Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
1- Plagiarism
Based on Journal of
Environmental Treatment Techniques policy only original article (i.e., article
which has neither been published elsewhere, nor is under review elsewhere) can
be published. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a
manuscript by other authors, whether published or unpublished, will incur
plagiarism sanctions.
2- Duplicate Submission
Manuscripts that are found to
have been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere, will incur
duplicate submission/publication sanctions. If authors have used their own
previously published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis
for a submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and
indicate how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those
of the previous work.
3- Citation
Manipulation
Submitted manuscripts that
are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number
of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a
particular journal, will incur citation manipulation sanctions.
4- Data Fabrication
and Falsification
Submitted manuscripts that
are found to have either fabricated or falsified experimental results,
including the manipulation of images, will incur data fabrication and
falsification sanctions.
5- Improper Author
Contribution or Attribution
All listed authors must have
made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the manuscript
and approved all its claims. It is important to list everyone who made a
significant scientific contribution, including students and laboratory
technicians.
6- Sanctions
In the event that there are documented violations of any of the
above mentioned policies is found, the following sanctions will be applied:
·
Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript.
·
Prohibition against all of the authors for any new submissions to
Journal of Environmental treatment Techniques, either individually or in
combination with other authors of the infringing manuscript, as well as in
combination with any other authors. This prohibition will be imposed for a
minimum of 36 months.
In cases where the violations of the above policies are found to
be particularly egregious, the journal reserves the right to impose additional
sanctions beyond those described above.
7- Research involving
human participants and/or animals
7-1- Statement of
Human Rights
When reporting studies
that involve human participants, authors should include a statement that the
studies have been approved by the appropriate institutional and/or national
research ethics committee and have been performed in accordance with the
ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its
later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
·
If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance
with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration or comparable standards, the authors must
explain the reasons for their approach, and demonstrate that the independent
ethics committee or institutional review board explicitly approved the doubtful
aspects of the study.
·
The following statements should be included in the text before the
References section:
·
Ethical approval: All procedures performed in studies involving
human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the
institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki
declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
·
For retrospective studies Ethical approval: For this type of study
formal consent is not required.
7-2- Statement on the
Welfare of Animals
·
For studies with animals, the following statement should be
included in the text before the References section:
·
Ethical approval: All applicable international, national, and/or
institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.
·
If applicable (where such a committee exists) Ethical approval:
All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with
the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were
conducted.
·
If articles do not contain studies with human participants or
animals by any of the authors, please select one of the following statements:
1.
Ethical approval: This article does not contain any studies with human
participants performed by any of the authors.
2.
Ethical approval: This article does not contain any studies with
animals performed by any of the authors.
3.
Ethical approval: This article does not contain any studies with
human participants or animals performed by any of the authors
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