A publication ethics and publication malpractice statement is composed based on the international standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

By submitting a manuscript to journal, as an author you agree to comply with the following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

1. All manuscripts must be the original work of authors and not plagiarism. A zero tolerance approach will be taken to plagiarized manuscripts.
2. A manuscript must be prepared in accordance with journal Guidelines for Authors.
3. Authorship of a manuscript should be limited to authors who have made significant contributions.
4. Authors must properly and accurately acknowledge the work of others.
5. Authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript and acknowledge individuals or organizations that have provided financial support for research.
6. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editor in Chief and Editorial Board Members

1. The editors of the journal take all possible measures against any publication malpractices.
2. Editor in Chief or the assigned editorial board members from time to time are responsible for making decisions on size and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal.
3. The journal utilizes a double blind peer review process. The Editor in Chief and members of the Editorial board ensure the integrity of the publication review process by not revealing either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to authors.
4. The members of the Editorial Board receive all manuscripts for review in confidence and do not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, other external referees sought from time to time and the publisher.
5. Any of editorial board members must not use materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript (published or unpublished) for their own research without the author’s written authorization.
6. Editors shall conduct proper and fair investigation into ethical complaints.
7. The editors do not engage in theoretical discussions with the authors. They do not have conflict of interests with respect to articles they reject or accept.

Responsibility of Reviewers

All papers submitted to the journal should be double-blind peer-reviewed.

1. The reviewers of the paper won’t get to know the identity of the authors, and the authors won’t get to know the identity of the reviewer. Everyone should get a similar and unbiased review. Reviewers’ judgments should be objective; they should formulate and express supporting arguments about urgency of research, its novelty and authenticity.
2. Reviewers keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
3. Reviewers conduct their business of review objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
4. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments that will constructively guide the editorial decision by the Editor in Chief or his or her nominee.
5. Reviewers should complete their reviews within the journal stipulated timeframe.
6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are now screened by plagiarism detection software.

To avoid plagiarism, authors confirm that:

1. Authors understand plagiarism is against the profession ethics;
2. No copyrighted materials have been used in the manuscript without permission;
3. The manuscript is free from plagiarism and has not been published previously;
4. Authors will take the full responsibility for the opinion expressed in the paper and for settling in all disputes arising from using any copyrighted materials in the manuscript without proper permission.

The author will be required to clarify regarding the plagiarized manuscript within two week if it is found to be suspected of plagiarism during any stages even after publication. Without a reasonable and timely explanation, the manuscript will be automatically rejected and removed from the system.