Introduction Adherence to ethical standards is crucial for maintaining the credibility of scientific publications. At East Journals, we uphold these standards rigorously, expecting every author to ensure the ethical soundness of their submissions.
On Plagiarism According to the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, plagiarism involves:
- Misrepresenting another’s ideas or words as one’s own.
- Using someone else’s content without proper acknowledgment.
- Committing intellectual theft.
- Representing a borrowed idea or product as original.
East Journals views plagiarism gravely. We are steadfast in our commitment to screening out manuscripts with potential plagiarism. To this end, we employ the iThenticate software to scrutinize each manuscript for similarities to existing publications.
The initial step in our manuscript review is the plagiarism check. Manuscripts found to have a significant resemblance to existing publications are promptly dismissed. For a detailed look into our review process, please refer below.
Authors are expected to submit entirely original works. For suspected instances of plagiarism, East Journals abides by the COPE guidelines.
Duplicate Submissions A duplicate submission occurs when an author simultaneously sends the same or substantially similar manuscripts to more than one journal. This pertains to manuscripts extracted from identical datasets that bear minute differences. Submitting the same content in various languages to different journals also counts as duplication.
Data Integrity Fabricating, altering, or distorting data in any submission is considered unethical. East Journals adheres to the COPE guidelines when confronting possible instances of data manipulation.
Reference Manipulation Manuscripts should be supported by pertinent references. Incorporating irrelevant citations is discouraged. Likewise, unnecessary self-citation solely to inflate one’s citation count is deemed unethical.