Our Publication Ethics




Definition:

Plagiarism, is nothing but, one misrepresents or reproduces ideas, words, computer codes or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of such ethical principles. Plagiarism demonstrates itself in diverse forms, including

--> Verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's paper;

--> Copying elements of another author's paper, such as equations or illustrations or tabulated data that are not common knowledge, or copying or intentionally paraphrasing sentences without mentioning the source; and

-->Verbatim copying of portions of another author's paper with citing but not clearly differentiating what text is copied and/or not citing the source properly.


Notifying Journal of Alleged Plagiarism

To inform Journal of alleged plagiarism, send mail to ijesacbteditor@gmail.com . It is stressed that the minimum information required for Journal to initiate a plagiarism investigation is stated as follows


--->The names and contact addresses of the person(s) making the claim and their relationship to the allegation (e.g., author of plagiarized work, reviewer or editor of plagiarizing work).

-->A citation to the original paper(s) (paper title, author, Journal title, Volume number, Issue number, year of publication).


-->A citation to the alleged plagiarizing paper.



Penalties for Plagiarism:

As and when plagiarism is found to have occurred, The Journal does take the actions listed below as determined by the category of plagiarism. Unless determined otherwise in the course of the investigation, all authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of a plagiarizing paper.

[1] Verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing a significant portion of another author's paper without citing the source and without clearly delineating (e.g., in quotation marks) the source material.

The Journal will duly inform the Department Chair, Director, Dean, or supervisor of the authors of the finding of plagiarism. The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of plagiarism.

If the paper is under consideration, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair and without any further plagiarism investigation.

[2]  Non-credited verbatim copying, near-verbatim copying, or purposely paraphrasing sentences of another author's paper and/or, copying elements of another author's paper (such as non-common knowledge illustrations and equations) without citing the source and without clearly delineating (e.g., in quotation marks) the source material.

      *  The authors will be asked to write a formal letter of apology to the authors of the plagiarized paper, including an admission of the plagiarism.

      * If the paper has appeared in press, Journal will post a Notice of Plagiarism based on the investigation of the plagiarizing paper and will remove access to the full text. The paper itself will be kept in the database in case of future legal actions.

      * If the paper is under submission, the paper can be automatically rejected by the Editor-in-Chief or the Program Chair without further revisions and without any further plagiarism investigation



Note:  The current journal follows the guidelines to identify the plagiarism. Here are the levels of misconduct described in the Guidelines.

-->Level One concerns to the uncredited verbatim copying of a full paper, or the verbatim copying of a major portion (> 50%), or verbatim copying within more than one paper by the same author(s).

-->Level two pertains to the uncredited verbatim copying of large portion (between 20 and 50%) or verbatim copying within more than one paper by the same author(s).

-->Level three pertains to the uncredited verbatim copying of individual elements (Paragraph(s), Sentence(s),Illustration(s), etc.) resulting in a significant portion (up to 20%) within a paper

-->Level Four pertains to uncredited improper paraphrasing of pages or paragraphs

-->Level Five pertains to the credited verbatim copying of a major portion of a paper without clear delineation (e.g., quotes or indents)

What if the review of a claim results in a decision that plagiarism did occur ?

There are several possible Corrective Actions that are available. Depending on the level of misconduct, one or all may be applied:

--> Notice of violation in IJESACBT
--> Prohibition from publishing in International Journals
--> Rejection and return of papers in review and queues
--> Referral to the Member Conduct Committee
--> Repeat offenders subject to increased penalty

Manuscript Submission:

Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.


Permissions:

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.


This journal is dedicated to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. The journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misdemeanors.
Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:

 --> The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal at a stretch.
 --> The manuscript has not been published previously (partially or in full), unless the new work concerns an extension of previous work (please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the hint of text-recycling (“self-plagiarism”)).
 --> A single study is not split up into several parts to raise the number of submissions and submitted to several journals or to one journal over time (e.g. “salami-publishing”).
 --> Data have not been fabricated or cooked up or manipulated (including images) to support conclusions of your article
 --> No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (“plagiarism”). Proper acknowledgements to other works must be given (this includes material that is closely copied (near verbatim), summarized and/or paraphrased), quotation marks are used for verbatim copying of material, and permissions are secured from the authors or Journals for material that is copyrighted.
 --> If there is a suspicion of misconduct, the journal will carry out an investigation following the COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, the allegation seems to raise valid concerns, the accused author will be contacted and given an opportunity to address the issue. If misconduct has been established beyond reasonable doubt, this may result in the Editor-in-Chief’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:
 --> If the article is still under consideration, it may be rejected and returned to the author.
 --> If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction, either an erratum will be placed with the article or in severe cases complete retraction of the article will occur. The reason must be given in the published erratum or retraction note. The author’s institution may be informed.

Sources: COPE, IEEE

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