Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

 

STATEMENTS OF PUBLICATION ETHICS

• BETAHPA, a double-blind peer-review academic journal, is committed to maintaining the scholarly publication ethics for all parties involved in the publication processes. 
• BETAHPA’ statements of publication ethics is based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

 

PUBLICATION AND AUTHORSHIP

Originality and Plagiarism

• Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere - fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
• Authors should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.  Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

• Authors used the work and/or words of others, that this original has to be appropriately cited or quoted and accurately reflects the individuals’ contributions to the work.

Disclosure, Conflicts of Interest, and Financial Support

• All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
• All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

 

AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting Authentic

• Authors should submit papers only on work that has been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and that complies with all relevant legislation.
• Authors should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation.
• Authors should describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others.

Authorship for Significant Contribution

• Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study.  All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.  Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
• The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Retractions or Corrections of Mistakes

 

• When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work,it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Participation in Peer Review Process

• Authors should be obliged to participate in peer review process.
• Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

 

REVIEWERS RESPONSIBILITIES

Objectivity

• Reviews should be conducted objectively.
• Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
• Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments and evidence.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

• Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
• Reviewers should not consider 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.

Acknowledgement of Relevant Sources

• Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
• Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.
• A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Confidentiality

• Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.  They must not be shown to, or discussed with others except as authorized by the editors.

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

• Peer review assists the editors in making editorial decisions.

Promptness

• Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editors and excuse himself from the review process.

 

EDITORS RESPONSIBILITIES

Accountability

• The editors of a peer-reviewed journal are accountable and responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published.
• The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Fair play

• Editors should evaluate manuscripts for those intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Editors should make fair and unbiased decisions independent of commercial considerations, and should ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process.

Anonymity and double-blind review

• Editors should keep the double-blind review rule and preserve anonymity of reviewers.

Confidentiality

• Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to any one other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

• Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
• Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
• Editors should recuse themselves from considering 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.
• Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication.  If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Corrections and Retraction

• Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.

Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations

• Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct.  An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher.

 

PUBLISHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Publisher should ensure that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impactor influence on editorial decisions.
• When errors are found, publisher should cooperate with the journal editor to promote publication of correction or retraction.
• Publisher should provide guidelines and help to journal editor for retracting articles with error or ethical concerns.
• Publisher should preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.
• Publisher should assist the journal editor to monitor the originality of articles and avoid plagiarism and fraudulent data.