<\/a><\/p>(Source: <\/strong>Itmovare Academics Sciences: Publication and Peer Review Policy | Publication Ethics)<\/p>Editors of scientific Journals have responsibilities toward the authors, the peer-reviewers who comment on the suitability of manuscripts for publication, the scientific community, the publishers of the Journals, and the public as a whole. Depending upon the relationship between the editor and publisher for particular Journals, some of the roles and responsibilities between the two may overlap in some of the following:<\/p>
Most of the Journals appoint a Editor-in-Chief and several associate, sub- or section-editors and members of editorial board. In most of the cases, the Editor-in-Chief, being the point of reference for most correspondence relating to a submitted manuscript, has the major role of responsibilities in all matters relating to processing of submitted manuscripts till the rejection\/publication, as well as to deal with any post-publication\/rejection activities. Generally, the editorial positions in Journals are honorary and; therefore, the editorial job is done more for the love of labor and prestige associated with it.<\/p>
The board of editors (all categories) and their decisions play important roles in ensuring the quality of published material and, thus the overall prestige of the Journal. Their responsibilities include getting timely and informed peer-reviews on the submission, check of linguistic properties of the text, quality and adequacy of data and any illustration material in the manuscript, appropriate formatting of the text for publication, getting proofs corrected in time and finally to publish with good quality in scheduled time. The following general ethical aspects need to be followed by editors:<\/p>
- The editor of a Journal holds a vital position, taking important editorial decisions on all peer- reviewed articles submitted for publication.<\/li>
- Journal editors must keep the peer-review process confidential. They must not share information about a manuscript with anyone outside of the peer-review process.<\/li>
- The editor should maintain the transparency of the academic research and record, preclude professional needs from cooperating ethical standards, and always be willing to publish retractions, rectifications, and erratum when required.<\/li>
- If, a Journal editor receives a credible allegation of misconduct by an author, reviewer, or Journal editor, then they have a duty to investigate the matter as per COPE guidelines.<\/li>
- The editor should assess manuscripts for their scientific quality and intellectual content, free from any sort of biased decisions based on discrimination of race, gender, geographical origin, or religion of the author(s). The editor should evaluate manuscripts objectively based on their academic merit free of any commercial or self-interests.<\/li>
- Journal editors may reject a submitted manuscript without formal peer-review, if they consider it to be inappropriate for the Journal and outside its scope.<\/li>
- The editor should not disclose any information on submitted manuscripts before publication of the manuscript.<\/li>
- Journal editors should make all reasonable effort to process submissions on time.<\/li>
- Promoting research rectitude must be preserved. If at any stage, the publisher suspects any kind of misconduct in research, it should be investigated promptly in detail with suitable authority; and if any suspicious act of misconduct is observed in the peer-review, it should be resolved with diligence.<\/li>
- Journal editors should delegate the peer-review of any original self-authored research article to a member of the editorial or advisory board as appropriate.<\/li>
- If, a Journal editor receives convincing evidence that the main substance or conclusions of an article published in the Journal are incorrect, then, in consultation with as per COPE guidelines, the Journal editor should ensure the publication of an appropriate notice of correction.<\/li>
- Any data or analysis presented in a submitted manuscript, should not be used in a Journal editor\u2019s own research without the consent of the author.<\/li><\/ul>
Publisher and their roles and responsibilities<\/span><\/h4>All research output needs a publisher to widely disseminate the research output. Publishers who disseminate research output in the form of Journals, monographs, books (authored or edited), etc., <\/em>are established scholarly societies\/academies or academic institutions. Occasionally, individuals or academic institutions may also publish proceedings of a conference as a stand-alone volume. Recent years have witnessed an increasing involvement of commercial publishers in dissemination of scholarly works, which unfortunately, also has brought in some unethical practices.<\/p>The roles and responsibilities of the publisher is to support the huge efforts, made by editors and reviewers in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. Although, ethical codes inevitably concentrate on violations that can occur, it is a tribute to scholarly practice that the system has worked so well for so long and that problems are relatively rare. 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. Editors, reviewers and authors are performing their ethical duties under COPE guidelines.<\/p>
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 to 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. Some general ethical principles that should be followed by publishers of scholarly articles are noted below:<\/p>
- Publication of research output is a societal responsibility and; therefore, should not be taken as a purely commercial activity.<\/li>
- The announced schedule and frequency of publication is to be maintained.<\/li>
- Publishers should not take recourse to artificially enhance the citation\/impact factor of Journals.<\/li>
- Maintaining the independence of the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board.<\/li>
- Effort to maintain a high quality of layout and publication of the Journal with maximum care and in the shortest possible time.<\/li>
- Providing the Editor-in-Chief, the editorial board and the reviewers with the necessary training for their optimum performance.<\/li>
- Considering requests of citation of the material published in the Journal in other publications.<\/li>
- Cooperating with the Editor-in-Chief in investigating reports of \u201cresearch and publication misconduct\u201d and offering expert consultation to the accused and the plaintiff, if necessary.<\/li>
- Training the Journal authors with the aim of improving the content and layout of the articles and observing the principles of research and publication ethics.<\/li>
- Cooperating with the Editor-in-Chief in order to maintain the highest level of research and publication ethics in the Journal and to ensure absence of errors in the contents, layout and format of the Journal.<\/li>
- Protection of the authors\u2019 personal information and the contents and details of the article during the review and assessment process of the articles, except for what is published in the Journal after acceptance of the article. The only acceptable exception is to investigate \u201cresearch and publication misconduct\u201d of the authors\u2019 provided there is reasonable evidence.<\/li>
- Determining and clearly announcing the publication policies of the Journal regarding independent decision making of the editorial board, publication ethics, intellectual property and copyright, conflict of interests, author\u2019s responsibilities, the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board, the review process and decision making, reassessment requests and objections, preservation of the scientific documents of the review process, protection of the authors\u2019 and reviewers\u2019 information, modification or omission of the published articles, mediating between the plaintiffs and the accused in a \u201cresearch and publication misconduct\u201d case.<\/li>
- Publishing of \u2018predatory\u2019 or bogus Journals, which would rapidly publish \u2018anything\u2019 on payment of a fee but without sensible peer-review is absolutely unethical.<\/li><\/ul>
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