Publishing research work and experiment findings is a celebration of significant efforts by a scholar who shares results with other scholars around the world. More importantly, it is a contribution to the body of knowledge towards to humanity in the subject matter. Accordingly,Dee Publishing takes the matter of publication ethics seriously and takes the several measures to address this important matter in scientific research in all its journals..
Strictly blind peer-review process applies to all manuscripts. This ensures the fair evaluation of submitted manuscripts and the contribution to the body of knowledge of the subject matter.
The submitted manuscript must be an original work and sole property of the Author(s), and the manuscript should not be published elsewhere nor should it be currently under consideration for publication by another journal. Manuscripts that are found to be published before or under consideration/review elsewhere will be rejected immediately and authors will be banned for a period of twelve months from submitting any new manuscript to any Dee Publishing Journal regardless whether the newly submitted manuscript is authored individually or co-authored with others whether involved or not in the previous violation. That ban will be extended to the editorial board of any journal published by Dee Publishing. Should the violation be repeated after the twelve months ban period, violating author(s) will be banned for three years from submitting any manuscript to any of Dee Publishing Journals.
Dee Publishing would not tolerate plagiarism and will take the following measures accordingly. First, the manuscript that has been proven to be involved in plagiarism will be immediately rejected along with the immediate rejection of any other manuscript under consideration by any other Dee Publishing Journal submitted by the same authors. Second, each author involved in the violating manuscript will be banned for a period of three years from submitting any new manuscript to any Dee Publishing Journal regardless whether the newly submitted manuscript is authored individually or co-authored with others whether involved or not in the previous violation. That ban will be extended to the editorial board of any journal published by Dee Publishing. Should the violation be repeated after the three years ban period, violating author(s) will be banned for life from submitting any manuscript to any of Dee Publishing Journals.
Dee publisher are peer reviewed by two or three reviewers and the editor-in-chief makes the final decision. It is expected that Editors and reviewers during the review process should be principled, prompt, act with confidence, contribution to the final decision, acknowledge source, and stick to objectives and guidelines mentioned below.
Reviewers should understand that the peer review process is confidential. The review process should not be shared with anyone outside the peer review process.
Reviewers clearly understand that review process should be unbiased and author deserves full credit for their work.
Reviewers should submit a comprehensive and substantial peer review report in a timely manner. If there is delay, it should be communicated to the editor.
Reviewers must communicate to the Editor-in Chief if the papers are plagiarized or published elsewhere.
The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision to publish the manuscript in the journal based on peer-reviewers comments. It is expected that Editors during the review process should be principled, prompt, act with confidence, contribution to the final decision, acknowledge source, and stick to objectives and guidelines mentioned below
Editors should understand that the peer review process is confidential. The review process should not be shared with anyone outside the peer review process.
Editors clearly understand that review process should be unbiased and author deserves full credit for their work.
Editor-in-Chief should discuss all matter regarding publication with the Editorial board members before making a final decision.
Editors should automatically reject manuscript that are inappropriate or out of scope of the journal.
Editors must investigate if they receive information that a manuscript is plagiarized, under consideration elsewhere or has already been published. If there is evidence that the manuscript has been plagiarized, under consideration elsewhere or has already been published, then the Editor-in-Chief should issue an erratum.