- Lupine Publishers Publication Ethics Publication Ethics: All the Journals in Lupine Publishers adheres to the highest possible ethical standards, for example, by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). If an ethical problem related to a submitted or published article is referred to the Editorial Board member, then he will evaluate the problem as outlined by appropriate bodies such as the ICMJE and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and take appropriate steps. The following are problems in the ethics of publication that every author should be familiar with. Violations of any of the following ethical principles may incur sanctions described below. Plagiarism All journals published by Lupine Publishers are committed to publishing only original material, i.e., material that has neither been published nor is under review elsewhere. Lupine Publisher’s journals as a participant of plagiarism pro software tool, to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other author(s), whether published or unpublished, will incur plagiarism sanctions. Duplicate Submission Manuscripts that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere, will incur duplicate submission/publication sanctions. If author(s) have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and indicate how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the previous work. Citation Manipulation Submitted manuscripts that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, will incur citation manipulation sanctions.
- Data Fabrication and Falsification Submitted manuscripts that are found to have either fabricated or falsified experimental results, including the manipulation of images, will incur data fabrication and falsification sanctions. Redundant Publications Redundant publications involve the inappropriate division of study outcomes into several articles. Publisher Responsibilities: The publisher is committed to follow and comply with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations. The publisher does not influence the editors’ decisions and pledges the review process probity. The publisher is committed to respond to research misconduct complaints promptly, received atsupport@lupinepublishers.com. Use of Human and Animal Subjects: In any studies, involving human subjects must include a statement that their relevant institutional committee has approved the described work. In the case of experiments involving animals, the author(s) should provide a statement assuring that the described experiments have been approved by the relevant institutional committee. The following is a summary of our expectations from editors, reviewers, and author(s) to follow the publication ethics standards and the procedures of handling the unethical behaviors.
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