Publication Ethics

Scientific-Research Journal of Scientometrics

Code of Ethics

 

According to the approach of Shahed University to produce and publish accurate and genuine scientific information and also based on the demands and commitments of publishing policymakers such as the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology as well as international guides, Journal of Scientific Research as a scientific and research journal, its authorities consider themselves obliged to observe the principles of the values of professional ethics. In this regard, the following items are applicable as a moral charter for the editors of the magazine as well as the audience of the magazine (including the authors).

A) Code of Ethics for the executive director, editor-in-chief and members of the editorial board of the journal

1. The authorities respect the intellectual independence of the authors.

2. The view of the authorities is unbiased towards all articles submitted to the journal and evaluates the articles received based on the qualifications of the articles and regardless of race, religion, nationality, gender, status, and organizational affiliation of the author(s).

3. Authorities review all received articles within a reasonable time.

4. The final responsibility for rejecting or accepting an article rests solely with the editor. This decision is made based on the opinions received by the reviewers and editorial board of the magazine. An article may be rejected due to inconsistency with the opinion of the editor and members of the editorial board without going through the reviewing process. Rejection of these articles may be based on the incompatibility with the subject area of ​​the journal, distance from current topics, lack of necessary depth of content, or other similar cases.

5. The right to refuse articles suspected of non-compliance with ethical principles is reserved for the editor.

6. The editor has full authority to appoint the reviewers of each article. The editor may ask the editorial board of the magazine or even the authors of the articles.

7. Since the review of articles written by the editors of the journal for publication in the journal will be a kind of conflict of interest, the review of such articles will be left to another member of the editorial board of the journal who has no interest in it.

8. Unpublished information, statements and interpretations contained in submitted articles will not be used in the articles of the editors without the permission of the original author.

9. The editor-in-chief welcomes the reporting of possible errors in articles published in the journal. If confirmed, the revelation errors will announce the journal’s audience as soon as possible.

B. Code of Ethics for Authors

1. The most basic ethical responsibility of an author is to present a correct and complete report of the research done and to try not to commit plagiarism in any way, including word-for-word or close to the content, quoting similar text or others' research results.

2. The author is obliged to provide the authorities with the necessary evidence for the submitted article, including spreadsheet files, article data, diagrams, supplementary diagrams, tools designed or used (if any), as well as samples of materials and studied samples.

3. Proper reference is required to all sources used either directly or indirectly.

4. If the article has previously (in Scientometrics journal or other journals) been rejected or excluded from the printing process, the author must inform the editor-in-chief of any possible reasons for rejection or omission from the publication cycle or possible corrections.

5. All original authors and their contributors to an article whose titles are listed in the Authors section must have at least a scholarly involvement in the preparation of the article.  It is also necessary that other contributors be mentioned in the Acknowledgement section. The original author is responsible for submitting a copy of the article to other contributing authors and obtaining their consent to be cited in the form of a contributing author.

6. The corresponding author is responsible for reporting potential conflicts of interest and sponsors for the research.

C. Code of Ethics for Reviewers

1. Since the article review process is one of the essential stages of accepting an article if the reviewer feels that the article submitted is not within his or her area of ​​expertise for any reason, he or she should immediately return the article to the editor-in-chief.

2. The reviewer respects the author’s intellectual independence and must evaluate the quality of the article impartially.

3. To the principle of non-conflict of interest, the reviewer must take responsibility for reviewing an article when that article does not conflict with his or her own published or unpublished articles. Obviously, if the article under review conflicts with his work, it is necessary to immediately return the article to the editor-in-chief and inform him of the conditions of conflict of interest or probable bias.

4. The reviewer should look at the article as a confidential record. The reviewer shall not share or discuss the article with others unless he or she wishes to use the views of others in the review process.

5. The reviewer should attach the necessary explanations about his / her comments and to improve the quality of the journal and the article, explain the problems in the article to the author.

6. The need for authors to cite similar works by other researchers should be emphasized by the reviewers.

7. In cases where the reviewer is not able to review the article in due time, he must inform the editor-in-chief promptly.

8. The reviewer is not allowed to use the unpublished information, discussions, and interpretations of the articles(s) of the articles without the permission of the author (s).

 

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