Research and Publication Ethics Policy (IJEER)

IJEER is committed to ethical, transparent, and responsible scholarly publishing. All stakeholders—authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher—are expected to follow high standards of integrity. The journal aligns its ethical approach with internationally recognized best practices (e.g., COPE principles).

1) Core Ethical Principles

• honesty in reporting and interpretation

• respect for participants and communities

• transparency in methods, data, and authorship

• accountability for published content

• fairness and confidentiality in peer review

2) Author Responsibilities

Authors must:

• submit original work not under review elsewhere,

• present data accurately and avoid fabrication or falsification,

• cite sources correctly and avoid plagiarism,

• ensure authorship reflects genuine intellectual contribution,

• disclose funding and conflicts of interest,

• document ethics approval/consent when required,

• cooperate with editorial requests (e.g., clarifications, corrections).

3) Research Involving Humans/Animals

Where relevant, authors must provide:

• name of approving ethics body (or justification if not required),

• consent/assent procedures,

• privacy protections and anonymization,

• compliance with applicable national/international standards.

4) Misconduct and Unacceptable Practices

Examples include:

• plagiarism and improper citation

• fabrication/falsification/distortion of findings

• duplicate publication

• salami slicing

• inappropriate/gift authorship or omission of contributors

• undisclosed conflicts of interest

• unethical research practice (missing approvals, harm, coercion)

5) Similarity Checking

IJEER may use similarity screening at submission and/or before acceptance. Manuscripts with problematic overlap may be returned for correction, rejected, or escalated for investigation.

6) Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

If errors or ethical issues are confirmed, IJEER may:

• publish a correction/erratum,

• retract the article,

• issue an expression of concern when investigation is ongoing.

7) Complaints and Appeals

Authors may appeal editorial decisions by providing clear justification and evidence. Ethical complaints are handled confidentially and fairly, with due process for all parties.

8) Generative AI (Ethics Perspective)

• AI tools cannot be authors.

• AI use must be disclosed (tool + purpose).

• AI must not generate fabricated citations, data, or results.

• Authors remain fully responsible for accuracy and integrity.