Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics
The Journal of Building and Enviromental Engineering strives to promote and distribute knowledge via academic publications and textbooks, in line with its goal. The Publisher remains unbiased regarding the topics covered in its articles.
Through its endorsement of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines, the Scientific Akademia Network (Scientiaca) Publisher is committed to maintaining ethical standards throughout the publication process.
Publication Ethics for Editors of Journals
1. Accountability: Editors bear the responsibility for all material published in their journal, making sure that procedures are in place to evaluate the quality of the material and that they are prepared to make revisions when necessary.
2. Equitable and Just Actions: Editors ought to operate impartially, guaranteeing equity irrespective of a person's gender, race, sexual preference, or political or religious convictions.
3. Clear Guidance to Authors and Reviewers: Editors must to give authors and reviewers precise instructions regarding what is expected of them.
4. Peer Review: Editors must maintain an impartial, private review process and make choices about publications based only on quality and appropriateness, free from outside influence.
5. Reviewer Anonymity: Until an open review method is announced, editors should safeguard the names of peer reviewers.
6. Editorial Independence: Rules ought to prohibit the influence of business interests on editorial judgments.
7. COPE Guidelines: When there is misbehavior or disagreement over authorship, editors should refer to COPE flowcharts.
8. Appeal Process: Authors ought to be able to contest editorial choices in journals through an appeal process.
9. Editorial Board: Give new members of the board guidelines and inform current members of policy updates.
10. Conflicts of Interest: Editors should handle conflicts of interest for members of the editorial board, staff, writers, authors, and reviews in addition to themselves.
Publication Ethics for Journal Authors
1. Originality: To prevent plagiarism, authors must acknowledge their original work and properly credit their sources.
2. Libel and Copyright: Writers must make sure that nothing in their works violates any intellectual property rights or constitutes libel.
3. Authorship: The order decided upon by all co-authors should appropriately represent contributions.
4. Knowledge and Consent: Every author must be informed about the submission and provide their consent, with the principal author signing an IPR form on everyone else's behalf.
5. Exclusivity: Writers must make sure their work isn't being considered by anyone else and must acknowledge and credit any overlaps with previously published or submitted work.
6. Permissions: Before duplicating any content from outside sources, authors should get their permission.
7. Financing: Identify the source of financing for research publications and provide credit for additional money.
8. Conflict of Interest: In case there are any, disclose them.
9. Error Correction: Report serious mistakes to the publisher or editor, and work together to make the required corrections.
10. Appeal Rights: Writers can challenge editorial choices.
Publication Ethics for Journal Article Reviewers
1. Improving Quality: Reviewers should work quickly and impartially to improve the quality of papers that are submitted.
2. Plagiarism or Similar Content: Report any suspected plagiarism or similar published or submitted content to the editor.
3. Conflict of Interest: Make any possible conflicts of interest known to the public.
4. Confidentiality: Preserve the privacy of any material submitted for evaluation.
