Publication Ethics Policy

Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

International Journal of Technology & Emerging Research is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in academic publishing. This policy outlines our expectations for all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

Our publication ethics policy is based on the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

Author Responsibilities
  • Submit only original work

    Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

  • Properly cite all references

    Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately must be acknowledged with explicit permission.

  • Declare any conflicts of interest

    All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

  • List all contributing authors

    Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

Authors should not submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

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, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them.

Publication Ethics

All submissions are checked for plagiarism using specialized software. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate rejection and possible ban from future submissions.

Types of plagiarism we check for include:

  • Verbatim copying of text without proper attribution
  • Substantial copying of ideas, structure, or data from others
  • Self-plagiarism (reusing significant portions of one's own published work without citation)
  • Improper paraphrasing or inadequate citation

The journal takes research misconduct seriously. This includes:

  • Data fabrication: Making up data or results and recording or reporting them
  • Data falsification: Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data
  • Image manipulation: Inappropriate enhancement, editing, or selective presentation of images
  • Misrepresentation: Deliberately misrepresenting research findings or methods

Any suspected misconduct will be thoroughly investigated following COPE guidelines.

The journal follows the COPE guidelines for retractions. Retractions are considered when:

  • There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct or honest error
  • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification
  • The paper constitutes plagiarism
  • The paper reports unethical research

Corrections will be published when errors do not fundamentally impact the findings or conclusions of the paper.

Peer Review Ethics
  • Double-blind peer review process

    We employ a double-blind peer review process where both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from each other throughout the review process.

  • Confidentiality of review process

    Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

  • Fair and unbiased evaluation

    Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

  • Promptness

    Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

  • Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

    Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

Editorial Responsibilities
Publication Decisions

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Fair Play

An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and 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.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.