ETHICAL STANDARDS

IPSUS follows the main principles of COPE (Committe on Publication Ethics).

COPYRIGHT

Papers submitted to IPSUS must not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. After acceptance, author(s) cannot publish their articles anywhere without the prior written consent of IPSUS.

If the paper is based on a research which has already been published in one of the common European languages, it must bring major changes or innovations before submission to IPSUS.

Proper referencing for the sources used in the article is under author’s responsibility. 

Taking all required ethical & legal permissions are under author's responsibility.

PLAGIARISM POLICY 

All authors submitting their articles to IPSUS are expected to respect the ethical standards of referencing

Plagiarism is the use of others’ works (including but not limited to the ideas, thoughts, findings, data, etc.) in one’s own work without giving proper references to the original work. It is subject to sanctions in different levels dependent on its severity. Another form of plagiarism is self-plagiarism which is defined as the re-use of one’s previously published work without giving proper references.  

IPSUS is against all forms of plagiarism or unethical act of copyright.

IPSUS checks all submitted papers before the peer review process and papers could be rejected in the first stage (Initial Manuscript Evaluation) by informing the author(s) if plagiarism detected. IPSUS uses Turnitin software to calculate the ratio of originality. If the plagiarism is detected after publication, IPSUS reserves the right to retract the article.