Publication Ethics

            Publishing Ethics

 

Tadween Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal committed to the highest standards of publishing ethics to provide its readers with the highest quality content. The principles of publishing ethics adhered to by the journal are as follows:

  1. The journal will not publish research that does not conform to these published standards. If the journal discovers, post-publication, that an author has failed to adhere to these standards, the manuscript will be removed at any time upon discovery.
  2. Tadween Journal subjects all submitted manuscripts to a strictly confidential peer-review process.
  3. Upon receiving a submission, the manuscript is entered into the (Turnitin) electronic plagiarism detection program. It is required that the similarity index not exceed 20%.
  4. Each manuscript is sent to two reviewers. If one reviewer rejects the paper, it is sent to a third reviewer to ensure fairness to the author; this third review is decisive. In all cases, the review process is double-blind: the author's information is removed before sending the manuscript for review. Reviewers are highly qualified academics (Professor or Assistant Professor) from various universities, selected for their objectivity and scientific integrity.
  5. The review form consists of sections highlighting the main points to be answered succinctly by the reviewer. If the reviewer has comments or required revisions, they are documented either in the manuscript's body or in a report attached to the review form. These comments are sent to the author electronically. After the author returns the revised manuscript, it is sent back to the reviewers to confirm that the required revisions have been made. Approval for publication is granted only after the journal verifies that the author has completed all required revisions.
  6. Tadween Journal operates using an electronic peer-review process via the Open Journal Systems (OJS).
  7. The review process takes approximately (30) days from the date of receipt. Publication takes approximately (6-9 months).
  8. In accordance with ethical guidelines, the journal will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publication. Our journal reserves the right to use plagiarism detection software to screen submitted papers at all times.

 

 

Author Responsibilities

 

Authors must ensure the following:

  • Originality: The manuscript has not been submitted or published in any other journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously constitutes unethical and unacceptable behavior (except in the form of an abstract, published lecture, academic thesis, or electronic preprint).
  • Acknowledgment: Any work or text by other authors, contributors, or sources (including websites) must be appropriately cited and acknowledged. Information obtained privately (e.g., in conversation, correspondence) must not be used or reported without explicit written permission from the source.
  • Linguistic Integrity: Ensure the linguistic correctness and clarity of the manuscript before submission.
  • Plagiarism: The submitted works represent the authors' own contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized, in whole or in part, from other works without clear attribution. Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical and unacceptable behavior.
  • Reporting Errors: If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted manuscript, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal's Editor-in-Chief and cooperate in retracting or correcting the paper.
  • Confidential Information: Information obtained in the course of confidential services (e.g., manuscript reviewing, grant applications) must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved.
  • Human Subjects: If the work involves human subjects, the author must ensure the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and have been approved by the appropriate institutional committee(s). Authors must include a statement that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of individuals must always be observed. Appropriate consents and permissions must be obtained where the author wishes to include case details, personal information, or images of patients or any other individuals. The author must retain written consents and provide copies to the journal upon request.
  • Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. All co-authors must have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission. Authors must collectively take responsibility for the work. Each individual author is responsible for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

 

  • Conflict of Interest: All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could be viewed as inappropriately influencing (biasing) their work. All sources of financial support for the research must be disclosed, as well as the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; report writing; and the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, this should be stated.
  • Post-Publication Corrections: When an author discovers a significant error in their published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate to retract or correct the paper if deemed necessary by the editor.
  • Withdrawal: If an author wishes to withdraw their manuscript, they must submit a request to the editor stating the reasons for withdrawal. The request will be considered upon approval by the Editor-in-Chief.
  • Submission: Manuscripts must be submitted using the online submission procedures. Submitting more than one manuscript at a time is a breach of publishing ethics.

 

 

Editor Responsibilities

 

Editors must ensure the following:

  • Oversee the peer review of submitted manuscripts.
  • Actively seek to prevent any potential conflicts of interest between the author, editorial staff, and reviewers.
  • Maintain the confidentiality of all information related to submitted manuscripts before publication.
  • Conflict of Interest: An editor should not be involved in decisions about papers they have written themselves or those written by family members or colleagues. Any such submission must be subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, and peer review must be handled independently of the relevant author/editor.
  • The Editor-in-Chief shall coordinate the work of all editors.

 

 

Reviewer Responsibilities

 

Reviewers must guarantee the following:

  • Non-Discrimination: Evaluate manuscripts based on their content without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs, or political orientation.
  • Confidentiality & Integrity: Retain all information regarding submitted manuscripts as confidential. The reviewer must inform the Editor-in-Chief of any suspected copyright infringement or plagiarism.
  • Objectivity: Evaluate submitted manuscripts objectively and provide clear, constructive feedback in the review form. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
  • Declining to Review: A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the assigned manuscript, or who does not have sufficient time to complete the review, must promptly notify the journal and decline the review invitation.
  • Conflict of Interest: Reviews must be conducted objectively. Reviewers should decline to review if they have potential conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the research. If a reviewer suggests that an author include citations to the reviewer's own work, this must be for genuine scientific reasons and not to increase the reviewer's citation count.

 

Editor-in-Chief