The Editors will provide assistance to authors and readers in order to improve the journal’s content and will respond promptly to any complaints and feedback received from readers, authors and colleagues. The Editors have an appropriate editorial process that aims at increasing the quality of Expert Journals. The Editors should be responsible for everything published in Expert Journals and will strive to ensure that the peer review process is...
Expert Journals and its Editors are fully committed to promoting and practicing ethical publication practices. Expert Journals encourages integrity in research, writing, and peer review in the publishing process.
Responsabilities of Editors
The Editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published based on the content of the article and its connection to the journal’s aim and scope. The Editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. Moreover, once a paper is accepted and published in any of the journals affiliated with Expert Journals, that particular publication cannot be retracted, unless it...
The Editors will at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
The Editors and any editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. The identity of the authors and of the reviewers will be confidential.
Responsabilities of Authors
Authors who submit manuscripts to Expert Journals warrant the following aspects:
The manuscript reflects original work;
The sent paper should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
The manuscript does not include derogatory, defamatory or unlawful statements;
Authors should appropriately cite and quote any influential publication or work of other authors.
A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Please take note that we examine all submitted papers for plagiarism and check for resemblances and similitudes to existing published papers. Articles that denote any form of plagiarism are rejected.
Every paper that has an influence on the current empirical or theoretical manuscript sent to Expert Journals should be referenced and cited accordingly. Nonetheless, it is acceptable for research to be repeated if it leads to different and new analyses, perspectives or comparisons with existing data.
Contributors who do not qualify as authors in terms of studying the data or developing the concepts, but have provided support should be listed in an Acknowledgements section.
When authors submit a manuscript, they should disclose any conflicts of interests, such as financial and personal relationships that might bias their work. To prevent ambiguity, authors must state explicitly whether potential conflicts do or do not exist.
In general, Expert Journals recommend that authors, who seek to publish private information and images of individuals, should obtain the individual’s explicit consent in order to avoid privacy issues.
Read How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers on the COPE website
Responsabilities of Reviewers
The Reviewer has an important role of assisting the Editors in making editorial decisions and the Author in improving his/her/their paper.
The Reviewer is expected to provide their review of the article in a timeframe of 1-2 months. If any selected referee will not be able to comply to this rule, he/she should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with other people.
Reviews should be conducted objectively and the referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
COPE Flowchart: What to do if editors suspect a reviewer has appropriated an author’s idea or data
Responsabilities of Publisher
The Reviewer has an important role of assisting the Editors in making editorial decisions and the Author in improving his/her/their paper.
Establish the policies necessary to help the editorial process of journal Editors, especially those related to the independence of Editors, research ethics, authorship, transparency and integrity, peer review process, role of editorial team, appeals and complains; Publicize the journal policies to all the parties involved in the editorial process; Assess and revise the journal policies regularly to include potential new developments and...
COPE’s Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
Flowcharts
Retraction Policy
Plagiarism Detection