Publication Ethics

Honesty, transparency, fairness, and academic integrity will be maintained throughout the publishing process by the International Journal For Research In Mathematics And Statistics.

The authors, reviewers, editors, and all other individuals involved in the publishing process are supposed to uphold responsible academic practices.

Authors

Authors must:

  • Submit their original research.
  • Avoid plagiarism.
  • Accurately report their research.
  • Properly cite their sources.
  • Avoid using fabricated or falsified data.
  • Disclose any conflicts of interests.
  • Acquire required permissions and ethical approvals.
  • Not submit their work simultaneously to different journals.
  • Ensure proper authorship.

Reviewers

Reviewers must:

  • Confidentially handle manuscripts.
  • Provide constructive and objective feedback.
  • Disclose conflicts of interest.
  • Not use confidential information for personal gain.
  • Undertake the reviewing process in an appropriate manner and within an agreed period of time.

Editors

Editors must:

  • Uphold a fair editing process.
  • Keep things confidential.
  • Select appropriate reviewers.
  • Handle ethical issues.
  • Make appropriate decisions based on academic value.
  • Avoid discrimination and personal biases.

Research Misconduct

Research misconduct may include:

  • Plagiarism.
  • Duplicate publication.
  • Simultaneous submission.
  • Fabrication of data.
  • Falsification of results.
  • Manipulation of research findings.
  • Improper authorship.
  • Unethical research practices.

In case there is any problem identified, the journal will be contacting the author for more information.

Depending on the severity of the problem, the journal can reject the paper, ask for correction, put up an expression of concern, or even withdraw the paper that was already published.

At present, Publication Ethics is one of the Policies for Authors in the journal.