Publication Ethics
International Journal of Scientific
Progress & Research(IJSPR)
- Papers having any type of plagrised (copy/paste) material will not be entertained in IJSPR. Also, if mistakenly published then it will be suspended with immediate effect.
- IJSPR request all authors not to submit same paper in Multiple journal.
Ethical Guidelines for Author(s):
- Author must appropriately cite any studies relevant to your work in your manuscript.
- If Author are quoting text from another publication, even if it is your own, you must cite the source and put the words into quotation marks unless they are paraphrased (i.e. put into your own words).
- Author must not submit your manuscript to more than one journal at the same time.
- Author must not submit your manuscript to a new journal while waiting for a decision from the first journal you have submitted to.
- Author must clearly identify any procedures or equipment used that have any hazards inherent in their use.
- If Author have personal or other relationships that might constitute a competing interest relating to the work described in the manuscript, you must declare this.
- To qualify as an author an individual needs to contribute substantially to study conception, study design, data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. He/she should agree to be listed as an author on the manuscript and approve the version to be submitted to the journal and the final version to be published.
Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers(s):
- Keep manuscript and review details secret.
- Not use information obtained during the peer-review process for themselves or other persons.
- Not allow their reviews to be influenced by the nationality, religious or political beliefs, or by commercial considerations.
- Be objective and constructive in their reviews.
- Respond in a reasonable time-frame, only agree to review a manuscript if they can return a review within the proposed time-frame, informing the journal promptly if they require an extension.
- Review again any manuscript they have previously reviewed for another journal as it may have changed between the two submissions.
- In the case of double-blind review, if they suspect the identity of the author(s) notify the journal if this knowledge raises any potential conflict of interest.
- Notify the journal immediately if they have concerns about ethical aspects of the work, are aware of substantial similarity between the manuscript and a concurrent submission to another journal or a published article; reviewers should, however, keep their concerns secret and not personally investigate more unless the journal asks for further information or advice.
- Not contact the authors directly without the permission of the journal.
- Provide evidence with appropriate references to substantiate general statements such as, ‘this work has been done before’, to help editors in their evaluation and decision and in fairness to the authors.
- Not attempt to rewrite the paper to their own preferred style if it is basically sound and clear; suggestions for changes that improve clarity are, however, important.
- Try to accommodate requests from journals to review revisions or resubmissions of manuscripts they have reviewed.