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Ethical Workflow

Ethical Workflow

The journal follows a structured ethical workflow to ensure integrity, transparency, originality, and fairness throughout manuscript handling, peer review, and publication.

Step 1: Initial Ethical Screening

Each submission undergoes preliminary editorial screening for scope, originality, plagiarism, formatting, and ethical compliance.

Step 2: Plagiarism Verification

Manuscripts are checked using plagiarism detection tools. High similarity or unethical overlap may lead to rejection.

Step 3: Double-Blind Review

Reviewer and author identities remain confidential to ensure unbiased academic evaluation.

Step 4: Conflict of Interest Check

Editors and reviewers must disclose conflicts of interest before handling manuscripts.

Step 5: Ethical Decision Making

Editorial decisions are based only on academic merit, originality, methodology, and reviewer reports.

Step 6: Correction or Retraction

If ethical concerns arise after publication, correction, clarification, or retraction procedures are initiated.

Ethical Responsibilities

  • Authors must submit original unpublished work.
  • Reviewers must maintain confidentiality.
  • Editors must ensure fairness and confidentiality.
  • All parties must avoid unethical publication practices.

The journal follows internationally recognized editorial ethics principles inspired by major scholarly publishing standards.