Publication Ethics

This Publication Ethics in this journal refers to Committee of Publication Ethics (CoPE), which is generally accepted in the world.

The Journal of Historical Issues always maintains the integrity of the review of all articles processed for publication. All submitted manuscripts will be carefully reviewed and vetted. Therefore, authors must maintain the integrity of their work in the form of freedom from conflicts of interest, falsification and fabrication of data, plagiarism, ethical violations in research, and inter-author disputes.

 

Ethics for Authors 

These guidelines ethics for authors are considered approved by all authors before submitting their manuscripts/articles to the Journal of Historical Issues. The author's ethics that are required to be agreed upon are as follows.

• All authors must guarantee that their article is their personal and original work, does not infringe the copyright and intellectual property rights of any individual or group, and cannot be characterized as plagiarized from any published work.
• The lead author must ensure that all co-authors agree to the publication and are willing to be listed as co-authors. All persons who have made scientific or linguistic contributions to the paper must be named as co-authors.
• Authors whose names appear on the article have equal responsibility for the content of the submitted manuscript or published article.
• Authors are prohibited from submitting a manuscript that has been submitted to the Journal of Historical Issues to another journal, before receiving a response from the journal editor/reviewer.
• Authors are prohibited from submitting published work or work based on published work, in whole or in part.
• Authors must cite all relevant publications. Information obtained privately, such as in interviews, correspondence, or discussions with third parties, may only be used or reported in the author's work if quoted in full, and with the third party's permission.
• Authors should avoid excessive criticism that could bring down the reputation of the work or others.

 

Ethics for Reviewers

• All manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of the authors.
• All information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential.
• Any information that may be the reason for a publication rejection must be written in the reviewer comment.
• The duty of confidentiality in the assessment of a manuscript must be maintained by expert reviewers, and this extends to reviewers' colleagues who may be asked (with the editor's permission) to give opinions on specific sections.
• Submitted manuscript should not be retained or copied.
• Reviewers and editors should not make any use of the data, arguments, or interpretations unless they have the authors' permission.
• Reviewers should provide speedy, accurate, courteous, unbiased, and justifiable reports.
• Reviewers assigned to an article will comment on the following items:
• The importance of research or thought the studies, originality, and the truth of fact/data from article
• Strengths and weaknesses of the study design and data analysis for research papers or the analysis and commentary for essays
• Writing, organization, and the logic of studies
• The degree to which the findings justify the conclusion
• The relevance, usefulness, and comprehensibility of the article for the Journal's target audience.
• Any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the editor and written in the comment.

 

Ethic for Editors

All members of the Editorial Team adhere to the following ethical guidelines for any journal article that has been found eligible for review by the reviewers.

• Editorial team members should consider without bias each manuscript submitted for publication and assess each on its merits without regard to the author's race, religion, nationality, gender, seniority or original institutions.
• Editorial team members shall keep the review process confidential; no information or correspondence about a manuscript shall be shared with anyone outside the review process.
• Editorial team members may reject a submitted manuscript without a formal opinion from the reviewers if they consider it unsuitable for the journal and outside the scope of the journal.
• Editorial team members should endeavor to process submitted manuscripts in an efficient and scheduled manner.
• If convincing evidence of error is found in the main content or conclusions of any article published in the Journal of Historical Issues, members of the editorial team should facilitate the publication of an appropriate correction.