Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
UYBISBBD is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics
and observes the following principles of Publication Ethics and
Malpractice Statement which is based on the recommendations and
guidelines for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Council of Science Editors (CSE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
All
submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in
conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other
publication synchronously. Each manuscript is reviewed by one of the
editors and at least two referees under double-blind peer review
process. We reserve the right to use plagiarism detecting software to
screen submitted papers at all times. We check for plagiary and
fraudulent data; falsification (fabrication or manipulation of research
data, tables, or images) and improper use of humans or animals in
research. All manuscripts not in accordance with these standards will be
removed from the publication. This also contains any possible
malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the
code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or
duplicate publishing.
We
follow the COPE Ethics Flowcharts for dealing with cases of possible
scientific misconduct and breach of publication ethics. For more details
please click here.
Author Responsibilities
Authors
should ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that
the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not
currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language.
Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be followed. Copyright
material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) should be
reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any
work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources should be
appropriately credited and referenced.
The author(s) of the original research articles (including short communications) must declare that they were involved in at least 3 of the 5 stages of the study as "designing the study", "collecting the data", "analyzing the data", "writing the manuscript" and "confirming the accuracy of the data and the analyses". All authors should disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment. All financial contributions, supports or sponsorship of projects should be clearly explained.
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published paper, it is the author's obligation to promptly cooperate with the Editor-in-Chief to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
For more detailed information about Authorship and Author Responsibilities by ICMJE, please click here.
Responsibility for the Reviewers
Reviewers
evaluate manuscripts based on content without regard to ethnic origin,
gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political
philosophy of the authors. They should have no conflict of interest with
respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their
judgments should be objective.
Reviewers
should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the
authors. They must ensure that all the information related to submitted
manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the
Editor-in-Chief if they are aware of copyright infringement and
plagiarism on the author's side.
A
reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or
knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the
Editor-in-Chief and excuse himself from the review process.
To read the PDF document of COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, please click here.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editors
evaluate manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to
ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief
or political philosophy of the authors. They provide a fair
double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication. They
ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is
kept as confidential before publishing.
Editors
are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the
publication. They should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
Editor-in-Chief
does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors
and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and
is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in UYBISBBD.
To read the PDF document of COPE General Duties and Responsibilities of Editors, please click here.
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