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Articles submitted to the Parasitologists United Journal (PUJ) are required to uphold rules set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (http://publicationethics.org/). International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (www.icmje.org) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) (WEB@wame.org) set standards and provide guidelines for best practices. Strict adherence to the code of conduct applies to the editors, authors, reviewers, and the publisher. As publisher of “PUJ” the Egyptian Parasitologists United (EPU) society ensures strict double-blind peer reviewing and ethical standards in publication and quality of articles. Editors Responsibilities Preliminary evaluation of submitted articles is to ensure that they abide to the “PUJ” guidelines regarding academic importance, relevance, scope, originality, and validity of the research. Article evaluation is irrespective of author(s) race, religion, nationality, gender, political and/or culture perspectives, and institutional affiliation. Decisions pertaining to submission of manuscripts for double-blind peer-reviewing, editing, acceptance, and publishing are the responsibility of the ‘Editor-in-Chief’ who has control over the editorial content and publishing time. Submitted data in articles are confidential and revealed only to the editorial board, reviewers, and corresponding authors. Experimentation involving human or animals or use of toxic materials. Submitted printed approval of the corresponding Faculty/Institution Ethical Committee is compulsory for research that has to do with human, animals, or toxic substances. The objective of the research is explained to volunteering adult individuals or guardians of children, and they are completely free to accept or refuse. A signed consent to participate by providing research material, is obtained. Strict confidentiality about participant(s) personal data (secured by the questionnaire being anonymous) is maintained throughout data collection, entry, and analysis according to the Helsinki declaration. The methodology should be approved by the concerned ethics committee of the institute specifying that there are no risks in the physical well-being, integrity or right to anonymity of the participants. It is advisable to maintain patient(s)’ consent forms granting permission for the publication of personal photographs or identifying materials. If this is not specifically included in the consent forms, the author(s) are requested to either obtain this permission or have the identifying material excluded. Experiments involving animals should follow the ARRIVE guidelines (Animals in Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments), and in accordance with the U.K Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines; E.U Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments or the National Institutes of Health guide for the care and use of Laboratory animals (NIH Publications No. 8023, revised 1978). In addition, handling of experimental animals in laboratory research must follow the local or national ethical and technical regulations on animal rights and welfare for scientific purposes. Authors Responsibilities Prior to submission the authors are obliged to follow instructions pertaining to publication ethic rules against fabrication of data, plagiarism (and self-plagiarism), duplication of publication in more than one journal, disagreement over authorship, violation of copyright, and unrevealed conflict of interest. 1. Fabrication of data Data in submitted article should be original, clear, and accurate. Responsible editors may contact the authors to provide supporting raw data. Otherwise, if the editors are not satisfied by the author response the submission will be rejected. 2. Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) Submitted articles are checked for plagiarism so the author(s) should always avoid copying sentences or paragraphs from other publications which would expose them to rejection. The percentage of plagiarism is obtained by cross-checking against a known database of published articles (plagiarism checker account; i-Thenticate) and reported to the corresponding author for consideration. Corrected articles are rechecked for reduction of plagiarism. The authors can avoid self-plagiarism by proper citation of previous own work; and use “quoted from” in case of articles with language other than English. 3. Duplication of publication Submitted articles must not be concomitantly presented for publication in another journal at the time of submission. To verify, originality is confirmed by checking via an originality detection service (Crossref). 4. Disagreement (Disputes) over authorship Approval of authorship by all authors on a submitted article is the responsibility of the co-author. It is presumed by the “PUJ” that all the listed authors have agreed to all the contents, and the responsibility is shared by both author(s) and co-author(s) to obtain their institution’s approval for publication. Contributionof all listed authors to the publication should include conception of the research idea or methodology design analysis, interpretation, revision of data and achievements. After submission, any change in the citation order of authors or addition or deletion should be by written approval from all authors. Communications and proofs revision are with the corresponding author until publication. Date of receipt and that of acceptance are clearly declared on the accepted publication. 5. Copyright Accepted articles become the permanent property of PUJ. Each publication is provided by a copyright form (Appendix II: Copyright Assignment Form) to be signed by author(s) indicating that the content of the manuscript is exclusive and that all tables, graphs, and photomicrographs are original and not copied from other previously published works, nor will be published elsewhere. Once accepted, the copyright of their publication is exclusively assigned to the “‘PUJ’”, and written consent from the journal is required for publication elsewhere. Written permission should be obtained for reuse of any figures, tables, or data sets from previous publications. Copyrights signed by all authors are scanned and returned to the Chief Editor. 6. Potential conflict of interest Author(s) must submit an affidavit that is published in the paper declaring that there are no competing conflicts of interest with their fellow authors or potential disagreement with respect to the authorship and/or publication, or regarding any organization that could influence this work. Authors should confirm that the manuscript was revised and approved by all named authors, and that the order of authors listed is certified by all named authors 7. Acknowledgement Author(s) should reveal any financial support from grants or projects, citing the source and number of grants. Any form of direct or indirect support by provision of equipment or materials from other individuals or organizations should be clearly stated. |
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