Publication Ethics

 

         Science Essence Journal is committed to keep the highest possible ethical standards of publication practice based on the Committee on Publication Ethics-COPE (https://publicationethics.org/). It is important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the reviewer and the journal editor.

 

            Editors should ensure that submitted manuscripts meet the journal requirement and the topics are in the scope of the journal. Editors should clearly communicate with authors and reviewers, providing clear instructions and guidance. Editors should not consider accepting articles which have already been published elsewhere.

 

            Editors will assure that evaluating policies of the journal are clearness and complete, honest reporting, and editors should make unbiased decisions. Editors will carry out transparent actions for appeal of editorial decisions. 

 

            Editors should keep all information of the reviewed manuscripts confidentially, and disclose information only to the assigned reviewers.

 

            Editors should appropriately handle potential conflicts of interest and ethical issues throughout the review and publication processes. Editors should demonstrate full disclosure and prove that conflict of interest with authors, reviewers and publication management team do not exist.

 

            Reviewers should provide review comments with clear decisions to the editor, and should provide constructive and helpful feedback to authors, focusing on both strengths and areas for improvement in the manuscript. Reviewers should provide possible plagiarism of the reviewed manuscript to the editor with supporting information.

 

            Reviewers who feel unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or think that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

 

            Reviewers should consider tasks based on a fact without personal bias.

 

            Reviewers should keep all information of the reviewed manuscripts confidentially. 

 

            Reviewers should declare any conflicts of interest that may affect their ability to review a manuscript.

 

            Author(s) must ensure that they have provided entirely original works in their submitted manuscript with objective discussion of its significance. The manuscript must not be submitted to more than one journal concurrently, and must have not been previously published elsewhere. SEJ recognizes that plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism are not acceptable in publications. When plagiarism is detected in a submitted manuscript, SEJ has implemented the following actions.

 

                    o If plagiarism is detected during the initial stages of submission, editors will address the issue with the author(s) directly. If percentage of similarities is over 25% (excluding the reference list), the manuscript shall be rejected immediately.

 

                    o If the plagiarism is identified after publication, the author(s) will be informed that the article will be retracted from the journal and public record officially. It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted manuscript.

 

            Author(s) whose name appears in article must be a person who was truly involved in conducting the research. Author(s) should provide proper attribution for all sources, including data, figures, and ideas that have been taken from other works.

 

            Author(s) must present accurate information of their research findings, and must ensure that the work contains sufficient detail to permit others to replicate.

 

            Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process are not accepted for publication in SEJ. It is important to note that author(s) bear the ultimate responsibility and accountability for the contents of their work.

 

            Author(s) must acknowledge their funding sources that support their research. 

 

            Author(s) should disclose any conflicts of interest that may influence their work.

 

            Author(s) must respect the dignity and rights of human used as subjects in works and treat both humanity and the animals with ethics.

 

            When author(s) discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

 

          All human beings should be treated with dignity and respect in academic research. All researches related to animals must be approved by an ethics committee where the studies were carried out. Ethical research practices require that researchers are aware in ensuring to minimize risk and to avoid harm in their work.