Publication Ethics

Publishing Ethics

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method.

It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society of society-owned or sponsored journals.

Ethics topics to consider when publishing:

  • Authorship of the paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. Transparency about the contributions of authors is encouraged.
  • Originality and plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
  • Data access and retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.
  • Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Egyptian Journal of Food Science (EJFS) does not view the following uses of a work as prior publication: publication in the form of an abstract; publication as an academic thesis; publication as an electronic preprint. Note: some society-owned titles and journals that operate double-blind reviews have different policies on prior publication.
  • Acknowledgment of sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given.
  • Disclosure and conflicts of interest: All submissions must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest.
  • Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
  • Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
  • Hazards and human or animal subjects: Statements of compliance are required if the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, or if it involves the use of animal or human subjects.
  • Use of patient images or case details: Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which should be documented in the paper.

 

  • Responsibilities of Reviewers
  • Confidentiality: Reviewers should not share any information from an assigned manuscript with outsiders without prior permission from the Editor or preserve the data from an assigned manuscript.
  • Competence: Reviewers with fair expertise should complete the review. Assigned Reviewer with inadequate expertise should feel responsible and may decline the review as it is presumed that reviewer will be an expert in the respective field.
  • Constructive assessment: Reviewer comments should appreciate positive aspects of the work, identify negative aspects constructively, and indicate the enhancement needed. A reviewer should explain and support his or her judgment enough that Editors and Authors can understand the basis of the comments. The reviewer should ensure that an observation or argument that has been previously reported be accompanied by a relevant citation and should immediately alert the Editor when he or she becomes aware of duplicate publication. A reviewer should not use any kind of abusive language while commenting on an article. Judgment of each article should be done without any bias and personal interest by the assigned reviewer.
  • Impartiality and Integrity: The reviewer’s decision should solely depend on scientific merit, relevance to the subject, the scope of the journal rather than the financial, racial, ethnic origin, etc., of the authors.
  • Disclosure of conflict of interest: To the extent feasible, the reviewer should minimize the conflict of interest. In such a situation, the reviewer should notify the editor describing the conflict of interest.
  • Timeliness and responsiveness: Reviewers should morally abide to provide the review comments within the stipulated time and be active enough in responding to the queries raised by the editor if any.

Responsibilities of Editor and Editorial Board

Editors have a responsibility to maintain the integrity of the published literature, if required, by publishing errata or corrections identifying anything of significance, retractions, and expressions of concern as quickly as possible. The editor must comply with the policy guidelines provided by the publisher and fulfill the responsibilities bestowed upon with integrity.

Review process: Editors are responsible for monitoring and ensuring the fairness, timeliness, thoroughness, and civility of the peer-review editorial process.

Timely suggestion to the respective journals for covering relevant and significant topics by the Editor is essential for the growth of the journal.

 

Towards Readers and Scientific Community

  • To ensure that the content or the author information present in the manuscript is legible.
  • To evaluate all manuscripts such that they fall within the scope of the journal.
  • Maintain the journal's internal integrity by suggesting the corrections, dealing with retraction, supplemental data, etc.
  • Working with the publisher to attract the best manuscripts and research that will be of interest to readers.
  • Ensure that all involved in the publication process understand that it is inappropriate to manipulate citations.

Journal Role

  • Decision-Making: He/she is entitled to carry out decision-making in consultation with reviewers or members of the editorial board.
  • Impartiality: An Editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without any bias towards race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Confidentiality: The Editor or any Editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate depending on the need and stage of processing.

Publisher Role

Journals published by NIDOC are following a timely rigorous peer-review process to bring the recent and novel scientific information at its best possible mode. As a publisher the following policies are being considered:

  • Supporting fair and timely Peer review process with valuable inputs and from the responsible Editors and Reviewers.
  • The publisher adheres to the guidelines and procedures designed to ensure the fair and best practice followed by the industry.
  • Making constructive recommendations for improving the overall process along with better production support and global dissemination of the information published in the journals.
  • The publisher ensures the smooth functioning of the web development, web management, social media management for journals and articles with the help of the staff members.
  • With the vision to make scientific valuable researched information “Open Access”, NIDOC International is striving towards designing and launching innovative ways to showcase

Responsibilities of Authors

An author is expected to be accountable for the presented data and information in their respective article along with taking the responsibility of the significance. The authors are expected to present the genuine original outcome of their research, and an appropriate and relevant citation should be considered while representing the data and documenting the discussion. Authors must provide information that is comprehensible and reproducible. Supporting information such as figures and tables provided by the authors should be legible and must be reproducible technically.

An author should not repeat any previous research data from themselves or anyone else while submitting an original manuscript for primary publication in any of the journals. The reported scope of work should be based on proper citation from the other publications influencing. Before submitting an article, authors should check the scope of the journal and in case of any query, they should contact the Editorial office.

Authors should strictly adhere to the authorship criteria. All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to the research presented in the manuscript and approved all its claims. Any person to be considered as an author of an original research article must have contributed in any of the following ways: designed the study, executed the study or conducted the experiments, have taken part in analyzing the data, supported in documenting the article and drawing the conclusion, spearheaded the project as a principal investigator. It is mandatory to include everyone who made a significant contribution towards the completion of the research work.

Any financial or personal interest that governs the findings or research in the manuscript along with the details of financial support and its sources should be revealed. Through the submission of an article, the respective authors agree that the article neither is under consideration nor published in any other journal.

Article Processing Fee

Authors are instructed to pay the standard article processing charges after the acceptance of the article through the peer-review process. Authors are requested to pay their processing fee based on the journals they are publishing. Detail information in this regard is provided at https://ejfs.journals.ekb.eg/