The Sohag Journal of Sciences (SJS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethics and integrity in academic publishing. Our policies are aligned with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to ensure transparency, accountability, and excellence. This statement outlines the ethical responsibilities of all stakeholders, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.
Publishing Policy in Sohag University
Ethical Standards: Sohag University (SU) is committed to ensuring that all published content adheres to international ethical standards in academic publishing.
Transparency and Accessibility: SU ensures that all policies, including those on peer review, ethical standards, and author rights, are publicly available and transparent.
Correction and Retraction Policies: SU works with editors to issue corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern when necessary to maintain the integrity of the academic record.
Digital Archiving: SU ensures the long-term preservation of published content through reliable archiving systems at Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB).
Editorial board policy
Editorial Independence: Editors are responsible for making impartial and unbiased decisions based solely on the academic merit and relevance of submissions.
Confidentiality: Editors must treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential and share information only with those involved in the editorial process.
Fair Play: The manuscripts are evaluated solely based on academic merit, originality, and relevance to the journal's scope without regard to the authors' race, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political affiliations.
Conflict of Interest: Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest.
Ethical Oversight: Editors are responsible for ensuring compliance with ethical standards and investigating allegations of misconduct, including plagiarism and data falsification.
Timeliness Editors must ensure a timely and efficient review process while maintaining the quality and rigor of peer review.
Plagiarism
All the submitted manuscript professionally screened for plagiarism checking using professional plagiarism-checking software (ithenticate) provided by Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities. We make sure that, the all sections of the submitted manuscript are original. If any manuscript contains any material copied from other source is subject to plagiarism sanctions.
Duplicate Submission
We make sure that all the manuscripts are not being published elsewhere. If found so, we take strict action against these authors under the duplication sanction and these manuscripts are withdrawn immediately from the website of the journal.
Citation Manipulation
We do not encourage to cite the papers for the sake of increasing the citation. At the submission time, we ask the authors to make it sure this fact. We either send the paper back to authors or reject the paper right way.
Data Fabrication and Falsification
We try to make it sure that the data and experiments are not fabricated and falsified. If found so, these papers are rejected without any further action and sanctions are imposed. We take these facts very seriously.
Improper Author Contribution or Attribution
In SJS journal, we make ask the authors to explain the percentage of their contributions in the submitted manuscripts. This takes care of the improper author contribution.
Allegations of Misconduct
The journal takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and investigates them thoroughly. Complaints should be directed to the editor-in-chief or the journal's designated ethics committee.
Corrections and Retractions
When errors or ethical violations are identified post-publication, the journal will issue corrections or retract the work, as appropriate.
Sanctions
If we find any violations of these ethic and professional codes, then strict action is taken. In these circumstances, following sanctions are applied.
In cases, the violations of the above policies are found to be serious, further sanctions may be imposed by the publishers.
Ethical Oversight
The journal reserves the right to establish additional ethical guidelines for specific research fields, particularly those involving sensitive data or experimental methods. These additional guidelines will align with international best practices and indexing standards.
By adhering to these publication ethics, SJS upholds the integrity and trustworthiness of the academic publishing process, fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and scientific excellence.
Intellectual Property Policy
Sohag Journal of Sciences is committed to protecting the intellectual property rights of authors. The following policies govern the handling of intellectual property:
1- Copyright Ownership and Licensing
2- Use of Published Content
3- Protection of Reviewers’ Contributions
4- Disputes