PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
Section A: Publication and authorship
Section B: Authors' responsibilities
Section C: Reviewers' responsibilities
Section D: Editors' responsibilities
Section A: Publication and authorship
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All submitted papers are subject to
strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers
that are experts in the area of the particular paper.
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The factors that are taken into
account in review are relevance, soundness, significance,
originality, readability and language.
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The possible decisions include
acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
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If authors are encouraged to revise
and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised
submission will be accepted.
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Rejected articles will not be
re-reviewed.
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The paper acceptance is constrained
by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding
libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
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No research can be included in more
than one publication.
- By submitting a paper the author understands and agrees that its copyright is transferred to WSEAS.
Section B: Authors' responsibilities
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Authors must certify that their
manuscripts are their original work.
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Authors must certify that the
manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
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Authors must certify that the
manuscript is not currently being considered for publication
elsewhere.
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Authors must participate in the peer
review process.
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Authors are obliged to provide
retractions or corrections of mistakes.
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All Authors mentioned in the paper
must have significantly contributed to the research.
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Authors must state that all data in
the paper are real and authentic.
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Authors must notify the Editors of
any conflicts of interest.
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Authors must identify all sources
used in the creation of their manuscript.
- Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors.
Section C: Reviewers' responsibilities
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Reviewers should keep all
information regarding papers confidential and treat them as
privileged information.
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Reviews should be conducted
objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
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Reviewers should express their views
clearly with supporting arguments
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Reviewers should identify relevant
published work that has not been cited by the authors.
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Reviewers should also call to the
Editor in Chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap
between the manuscript under consideration and any other published
paper of which they have personal knowledge.
- Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Section D: Editors' responsibilities
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Editors have complete responsibility
and authority to reject/accept an article.
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Editors are responsible for the
contents and overall quality of the publication.
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Editors should always consider the
needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the
publication.
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Editors should guarantee the quality
of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
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Editors should publish errata pages
or make corrections when needed.
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Editors should have a clear picture
of a research's funding sources.
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Editors should base their decisions
solely one the papers' importance, originality, clarity and
relevance to publication's scope.
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Editors should not reverse their
decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious
reason.
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Editors should preserve the
anonymity of reviewers.
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Editors should ensure that all
research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted
ethical guidelines.
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Editors should only accept a paper
when reasonably certain.
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Editors should act if they suspect
misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make
all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the
problem.
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Editors should not reject papers
based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.
- Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.