Code of Conduct and Roles Responsibilities

Rumôh Journal aims to ensure highest ethical standards for publication, generate public trust in scientific findings and assure that authors of manuscripts receive due credit for their ideas. All processes adhere to the Publication Ethics (COPE) and its Best Practice Guidelines in every possible way.

Plagiarism

Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors will be considered as plagiarism. A plagiarism screening process will take place at the beginning of the review process before the manuscript is sent out to the reviewer(s) and in the editing process. If plagiarism is detected after the manuscript is published, the editor will immediately remove the article from the issue list with notification of publication ethics infringement.

Duplicate Submission

Manuscripts that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere will be considered as duplicate submission and violation of submission regulations. If authors have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently being reviewed, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to properly cite the previous work to avoid self-plagiarism.

Citation Manipulation

Submitted manuscripts that are found to include false citations is considered as citation manipulation.

Data Falsification

Submitted manuscripts that are found to have falsified research results and findings (including the manipulation of graphs, images, or charts) will be considered as data falsification.

Improper Author Attribution

All sources used in the submitted manuscript must be given proper attribution as required by the license derived from the original source.

Conflicts of Interest

Rumôh Journal encourages authors to avoid any conflicts of interests (COIs, also known as ‘competing interests’) that occur when issues outside research could be reasonably perceived to affect the neutrality or objectivity of the work or its assessment. However, any potential conflict of interest must be declared – whether or not it actually had an influence – to allow informed decisions. In most cases, this declaration will not stop work from being published nor will it always prevent someone from being involved in a review process.

Upon cases of uncertainty, declaration of a potential interest or discussion with the editors is strongly encouraged. Undeclared interests may lead to rejection or re-assessment of the manuscript that might cause withdrawal from publication.

Conflicts of interest include:

  1. Financial – funding and other payments, goods and services received or expected by the authors relating to the subject of the work or from an organization with an interest in the outcome of the work.
  2. Affiliations – being employed by, on the advisory board for, or a member of an organization with an interest in the outcome of the work.
  3. Intellectual property – patents or trademarks owned by someone or their organization.
  4. Personal – friends, family, relationships, and other close personal connections.
  5. Ideology – beliefs or activism, e.g. political or religious, relevant to the work.
  6. Academic – competitors or someone whose work is critiqued.

Authors must declare current or recent funding and other payments, goods or services that might influence the work. All funding, whether a conflict or not, must be declared in the ‘Acknowledgments’. Declared conflicts of interest (if any) will be considered by the editor and reviewers and stated in the published article.

Editors and reviewers should not be involved with a submission when they:

  1. Have a recent publication or current submission with any author.
  2. Collaborate or recently collaborated with any author.
  3. Have a financial interest in the subject of the work.
  4. Experience inability to be objective.

In any way possible, Rumôh Journal aims to avoid assigning submissions to editors and inviting reviewers, should there be a conflict of interest; in which they should decline in any of the above situations and declare any conflicts to the journal. Reviewers must declare their interests in the ‘Confidential’ section of the review form, which will be considered by the editor. Close competitors should consider declining. Editors and reviewers must declare if they have previously discussed the manuscript with the authors during the initial editorial meeting.

Sanctions of mentioned violations

In the event that there is evidence of violations of any of the above mentioned policies:

  1. Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript.
  2. Immediate rejection of every other manuscript submitted to Rumôh Journal by the author(s) of the infringing manuscript for two subsequent issues (12 months).
  3. Blacklisted as author or demoted user access from author to reader
  4. Prohibition of the authors from serving on the Editorial Board of Rumôh Journal.

In cases where the violations of the above policies are found to be particularly severe, the publisher reserves the right to impose additional sanctions beyond those described above.

Responsibilities

Author(s) responsibilities:

  1. The author(s) should present their research results clearly, honestly, plagiarism-free, and ensure that no manipulation of data has occurred.
  2. The author(s) is responsible to confirm the submission of the manuscripts.
  3. The author(s) must adhere to the requirements of publication in the form of originality, no-plagiarism, and confirm that the manuscript has never been published in another journal or in any other publication.
  4. The author must provide adequate references and other literature.
  5. The author(s) must submit a manuscript in line with prevailing ethical standards.
  6. The author(s) is prohibited to send a similar manuscript to any other journal or publication.
  7. The author(s) must hold no objection if the submitted manuscript is being corrected by the reviewers without changing its basic idea or substance.

Editor(s) responsibilities:

  1. The editors of Rumôh Journal conduct regular editorial meetings in which they make decisions on the publication of submitted manuscripts. The editor is guided by valid law concerning defamation, copyright violation and plagiarism.
  2. In the process of the acceptance of a manuscript, the editor team works based on editorial procedures and requirements as stated in the journal policies and guidelines.
  3. In the review process and decision-making on submitted manuscripts, the editorial team does not discriminate against the author(s) due to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or ideology.
  4. The editor and the editorial team will not provide any information about the submitted manuscript, except there is permission from the author(s).
  5. A manuscript that is not published after being submitted will be returned to the author and archived.

Reviewer(s) responsibilities:

  1. The reviewer helps the editor in making decisions on the submitted manuscript.
  2. The reviewer is responsible for providing recommendations on reviewed manuscript.
  3. The review of the manuscript is done free of bias and substantiated by clear arguments.
  4. The reviewer maintains confidentiality. S/he does not use information contained in the manuscript under review for personal gain.

Publisher responsibilities:

  1. Rumôh Journal is responsible to publish the manuscript after screening, reviewing, editing, and layouting in accordance with the rules of standard of scientific journal publishing.
  2. Rumôh Journal is responsible to guarantee academic freedom for the editor, the reviewers and the author(s).
  3. Rumôh Journal is responsible for maintaining confidentiality, protecting intellectual property and copyright and guaranteeing editorial freedom.