Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

(Based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors)

All parties involved, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to adhere to ethical norms.

Ethical guidelines for journal publication

The Journal of Current Research in Engineering and Science is dedicated to assuring publishing ethics and article quality.

Journal of Current Research in Engineering and Science, in particular, adheres to the Code of Conduct established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

These ethics involve the editor adhering to specific guidelines for interactions with readers, authors, and reviewers, as well as protocols for dealing with complaints.

All parties involved, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to adhere to ethical norms. Most notably,

Authors

1. Authors must include an objective appraisal of the value of their research, along with sufficient facts and citations.

2. Authors shall keep accurate records of data related with their submitted work and provide or provide access to these data upon reasonable request. The authors warrant that all data presented in the publication are genuine and accurate. Authors should deposit data in a proper repository or storage site, for sharing and further use by others, as applicable and when permitted by the employer, funding organization, and others who may have an interest.

3. Statements that are fraudulent or willfully incorrect are unethical and inappropriate.

4. The authors should ensure that their work is completely original and that any usage of the work and/or language of others is adequately acknowledged. Plagiarism in any form is unethical publication behavior that cannot be tolerated. Submitting the same paper to multiple journals simultaneously is unethical and improper publishing behavior. Articles describing substantially the same research should not be submitted to more than one journal.

5. When applicable, authors should recognize the financial support and assistance/guidance of others.

6. Authors should include a disclaimer when necessary.

7. All co-authors should contribute meaningfully to the research. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors unanimously approve the final version of the manuscript and its submission for publication.

8. Authors must engage in the peer review process.

9. Authors should promptly contact the editor if a serious error is discovered in their publication and work with the editor to produce an erratum, addendum, or corrigendum notice, or to retract the article if considered necessary.

Editors

1. Editors have entire authority and obligation to accept or reject a manuscript.

2. Editors should evaluate papers solely based on their scholarly value. Editors carry out their tasks in a balanced, objective, and impartial manner, without discrimination based on the gender, sexual orientation, religion or political opinions, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.

3. Editors accept a paper if it's reasonably guaranteed to be accepted.

4. Editors may not use unpublished information in their own study without the author's express written permission.

5. Editors maintain the confidentiality of reviewers.

6. When an error is discovered, editors encourage the publication of a correction or retraction.

7. When an editor receives ethical objections regarding a submitted manuscript or a published article, he or she should take reasonable measures to respond.

Referees

1. Manuscripts submitted for evaluation must be treated as confidential materials. Confidential information or ideas received through peer review must not be exploited for personal gain and must be kept private.

2. Reports should be conducted objectively, and observations should be clearly stated with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them to improve the paper. Any pertinent published work that has not yet been cited should be highlighted.

3. Any referee who feels unqualified to evaluate the research described in a manuscript or who is aware that a prompt assessment is impossible must tell the editor and withdraw from the review process.

4. Referees should not evaluate articles in which they have competing, collaborative, or other relationships or links with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the publications.

Publisher

1. The publisher monitors and protects publication ethics.

2. The publisher conveys the journal's policies.

3. The publisher respects the privacy of all interested parties.

4. The publisher encourages editorial autonomy.

5. The Publisher safeguards the academic record's integrity.

6. The publisher safeguards the intellectual property and copyrights.

7. The publisher issues corrections, clarifications, and retraction notices.

8. The publisher continually enhances the journal's quality.

Article withdraw policy

It is a general concept of scholarly communication that the editor or guest editor of a scientific journal or series is exclusively and independently responsible for determining whether submitted papers will be published. In making this judgment, the editor/guest editor is influenced by the journal's editorial board's standards and legal obligations pertaining to libel, infringement of copyright, and plagiarism. A consequence of this idea is the significance of the scholarly archive as a permanent, historical record of intellectual transactions. To the greatest extent possible, published articles must remain existent, exact, and unchanged. Occasionally, though, circumstances may occur in which a previously published piece must be retracted or even removed. Such actions should not be taken lightly and are only allowed in rare cases, such as: 

Article Withdrawal:

Only used for "Articles in Press," which are preliminary versions of articles that may contain errors or have been sent twice inadvertently. Infrequently, but occasionally, the articles may violate professional ethical rules, such as multiple submissions, false claims of authorship, plagiarism, or dishonest use of data.

Article Retraction:

Infractions of professional ethical rules, such as numerous submissions, fabricated claims of authorship, plagiarism, and dishonest use of data. Occasionally, a retraction is used to address submission or publication errors.

Article Removal:

Legal restrictions applicable to the publisher, copyright holder, or author (s).

Article Replacement:

Identification of fraudulent or faulty facts that, if acted upon, would constitute a serious health risk.