Duties of Authors

Duties of Authors:

• Authorship: The authorship of the manuscript should be restricted to those who have made significant contributions regarding the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the presented study. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. The lead author must ensure that all co-authors are duly listed in the article. He must also ensure that all the co-authors have analyzed and approved the final version of the manuscript, having agreed to its submission to the journal. 

• Content: Authors must present in their manuscripts an accurate account of the work performed and an objective analysis of its relevance. The additional data should also be addressed precisely. Documents must contain sufficient details and references to allow others to replicate jobs. Submission of fraudulent or intentionally imprecise statements is unethical and unacceptable editorial behavior.

• Originality and Ineditism: Authors must ensure that their works are original. If they have used the work of other authors, they should explain the references. Plagiarism, in all its forms, constitutes unethical and unacceptable editorial behavior. Authors must also ensure that their works are unpublished, i.e., that they have not been published previously, either in full or even in part.

• Multiple or redundant publications: Authors should not publish in more than one journal manuscripts describing essentially the same research. Publishing the same article in more than one magazine without the consent of the editorial team constitutes unethical and unacceptable editorial behavior.

• Simultaneous publications: Authors should not submit the same article simultaneously to more than one journal. This is because, when submitting a scientific article, the magazine mobilizes human resources, time and workforce for all the stages of the editorial flow.

• Source acknowledgement: Authors should cite the publications that were relevant to the preparation of the article submitted to the journal. Information obtained privately, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, shall not be reported without express written permission from the respective sources. Information obtained in confidence, for example, in the evaluation of manuscripts or requests for funding, should not be used without the express written permission of the respective authors.

• Prior approval by Ethics Committee: If the research involves human beings, the authors must ensure that the work contains a statement that all procedures have been carried out in accordance with the relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) have approved them.

• Conflict of interest: Authors must indicate in their articles any possible conflict of interest, for financial or other reasons, that may be considered as a possible influence for the interpretation or for the conclusions presented in their manuscripts. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

• Notification of errors: The author who discovers an inaccuracy or a significant error in an already published work of his should immediately notify the editorial team and cooperate with the editors for the removal or correction of the article.