The Asian Scientific Journals is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity throughout the publication process, encompassing the roles of authors, peer reviewers, and editors.
Authors submitting their manuscripts are expected to adhere to the following guiding principles:
- Originality by ensuring that their work is unpublished, both in partiality and totality.
- Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to multiple journals is considered unethical, as is any form of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or duplication.
- Declaration of any conflicts of interest and provide clear acknowledgments of data sources, data availability, reproducibility, citations, and references used in the manuscript development.
- Any modifications made to the manuscript after submission must be promptly communicated to the Editor-in-Chief.
Peer Reviewers are tasked to do the following with utmost confidentiality and ethical manner:
- Providing constructive comments based on the intellectual content of the paper, without consideration of factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, or political values of the authors.
- Maintaining confidentiality and avoid conflicts of interest during the ‘double-blind’ review process.
- Justifying publication acceptance or rejection decisions clearly, objectively, and constructively to the Editor.
Editors uphold integrity in scholarly research and its publication by adhering to the following:
- Fairness and impartiality in evaluating manuscripts, regardless of authors’ personal characteristics or beliefs.
- Confidentiality of manuscripts and reviewers’ identities is paramount, as is the avoidance of conflicts of interest and protection of intellectual property.
- Responsibility for publication decisions based on reviewer evaluations, ensuring compliance with ethical policies, legal constraints, and overseeing the peer review process and journal management.
- Handling of post-publication discussions, corrections, and any ethical oversights, ensuring accountability and transparency throughout the process.
By incorporating these principles into its operations, Asian Scientific Journals aims to maintain the trust and credibility of the scientific community while upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. This commitment underscores the journal’s dedication to fostering integrity, fairness, and transparency in scholarly publishing.