Publication Ethics

 

The journal is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the content published.

This journal has a Conflict of Interest policy in place
The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and subscribes to its principles on how to deal with acts of misconduct thereby committing to investigate allegations of misconduct in order to ensure the integrity of research
The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the (COPE) guidelines on plagiarism will be followed. Content published in this journal is peer reviewed (Double Blind).

 Authorship

All authors must have made a significant contribution to the manuscript, approved the order in which their names appear, and agreed to the final version that was submitted. The following recommendations of  the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

(ICJME) are used in this journal to ensure that authors have made substantive intellectual contributions to the manuscript and  responsible for the content of publication.

According to the ICMJE, authorship should be determined by the following four criteria:

1- Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; and
2- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
Final approval of the version to be published; and
3- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.