Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

For peer-reviewed manuscripts to be published in the journal, all parties involved—authors, reviewers, the chief editor, managing editors, associate editors, editors, and board members—must continuously work together. The chief editor and managing editors are in charge of maintaining the academic record and keeping an eye on publishing ethics. The editorial office takes on the duty of checking the articles for false information or plagiarism. The editorial team's objective is to keep the journal up to the highest publishing standards, which implies not only original, high-quality articles based on research but also any necessary retractions, explanations, and apologies. We value the input of each participant to the works that we publish.

Ethics Policy

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Science Mundi are expected to adhere to high ethical standards throughout the research and publication process. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Ensuring that research involving human subjects complies with relevant ethical guidelines and has received appropriate institutional approval.
  • Providing accurate and complete descriptions of research methods, data, and results.
  • Avoiding plagiarism, including proper citation of sources and permission for any reused or adapted material.
  • Disclosing all potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, that could influence the interpretation of the research.
  • Respecting the rights and confidentiality of research participants and colleagues.

Authors’ Ethics and Responsibility

  • Only individuals  acknowledged as authors should be those who made a significant contribution to the paper.
  • The submitted paper must be the authors' original work and must not have been previously published.
  • Authors must confirm that the article they have submitted has not already been accepted for publication elsewhere.
  • Only the articles that have contributed to the author's work should be cited; extraneous citations shouldn't be included.
  • Writers should present their work in the most unbiased way feasible.
  • Discriminatory arguments based on racial, sexual, national, or religious origin are not accepted. Fake findings should not be reported.
  • The authors must certify that all information is accurate and true.
  • Authors must submit a corrected version of their work in accordance with the suggestions of the reviewers and must notify the Chief Editor/Editors of any problems in their published paper.

Reviewers' Responsibilities and Ethics

  • Ensuring the secrecy of the entire evaluation process.
  • Rapidly provide a thorough, insightful, and objective assessment of the work's scientific substance.
  • Reviewers should find pertinent published works that the authors have not cited.
  • Notifying the journal editor of any potential conflicts of interest, whether financial or personal, and rejecting to review a manuscript if one might be present.
  • Notifying the journal editor of any ethical issues that come to light while reviewing submitted manuscripts, such as any unethical treatment of animal or human subjects or any striking similarities between the manuscripts being evaluated and previously published articles.

Chief Editor/ Editors' Responsibilities and Ethics

  • Editors decide which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published
  • Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication
  • Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit
  • Peer review assists the editors in making editorial decisions. Editors should publish only peer-reviewed accepted articles
  • Editors should have a clear picture of a research's funding sources
  • An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.