Ethics

• Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

  Journal of Synthetic Crystals follows the recognized publication ethics. Our publication firmly rejects any form of plagiarism and academic fraud. The editors, authors and reviewers of Journal of Synthetic Crystals should perform the following duties, and adhere to the submission instructions and other requirements of the journal.

  Duties of Authors

  Authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work has been used, it has been appropriately acknowledged. They should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in their research work.

  Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive and accurate. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and it is unacceptable.

  Authors should warrant that their article has neither been published elsewhere in any language fully or partly, nor is it under review for publication anywhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and it is unacceptable.

  Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the article and its submission for publication.

  
  

  Duties of Editors

  Editors should treat the contributions equally, not be affected by the author’s race, creed, gender, age, qualifications and other effects.

  Editors shall not disclose the manuscript’s evaluation experts’ information and treatment advice to any institution or individual.

  Without the author’s permission, the editors can not apply any unpublished information and materials into their own research. If the contributions involve with the editorial staff’s current or former work or have conflict of interest, avoidance system should be implemented, and the manuscript should be processed by other editorial staff.

  Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

  
  

  Duties of Reviewers

  Manuscripts for review must be treated as confidential documents.

  Reviewers who feel unqualified to review the articles should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

  Reviewers should not accept peer review when they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationships with authors, companies, or institutions connected to the articles.

  Reviewers give clear opinions on whether the article meets the journal publication standards. They should have no conflict of interest on the research content of the article, and the review work is conducted anonymously.

2020-11-05 Visited: 1096