Articles submitted to Benha Journal of Applied Science must adhere with the ethical guidelines provided by the COPE (Committee of Publications Ethics) (http://publicationethics.org/). Roles of Editors: 1.The fairness and independence of editors: The evaluation of submitted manuscripts by the editors is based only on their relevance to the Benha Journal of Applied Science scope and academic importance, originality, clarity, and validity of the study, regardless of the authors’ race, religious belief, nationality, gender, cultural, political viewpoint or institutional affiliation. Editing and publishing decisions are determined only by the editor-in-chief, who has full authority over the entire editorial content and publishing time, and is not affected by governmental policies or other agencies outside the journal. Confidentiality: Any information about a submitted manuscript is confidential. The editorial board will reveal information only to corresponding authors, reviewers or potential reviewers, and the publisher. 2. Harmful substances and human or animal subjects: Experimental work with humans, animals or harmful substances described in articles must have evidence of the approval of the relevant Ethical Committee of the Faculty/Institution in which the work was done and that the subjects gave informed consent to the work. The use of experimental animals must be performed by the relevant local or national animal welfare guidelines, and experimental animal use should be minimized whenever possible, and they should not suffer unnecessarily. Authors commitments: The author should be aware of the major ethical issues before submitting and publishing the research such as duplicate publication, fabricated data, plagiarism (and self-plagiarism), disputes with authorship, breach of copyright and undisclosed conflict of interest. 1. Duplicate publication: Articles submitted must not include published contents (except in the form of an abstract or as part of the lecture or thesis) or be currently under consideration for publication in another journal at the time of submission. To verify originality, the manuscript may be checked by the originality detection service. 2. Fabrication of data: Authors must be sure that all data in the submitted article is clear and accurate. The editors of the Benha Journal of Applied Science may contact the authors to provide supporting raw data. In case of the explanation being not satisfactory enough, the submission will be immediately rejected, and necessary actions will be taken. 3. Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism): Plagiarism in any form is not accepted and if found, all stakeholders will be notified. During the peer-review process, the editors will check the similarities to other published articles by crosschecking against a giant database of published articles. Corrected articles will be verified once again to ensure that they do not have plagiarism issues. The reuse of your own work (data, words, or theories) without proper citation is considered self-plagiarism. 4. Disputes with authorship: The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication in the journal has been approved by all the other co-authors. All authors listed in the submitted article should have been involved in the conception of the research idea or methodology design or acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data to the work reported. Submission to Benha Journal of Applied Science is taken by the journal to mean that all the listed authors have agreed to all the contents and the responsibility is shared by both author and co-author. It is also the author’s responsibility to ensure that the articles are submitted with the approval of their institution. Any change to the authors list after submission, such as a change in the order of the authors or the deletion or addition of authors needs to be approved by a signed letter from every author. An acknowledgment from the editorial office officially confirms the date of receipt and the date of acceptance. Further correspondence and proof will be sent to the corresponding author(s) until publication. 5. Breach of copyright: The content of the manuscript must be the author's own, and it has not been copyrighted from other previously published works. Written permission should be provided during submission to reuse any figures, tables, and data sets from previously published content. 6. Potential conflict of interest: All authors in submitted manuscripts must be honest about any conflicts of interest which may exist when the interpretation of the results is influenced by whether sources of research funding or any form of financial support directly or indirectly by means of supplying equipment or materials from other people or organizations. The statement must declare any potential conflicts of interest in the manuscript; if no conflict exists authors should declare that there is no conflict of interest. The articles may be rejected or retracted if a potential conflict of interest is detected and not declared to the journal during the submission. Benha Journal of Applied Science is committed to ensuring robust peer review and ethical standards in publication and quality of articles. The Journal promotes strict adherence to standards of ethical practices as defined by the Code of Conduct of COPE which is expected from all the parties involved: Editors, Authors, Experts, Reviewers, and the Publisher. The Benha Journal of Applied Science is committed to supporting stringent peer review processes, and scientific, ethical, and quality standards in publishing. |