The publication of science
and technology include
thorough, methodical and
complete processes by
publishers and editors which
have to be handled
efficiently and
proficiently. To sustain
high ethical values of
publication, publishers
attempt to work intimately
at all times with editors,
authors, and peer-reviewers.
The ethics statement for the
Engineering & Technology
Journal is based on
those issued by the
Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE) Code of
Conduct guidelines available
at
www.publicationethics.org.
The basic publishing ethics
involved in the publishing
process can be summarized as
follows:
Reviewers’
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the
reviewers can be identified
as:
·
To provide a detailed,
effective, and unbiased
evaluation in promptly on
the scientific content of
the work.
·
To indicate whether the
writing is relevant, brief
and clear and evaluating the
originality and scientific
accuracy of the submitted
paper.
·
To maintain the
confidentiality of the
complete review process.
·
To inform the journal editor
about any financial or
personal conflict of
interest and reject to
review the manuscript when a
possibility of such a
conflict exists.
·
To inform the journal editor
of any ethical concerns in
their evaluation of
submitted manuscripts; such
as any violation of ethical
treatment of animal or human
subjects or any considerable
similarity between the
previously published article
and any reviewed manuscript.
Authors’
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the
authors can be described
as:
·
To assure that all the work
reported in the manuscript
must be original and free
from any plagiarism.
·
To make confident that the
submitted work should not
have been published
elsewhere or submitted to
any other journal(s) at the
same time.
·
To explicitly acknowledge
any potential conflict of
interest.
·
The author(s) must give
proper acknowledgments to
other work reported
(individual/company/institution).
Permission must be obtained
from any content used from
other sources.
·
It is important to note that
only those who have made any
substantial contribution to
the interpretation or
composition of the submitted
work should be listed as
‘Authors’. On the other
hand, other contributors
should be mentioned as
‘co-authors’.
Publishers’ Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the
Engineering & Technology
Journal can be defined
as:
·
Engineering & Technology
Journal
is committed to working with
journal editors, defining
clearly their relevant
roles, in order to ensure
appropriate decisions
regarding publication
procedures and maintaining
the transparency of
editorial decisions.
·
Engineering & Technology
Journal
guarantees the integrity
autonomy and originality of
each published article
concerning:
o
publication and research
funding
o
publication ethics and
integrity
o
conflicts of interest
o
confidentiality
o
authorship
o
article modifications
timely release of content
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