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Publication Ethics The JFCR has clear and publicly available policies regarding publication ethics and publication malpractice that adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). -Study Design and Ethics Good research should be well planned, aptly designed, and adequately justified. Research questions should be appropriately addressed and research methods should ensure that high standards of quality control and data analysis are followed. -Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication Manuscripts submitted to JFCR must not be submitted elsewhere. Authors whose articles are found to have been concurrently submitted elsewhere may incur sanctions as this is deemed an unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior. Duplicate or redundant publication can occur when a work, or substantial part of a work, is published more than once; whether in the same language or any different language. JFCR considers only original content that has not been previously published. In case the authors have employed their own previously published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they must provide a proper citation to the previous articles and clarify in what way their submitted manuscript is different from their previous work. If the authors reused their own words outside the Methods this should be properly cited in the text. Reuse of the authors’ own figures or substantial amounts of wording, may require permission from the copyright holder. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain any such permissions. -Fabrication, Falsification and Image Manipulation Data fabrication means the data was made up based on assumptions with no real gathering of data or experiment conducted by the researcher. As for data falsification, it means that the researcher manipulated or changed the data to support the research claims or hypotheses. Data falsification may also occur due to the manipulation of research instrumentation, materials, or processes. Both of these practice are considered a violation of the research integrity and honesty. Image modifications, may at times be legitimately justified; yet, this can lead to the misrepresentation of the results obtained or their significance. Authors are advised to avoid inappropriate image manipulation. -Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern When errors are identified in published articles, the publisher will consider what action is required and may consult the editors and the authors’ institution(s). JFCR editors will consider retractions, corrections, or expressions of concern if any legal, ethical, or security concern is raised, and the author(s) involved will be immediately informed. Subsequently, JFCR would conduct an investigation and, if appropriate, negotiate the matter with the concerned author(s) in an attempt to address the issue. JFCR should consider issuing a correction or a retraction and withdrawal of the submitted work if the concern relates to the integrity or accuracy of the content itself. When any content is retracted, the integrity of other affiliated works should be preserved (for example, other volumes in a series) as well as the academic record. This includes maintaining any associated metadata and, if legally possible, the abstract. If there are errors that significantly affect the conclusions or there is evidence of misconduct, this may require retraction or an expression of concern following the COPE Retraction Guidelines. -Authorship and Acknowledgments Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant scientific contribution to the research submitted to the JFCR. Anyone who has made a significant contribution to the conception or design of the project or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work, and/or critically reviewed it for fundamental intellectual content, qualifies for authorship of a manuscript. Generally, anyone listed as an author on a paper should approve the final version of the paper. We encourage authors to use the categories defined by CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) or that of ICMJE guidelines (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) to list their roles. Anyone who contributes to the research or manuscript preparation, but whose contribution is not of sufficient magnitude to be listed as an author, should be acknowledged, with his/her permission, in the acknowledgments section. -Funding Sources The Corresponding Author should identify and declare all funding sources received for conducting the research submitted to the journal. The Corresponding Author should provide a brief and accurate description of the role of the sponsor(s). It should be clearly stated that this funding has influenced neither the results nor the independence of the author(s) to publish the results or own the data. If there are no funds nor funders to declare, the Corresponding Author must state: "This research has not received any external funding.” Funding information should be declared during the submission stage and will be included in the final publication. -Fundamental Errors in Published Works When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, the author should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. -Reporting Standards Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Please read the reporting standards for research publication at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254083841_Reporting_Standards_for_Research_Publications or https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Reporting-Standards-for-Research-Publications-Elmore/e9c8cf0729903e315ac226aa2229a2257c0549bf -Duties of Editors and Reviewers
Reviewers must declare any remaining interests in the ‘Confidential’ section of the review form, which will be considered by the editor. |
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