PUBLICATION ETHICS

General Ethical Policies:

1. Basis for Ethics:

   • ISIR Publisher adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and the International Committee of GSAR Publishers Editorial Board codes of conduct.

2. Responsibilities of Publisher:

   • Editorial decisions are final, made based on professional judgment, free from commercial interests.
   • Ensuring the integrity of academic and research records.
   • Continuous monitoring of ethics by various stakeholders.
   • Vigilance against plagiarism and fraudulent data issues.
   • Willingness to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors:

1. Authority and Decision-Making:

   • Editors have full authority to reject/accept manuscripts.
   • Decision-making is based on professional judgment and discussion with other editors and reviewers.

2. Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest:

   • Maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
   • Preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
   • Disclose and avoid conflicts of interest.

3. Academic Integrity:

   • Preserve academic integrity and meet the needs of readers and authors.

4. Plagiarism and Fraudulent Data:

   • Investigate and address plagiarism and fraudulent data issues.
   • Willingness to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers:

1. Assisting Editorial Decision:

   • Assist editors in making decisions on manuscript publication.

2. Confidentiality and Objectivity:

   • Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts.
   • Provide timely and objective comments.
   • Avoid conflicts of interest.

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors:

1. Originality and Agreement:

   • Authors must ensure that their work is not plagiarized and is an original contribution.
   • Agree not to submit the manuscript elsewhere during the review period.

2. Full Responsibility:

   • Authors take full responsibility for their submitted and published work.

Violation of Publication Ethics:

1. Plagiarism:

   • Intentionally using someone else’s ideas or material without proper citation.
   • All manuscripts are subject to plagiarism screening.

2. Data Fabrication and Falsification:

   • Falsifying or fabricating research data or results.

3. Simultaneous Submission:

   • Submitting a manuscript to a journal while it is under consideration by another journal.

4. Duplicate and Redundant Publications:

   • Duplicate publication: Sharing essentially the same content without cross-referencing.
   • Redundant publications: Inappropriately dividing study outcomes into multiple articles.

The guidelines emphasize the importance of ethical conduct at every stage of the publication process and provide a framework for handling ethical violations. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to adhere to these ethical standards.