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Asian Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation (AJETI) is committed for ethical practice in publication, which could only be possible with the support of Editors, reviewers and authors.
Following is publication ethics and malpractice statement of Asian Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation (AJETI) adapted from and based on guidelines provided by World Association of medical editors (WAME) ( http://www.wame.org ) Committee on publication ethics (COPE) ( http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct ) International committee for medical journal Editor (ICMJE) ( http://www.icmje.org/) General duties and responsibilities of editors Editors should be responsible for everything published in their journals. They should: Asian Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation (AJETI) is committed for ethical practice in publication, which could only be possible with the support of Editors, reviewers and authors.
Readers should be informed about who has funded research and on the role of the funders in the research.
Editors should publish guidance to reviewers on everything that is expected of them. This guidance should be regularly updated and should refer or link to this code. Editors should have systems to ensure that peer reviewers' identities are protected - unless they have an open review system that is declared to authors and reviewers.
Editors should have systems to ensure that material submitted to their journal remains confidential while under review.
Editors should respond promptly to complaints and should ensure there is a way for dissatisfied complainants to take complaints further. This mechanism should be made clear in the journal.
Cogent criticisms of published work should be published unless Editors have convincing reasons why they cannot be. Authors of criticized material should be given the opportunity to respond. Studies that challenge previous work published in the journal should be given an especially sympathetic hearing. Studies reporting negative results should not be excluded.
Editors should ensure that research material they publish conforms to internationally accept ethical guidelines. Editors should seek assurances that all research has been approved by an appropriate body (e.g. research ethics committee, institutional review board). However, Editors should recognize that such approval does not guarantee that the research is ethical.
Editors should protect the confidentiality of individual information (e.g. that obtained through the Doctor-patient relationship). It is therefore almost always necessary to obtain written informed consent from patients described in case reports and for photographs of patients. It may be possible to publish without explicit consent if the report is important to public health (or is in some other way important); consent would be unusually burdensome to obtain; and a reasonable individual would be unlikely to object to publication (all three conditions must be met).
Editors have a duty to act if they suspect misconduct. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers. Editors should not simply reject papers that raise concerns about possible misconduct. They are ethically obliged to pursue alleged cases. Editors should first seek a response from those accused. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should ask the relevant employers or some appropriate body (perhaps a regulatory body) to investigate. Editors should make all reasonable efforts to ensure that a proper investigation is conducted; if this does not happen. Editors should make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem. This is an onerous but important duty.
Whenever it is recognized that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distorted report has been published, it must be corrected promptly and with due prominence. If, after an appropriate investigation, an item proves to be fraudulent, it should be retracted. The retraction should be clearly identifiable to readers and indexing systems.
The relationship of Editors to publishers and owners is often complex but should in each case be based firmly on the principle of Editorial independence. Notwithstanding the economic and political realities of their journals, Editors should make decisions on which articles to publish based on quality and suitability for readers rather than for immediate financial or political gain.
The relationship of Editors to publishers and owners is often complex but should in each case be based firmly on the principle of Editorial independence. Notwithstanding the economic and political realities of their journals, Editors should make decisions on which articles to publish based on quality and suitability for readers rather than for immediate financial or political gain.
Editors should have declared policies on advertising in relation to the content of the journal and on processes for publishing supplements. Misleading advertisements must be refused, and Editors must be willing to publish criticisms, according to the same criteria used for material in the rest of the journal. Reprints should be published as they appear in the journal unless a correction is to be added. For more info, please visit: http://www.wame.org/resources/publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals
Editors should have systems for managing their own conflicts of interest as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers and Editorial board members. For more details please visit: http://www.icmje.org/roles_b.html