Ethical Guidelines Policy

The publishing practice of the Journal works under a certain ethical policy that has been developed keeping in view the COPE guidelines for this journal. Here are some key points:

  1. The Editor is wholly responsible with the assistance of Associate Editors to establish/maintain the quality of the journal.
  2. He/She has full authority to accept or reject any research paper on the desk screening being contrary to the scope of the Journal and keeping in view the publishing policy of the Journal, Kuwait Chapter of AJBMR considering ethical policies or the standard of the topic/ references/ material/ presentation/ grammatical language of the submitted paper and professional demands as well.
  3. Editor with the assistance of Associate Editors ensures the process of blind peer review of every paper.
  4. The editor ensures the Plagiarism Check of every paper and strictly follows the Plagiarism Policy regarding this matter.
  5. An editor is bound to follow the journal’s policy without any institutional pressure.
  6. The editor would provide a corrigendum for any correction, clarification, and apologies as and when required.
  7. The President of ZARSMI/AOJP will appoint Members of the Editorial Board/ Advisory Board and change them periodically/anytime. All members of the Editorial Board will work without any remuneration and purely on an honorary basis.
  8. The editor ensures the smooth functioning of the journal and conducts the editorial board meeting on regular basis.
  9. The editor would disregard the discriminating factors, e.g. gender, race, ethnicity, religious belief, cultural sentiments, political affiliation, or institutional association of the author(s) while selecting articles for publication.
  10. The editor/associate editors would try to promptly respond to the author (s) of the papers submitted for publishing, for any query.
  11. An editor/associate editor will not edit any submitted paper which would have any conflict of interest. He/She is responsible for asking the reviewers/evaluators and also for disclosing any conflict of interest regarding the submitted research paper to ensure impartiality.
  12. The editor ensures the confidentiality of the content of the manuscript before publishing at his and the reviewer’s end.

COPE GUIDELINES:

The Journal ensures the implementation of ethical guidelines envisaged by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal identifies and resolves the conflict of interest using the journal’s policy thereof. A team from the Advisor Board will handle complaints/grievances by authors, reviewers, or any other external and internal party.

 COPE GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHING