Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing (authors, editors, peer reviewers, publisher).

The JCEA ethic statements are based on the guidelines and standards developed and published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All documents are available free of charge on COPE website

JCEA is a member of CrossCheck, a multi-publisher initiative for screen of published and submitted content for originality. By depositing published content and checking submitted manuscripts for plagiarism, JCEA is actively committed to combat against plagiarism and devoted to publication of original research.

Editors

• JCEA editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published
• JCEA editor will accept and evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethics origin, political philosophy, religious belief or sexual orientation of the authors
• Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than stakeholders
• Unpublished manuscripts or materials must not be used in an editors own research
• All submitted manuscripts will be considered for publication free of charge

Authors

• Authors attest that paper is their own, original and unpublished work
• Authors guarantee that the manuscript has not been copied or plagiarized (in whole or in part); a paper should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work; any used information resources (phrases, data, images…) must be appropriately cited or quoted
• Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the manuscript content. All those who made significant contribution should be listed as co-authors
• Affiliation (all authors/co-authors) and corresponding address (main author) must be clearly stated
• When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in theirown published work, it is the authors' obligation to promptly notify the Publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper

Reviewers

• All manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents
• Privileged information/ideas obtained by reviewers through peer review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage
• Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate, review should be conducted objectively
• All suggestions and comments should be followed by supporting arguments (for detailed information please see Reviewer's guide)