.