Publicaton Ethics

This Publication Ethics Statement for JRSPS is formally constituted as an indeflectible and imperative commitment to the perpetual maintenance of the most elevated ethical standards throughout the scientific publication lifecycle. JRSPS is fundamentally predicated upon and adheres strictly to the guidelines and established best practices prescribed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The comprehensive and stringent adherence to all provisions codified hereunder constitutes a mandatory and non-negotiable prerequisite for all constituent parties involved, encompassing, but not exclusively limited to: authors, editors, peer-reviewers, and the duly appointed publisher.

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors:

The Editorial Board undertakes the execution of the following ethical and professional responsibilities with the highest degree of impartiality and rigour:

Publication Decisions:

The Editorial Board shall possess full and non-delegable accountability for the determination of which submitted manuscripts shall proceed to publication. This critical determination must be invariably predicated upon the validity, the intrinsic importance of the study to the scientific community, the demonstrable originality, and the clarity of the manuscript’s exposition, and shall remain entirely free from the influence of commercial interests or the competing interests of external parties.

Data Access and Retention:

Authors may be officially requested to furnish the pertinent raw data that is relevant to the manuscript for internal editorial review purposes. Consequently, it is an explicit requirement that such data must be scrupulously retained for a reasonable and documented period subsequent to formal publication.

Originality and Plagiarism:

Submitted manuscripts are mandatorily required to constitute the authors' authentic and original intellectual product. The appropriation of the work, methodology, or verbatim textual content belonging to other researchers must be appropriately and comprehensively acknowledged via precise and formalized citation. Plagiarism in all its manifold manifestations, inclusively encompassing self-plagiarism, shall be deemed a fatal breach of publication ethics and shall inexorably precipitate the permanent rejection of the submission.

Multiple, Duplicate, or Concurrent Publication:

A manuscript that essentially describes the identical research endeavor must not be subjected to publication in more than one primary journal or publication medium. The concurrent submission of a single manuscript to multiple journals shall constitute an unethical and categorically unacceptable editorial practice.

Acknowledgement of Sources :

Due and appropriate acknowledgement of the work of other researchers must be consistently, unequivocally, and formally provided. All antecedent publications that have exerted a substantive and verifiable influence upon the determination or execution of the reported work’s nature must be enumerated and cited as authoritative references.

Authorship :

Authorship status must be stringently restricted to those individual persons who have furnished a significant and verifiable contribution to the conception, meticulous design, rigorous execution, or objective interpretation of the underlying study. All individuals who have provided such a significant contribution must be formally designated as co-authors. Other individuals who have participated in specific, non-critical substantive aspects of the research project shall be duly recognized via formal acknowledgement or listed as non-author contributors. The corresponding author bears the ultimate obligation to confirm that all appropriate co-authors have been included in the manuscript and that every co-author has explicitly approved the final, submitted version of the manuscript and has granted informed consent to its intended publication submission.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest :

All authors are professionally and ethically obligated to disclose all forms of financial, institutional, or other substantive conflicts of interest that could plausibly be construed as exercising an influence upon the outcomes, interpretation, or presentation of the manuscript.

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

The Editorial Board undertakes the execution of the following ethical and professional responsibilities with the highest degree of impartiality and rigour:

Publication Decisions:

Fair Play:

Manuscripts must be subjected to evaluation based solely upon their verifiable scientific merit and content, irrespective of the authors' race, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, national affiliation, or political philosophy.

Confidentiality:

Editors and all associated editorial staff are absolutely prohibited from disclosing any proprietary information regarding a submitted manuscript to any external entity or person other than the authors, the assigned reviewers, potential reviewers, and the appropriate publisher apparatus.

Conflicts of Interest:

Editors are strictly prohibited from utilizing unpublished, privileged material disclosed within a submitted manuscript for the advancement of their own independent research endeavours without the explicit, documented written consent of the manuscript authors.

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers:

Peer Reviewers execute a fundamentally crucial function within the mechanism of scientific publication and are consequently bound by the following stringent ethical requirements:

Contribution to Editorial Decisions:

The process of peer review serves as a vital instrument, facilitating the Editor in making informed, objective editorial decisions. Furthermore, through subsequent structured editorial communication with the authors, the peer review process serves to assist authors in the essential elevation of their manuscript's quality and scientific robustness.

Punctuality:

Reviewers who reasonably deem themselves academically unqualified to assess the research reported in a manuscript or who acknowledge that a prompt, timely review cannot be realistically executed must duly notify the Editor of this impediment and formally withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality:

Every manuscript received for the purposes of review must be treated as an inviolable confidential document. The manuscript must not, under any circumstances, be displayed to or discussed with any other person or entity unless explicit authorization is formally granted by the Editor.

Standards of Objectivity:

Reviews must be conducted with the utmost objectivity and detachment. Personal criticism directed at the author is expressly and strictly forbidden. Reviewers are required to articulate their critical assessment clearly and ensure that their viewpoints are substantiated by demonstrably valid, referenced arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources:

Reviewers are tasked with the identification of relevant published works that have not been adequately cited by the authors. Any statement asserting that an observation, a derivation, or an argument has been previously reported in the public domain must be systematically accompanied by the relevant, authoritative citation.