Publication Ethics
All manuscripts must be original and have not previously been published or be considered for publication by another journal. Furthermore, the document should not have been submitted to any other journals. Research is refereed in secret by double blind review, in which the data of all authors and reviewers are deleted after the review, and confidentiality is observed in not informing reviewers of the review. involved. with the review of the articles.
Misconduct: The editors of the ISP take every precaution to spot, catch, and prevent instances of data fabrication, authorship abuse, falsification, image manipulation, unethical research, plagiarism, biased reporting, duplicate publication, and undeclared conflicts of interest.
Fabrication, Falsification, and Image Manipulation: ISP journal uses cutting-edge image processing systems to identify, detect, and prevent data fabrication, falsification, and image manipulation. With the exception of those situations where image editing is required, in which case authors must explain how the manipulation was accomplished. If it is discovered that the results of submitted manuscripts or published articles, including the modification of photographs, were faked or falsified, the authors may face penalties and the publications may be withdrawn.
Plagiarism: The ISP journal makes every effort to verify that manuscripts are original work and to avoid plagiarism and duplicate publication activities. The use of words, figures, or concepts from another person without giving due credit is prohibited. Reuse of language must be kept to a minimum, credited or quoted in the text, and all sources must be cited when they are used. The ISP journal employs Turnitin or Crossref Similarity Check to identify contributions that cross-reference previously published and submitted works. If a manuscript is discovered to have been copied from another author's work (Plagiarism more than 20\% in all or 5\% from each reference), whether it has been published or not, it will be rejected, and the authors may face penalties. Articles that have been published may need to be updated or retracted.
Duplicate submission and redundant publication: The ISP journal makes every attempt to identify, detect, and prevent concurrent or duplicate submission to ensure that all submissions are not being published elsewhere. If such behavior is discovered, the ISP journal takes rigorous action and imposes fines against the authors, including the removal of their papers from the website. Manuscripts submitted to the ISP journal must be withdrawn before being submitted elsewhere and cannot be submitted elsewhere while being reviewed. Sanctions may be imposed on authors whose articles have been discovered to have been submitted simultaneously elsewhere. If authors base a submitted manuscript on their own previously published work or material that is presently being reviewed, they must reference the earlier articles and explain how their submitted research differs from their earlier work. The authors are responsible for seeking permission from the copyright holder before using any of their own words or figures in significant numbers.
Sanctions: According to ISP journal policies for handling unethical activity, the following harsh action is taken if any violations of publication ethics or professional norms are found:
▪ A warning letter to the author covering the misconduct.
▪ Immediate rejection of the submitted manuscript.
▪ Probation period is applied to all responsible authors regarding any further submission to SPHINXSP journals.
▪ Probation period is applied to all responsible authors regarding serving as referees/reviewers for SPHINXSP journals.
▪ Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal.
Editors and reviewers as Authors: The ISP journal adopts clear policies and processes to keep editors and reviewers out of publishing decisions when they are authors.
Conflicts of Interest “The authors declare no conflict of interest.” The authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived to be inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. Any role of the funders in the design of the study; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state 'The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyzes or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.”.
Authors: Authors are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest in a section titled "Conflicts of Interest", along with an explanation of the potential conflict. The authors should declare that there are no conflicts of interest with respect to the publication of this article if there are none. The coauthors' declarations of interests are the responsibility of the submitting authors.
Editors: Editors and reviewers should decline to be involved with a submission when they
- Have a recent publication or current submission with any author
- Share or recently shared an affiliation with any author
- Collaborate or recently collaborated with any author
- Have a close personal connection to any author
- Feel unable to be objective
Reviewers: Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the "Confidential" area of the review form, where the editor will take them into account. If editors or reviewers have spoken to the authors about the article in the past, they must disclose this.
Copyright: The website of the ISP journal provides a comprehensive explanation of copyright and licensing (in the guidelines for Authors). The authors acknowledge that their work is unique and that it is not submitted to another journal when they submit an article for publication to the journal. By submitting a paper, the authors immediately consent to grant SPHINXSP exclusive copyright in the event that the manuscript is accepted for publication.
