JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences (JESAUN) - Publication Ethics

JES journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. The authors are encouraged to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on:

International Standards for Editors

International Standards for Authors

International standards for editors and authors

Publishing Ethics: It is the responsibility of authors to ensure that the article has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere in any format, and that there are no ethical concerns with the contents or data collection. Authors must make sure that there is no conflict of interest with others. Acknowledgment of other researcher’s studies must be always considered. Authors must make sure that their manuscript is plagiarism free, and they have original research, and any used studies/research from other researchers, are suitably cited. Authorship must be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the research. All authors of the article should have significantly contributed to submitted work. The order of naming the contributors should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor towards the study and writing of the manuscript. Once submitted, the order cannot be changed without a written consent of all the contributors. If some people have participated in some aspects of the research, they must be either acknowledged or listed as contributors. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to make sure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the article. It is also his responsibility to ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the article and have agreed to its submission for publication. He also should inform the journal if he subsequently finds errors in the research, include appropriate funding statements in the manuscript, and sign a copyright agreement on behalf of the authors.

All the editors, publishers, researchers, and peer reviewers JES journal strongly encourage to carefully review and follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines. 

Authors responsibilities:

• All submitted works must be original and totally free from plagiarism. 
• Authors should confirm that their manuscripts have not been submitted to other Journal or that their manuscripts have not been published previously in other Journals either partially or fully, only if the researcher expends his/her previous work, but they must clarify this point.
• Authors must confirm that their manuscripts do not include any manipulated or fabricated information, tables, or images to support their conclusions.
• All authors name in each manuscript should contribute significantly to the scientific work in their manuscript.
• Authors should clearly identify any possible conflict of interest. 

Authorship credit should be based on

• Substantial contributors to the conception or design of the work or the acquisition, analysis,    or interpretation of data for the work,
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content,
• Final approval of the version to be published, and
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
• Authors should meet these four conditions after the initial submission of a manuscript and any changes whatsoever in authorship (adding author(s), deleting author(s), or re-arranging the order of authors) must be explained by a letter to the editor from the authors concerned. This letter must be signed by all authors on the paper. JES does not correct authorship after the final acceptance unless a mistake has been made by the editorial staff. Authorship may be changed before the final acceptance when the authorship correction is requested by all the authors involved with the manuscript. The corresponding author takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process. The corresponding author should be available throughout the submission and peer review process to respond to editorial queries in a timely manner and should be available to respond to critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information or questions about the paper even after publication. 

Editors & Reviewers responsibilities:

• The editorial team should keep the academic research transparency.
• The decision that taken by the editorial and reviewer team should be free from bias forms and must be based on the quality and originality of the submitted content.
• The decision that taken by the editorial and reviewer team should be objectively based on the academic knowledge and experience of each team member.
• Editors should pay attention to not disclose any personal information on submitted manuscripts before the process of manuscripts publishing is completed.
• Reviewers should offer a detailed evaluation of each submitted manuscript.
• Editorial and reviewer team should keep the confidentially and security of all submitted manuscripts information.  

The Editorial Board will continuously work to monitor and safeguard publication ethics:

Guidelines for retracting articles;
Maintenance of the integrity of academic records;
Preclusion of business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;
Publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed; and
Excluding plagiarized and fraudulent data. 

The editors maintain the following responsibilities:

Responsibility and authority to reject and accept articles;
Avoid any conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject or accept;
Promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found; and
Preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 

Publishers' Responsibilities:

• JES is committed to deal with an experienced team of editorial and reviewers to ensure providing authors with an appropriate detailed decision regarding their publications.
• JES pay a huge attention to protect integrity autonomy and originality of each published article. 

Originality, plagiarism, and duplicate publication

Submitted manuscripts must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. No part of the accepted manuscript should be duplicated in any other journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. Submitted manuscripts are checked for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication upon the paper's arrival. If plagiarism or duplicate publication is detected, the manuscripts may be rejected, the authors will be announced in the journal, and their institutions will be informed. There will also be penalties for the authors. A letter of permission is required for all material that has been published previously. It is the responsibility of the author to request permission from the publisher for any material that is being reproduced. This requirement applies to text, figures, and tables.

Conflict of interest statement

The corresponding author must inform the editor of any potential conflicts of interest that could influence the authors' interpretation of the data. Examples of potential conflicts of interest are financial support from or connections to companies, political pressure from interest groups, and academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be explicitly stated.

Process for managing research and publication misconduct

When the journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct, such as redundant publication, plagiarism, fraudulent or fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflict of interest, ethical problems with a submitted manuscript, appropriation by a reviewer of an author's idea or data, and complaints against editors, the resolution process will follow the flowchart provided by COPE, https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts.
The discussion and decision on the suspected cases are carried out by the Editorial Board. 

Ethics

General: JES applies research and publication ethics standards based on COPE's International Standards for Editors and Authors (https://publicationethics.org/node/11184). Violation of publication ethics will result in the activation of COPE flow chart. (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts)
Authorship: Authors are encouraged to check ICMJE's guideline for authorship. (http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). Authorship problems will be dealt with according to COPE flowcharts. (https://publicationethics.org/authorship)
IASEM Code of Ethics: Code of Ethics