Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Al‑Syamail Journal is a peer‑reviewed publication issued twice a year (June and December), both in print and online. This statement outlines the ethical responsibilities of everyone involved in the publication process: authors, the Editor‑in‑Chief, the Editorial Board, reviewers, and the publisher.

1. General Principles

• Integrity of Scholarship: Publishing in Al‑Syamail Journal contributes to a trusted network of scholarly knowledge. It reflects the quality of authors’ work and their institutions.

• Independence: Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly merit. No commercial interests, including advertising or reprint revenue, influence acceptance or rejection.

2. Editorial Responsibilities

• Decision Authority: The Editor‑in‑Chief oversees which manuscripts are published, guided by importance, originality, and relevance. Legal considerations (e.g., libel, copyright, plagiarism) and journal policies inform these decisions.

• Impartiality: Manuscripts are judged on content alone, without bias toward authors’ gender, nationality, religion, ethnicity, or political beliefs.

• Confidentiality: Submission files and reviews remain confidential, shared only with relevant editors, reviewers, and the corresponding author.

• Conflict of Interest: Editors must recuse themselves from handling any manuscript where they have a personal or financial stake. Unpublished data or ideas within submissions may not be used in editors’ own work without the author’s written consent.

3. Reviewer Responsibilities

• Objective Evaluation: Reviewers provide fair, constructive critique focused on the manuscript’s intellectual content, not on the author personally.

• Timely Response: If unable to review promptly or lacking expertise, reviewers should notify the editor and decline.

• Confidentiality: Manuscripts and supporting materials must not be shared or discussed outside the review process.

• Acknowledging Sources: Reviewers should point out relevant literature missing from the manuscript and flag any overlap with published work.

• Disclosure of Conflicts: Reviewers must decline assignments where personal, collaborative, or financial relationships could bias their judgment, and must not use privileged information for personal gain.

4. Author Responsibilities

• Accuracy and Transparency: Authors must present methods and data truthfully and in enough detail to allow replication. Fabrication or falsification is unethical.

• Originality: Submissions must be original work. All ideas, data, and text borrowed from others must be properly cited or quoted.

• Redundant Publication: Simultaneous or duplicate submissions of the same research to multiple outlets are not permitted.

• Authorship Credit: Only those who made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study should be listed as authors; others may be acknowledged. All co‑authors must approve the final manuscript.

• Disclosure of Funding and Conflicts: Authors must declare any financial support or personal interests that could influence their work.

• Correcting Errors: If significant errors are discovered post‑publication, authors are obliged to inform the editor and collaborate on corrections or retractions.

 

Al‑Syamail Journal upholds these ethical standards to ensure the integrity, reliability, and excellence of the research we publish.