Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of the Authors
• Original papers are published. Originality has been defined in the Publication Principles.
• The work reported by the manuscripts should comply with the principles of research ethics.
• Manuscripts should be free of conflicts of interest. Unclear cases should be honestly declared.
• Authors should be prepared to present the raw data to the Editorial Board, if requested.
• A work under evaluation by another journal cannot be submitted to IJEAS .
• Persons who made no intellectual contribution to the work cannot appear as authors.
• Consents are needed of the persons who made intellectual contribution, if they are not authors.
• Once the manuscript is submitted to IJEAS , author names cannot be added or removed.
• Unethical conduct leads to rejection and future manuscripts by its authors are not accepted.

• All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.


Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of the Reviewers
• The reviewer should decline the request unless he/she is fully confident of his/her expertise.
• Should perform the review in full impartiality and confidentiality and without prejudice.
• Should inform the area editor of any indications of conflict of interest or unethical conduct.
• Should adopt a constructive approach and use a careful language not to offend the authors.
• Should carefully observe the review time table specified.


Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of the Area Editors
• Area editors carefully observe the publication principles and procedures of IJEAS .
• Carefully consider the expertise, competence and experience of the reviewers they propose.
• Help the authors and reviewers by providing guidance whenever needed.
• Evaluate the reviewer reports with scientific accuracy and impartiality.


Duties and Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
• The Editorial Board reviews the publication principles considering the changing demands.
• Carefully considers the expertise, competence and experience of the reviewers it appoints.
• Continuously observes and directs the review progress, appoints new reviewers if needed.
• Takes accept/decline decisions with accuracy and impartiality considering area editor reports.
• Takes decisions concerning ethical questions and unusual requests.

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