Publishing Principles



 

Publishing Principles

  1. Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously or must not be published elsewhere. Otherwise, the authors will be responsible for any inconvenience;
  2. Copyrights of the published manuscripts are concerned to the journal and legal and scientific responsibilities belong to its authors;
  3. The quotation can be taken from the articles published in JIP as long as they are referenced.
  4. The publishing committee will examine and assess the articles which are submitted to the journal and if they don't meet the aims and objectives of the journal will not be taken into consideration;
  5. The publishing committee has authorization to make grammatical and spelling alterations in the texts, if necessary;
  6. Manuscripts which meet the basic criteria of JIP will be sent for review by Double Blind Review for their comments;
  7. The final publications of the articles will be decided by the issue editor on the basis of referees' comments. If the numbers of articles exceed the numbers which can be published in an issue, the articles to be published will be decided by the publishing committee;
  8. At least two references should find the submitted article which deserves to be published;
  9. If the articles are accepted for publication with the required corrections, those will be sent to the authors with referees' comments electronically. The authors are required to make required changes and corrections in the manuscripts and return the final draft of the article to the journal in a certain period of time. Authors permitted to make objections on comments and corrections on the basis of concrete pieces of evidence;
  10. The status of the articles can be viewed on the JIP website, through the author's account.

Publishers’ Responsibilities

  1. SCAD Independent as the publisher is committed to working with journal editors, defining clearly their relevant roles, in order to ensure appropriate decisions regarding publication procedures and maintaining the transparency of editorial decisions.
  2. SCAD Independent as the publisher also ensures the integrity autonomy and originality of each published article with respect to:
    • Publication and research fundings
    • Publication ethics and rectitude
    • Conflicts of interest
    • Confidentiality
    • Authorship
    • Article modifications
    • Timely publication of content.

Duties of the Publisher

Guardianship of the scholarly record
The publisher has a supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process but is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practice is followed in its publications. SCAD Independent, as the publisher, takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record extremely seriously. Our journals record "the minutes of science" and we recognise our responsibilities as the keeper of those "minutes" in all our policies, not least the ethical guidelines that we have adopted here. SCAD Independent is adopting policies and procedures to support editors, reviewers and authors in performing their ethical duties under guidelines. We work with other publishers and industry associations to set standards for best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions.

Handling of Unethical Publishing Behavior
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification, or in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.

Access to Journal Content
SCAD Independent is committed to the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by partnering with organizations and maintaining our own digital archive.

Safeguard editorial independence
We are committed to ensuring that the potential for advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, editorial staff are forbidden to use information acquired through their work for personal gain.

Provide editors with technical, procedural & legal support
We support editors in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors and are prepared to provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.

Educate researchers on publishing ethics
We also provide extensive education and advice on publishing ethics standards, particularly for early career researchers.