Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS

SJAS abides by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and adopts the ICMJE recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work.

• Authorship must be honest, with no gift or ghost authors permitted. Every manuscript must be original, and the journal screens submissions with Turnitin to ensure a similarity index of fifteen percent (15%) or less.
• Authors are responsible for maintaining data integrity and ensuring that their findings are reproducible. They must also disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
• Studies involving animals or human participants require prior approval from an appropriate ethics review board.
• When warranted, the journal issues corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern promptly to uphold the integrity of the scholarly record.