Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists
Publication Ethics Statement
Ethical Guidelines for Authors
(Based on Elsevier ethical guidelines for authors).
Reporting standards .
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed in addition to an objective discussion of its significance. Emphasized data within the paper should be represented accurately. The paper should contain sufficient details and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Data Access and Retention.
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data, consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and Plagiarism.
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others they must be appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication .
An author should not publish manuscripts describing principally the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
.Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors, while others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors, excluding any inappropriate co-authors, are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen, approved, and agreed for the submission of the final version of the paper for publication.
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/patent registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract, correct the paper, or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.
Equal publication opportunities are achieved by giving authors a chance to submit their papers, regardless of their origin, nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or political beliefs. So as not to influence the peer-review process the following general guidelines of Elsevier on how to contact a reviewer are followed.
■ Has to carry out a single, blind peer-review process.
■ Ensure proficient peer-review process and submit reviews within the time-frame.
■ A reviewer will have to review a maximum of one paper in the same issue.
■ Should contribute to the Journal with professional information representing their subject expertise.
■ Reviewers can suggest alternate reviewers with subject expertise relevant to the manuscript.
■ Reviewing process should be conducted by JGUAA2 assessment form via the online reviewing system, or the reviewer will send his report to the editor at: arabarch@yahoo.com
Based on Elsevier Legal guide for editors concerning ethics issues. Responsibilities of the editor(s) of JGUAA2 include the vetting and reviewing of articles submitted by authors. In most cases, this process will be straightforward. However, in other cases, ethical issues may emerge either during the vetting and reviewing process or after publication when a complaint is made. The most ethical problem that may encounter the editor(s) is plagiarism.
Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. By submitting the article for publication, the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against them, if plagiarism or forgery is discovered. If plagiarism is detected, manuscripts are discarded and its author(s) are blocked from future submission to JGUAA2. Editors and Reviewers are urged to check for plagiarism using available software of ithenticate programme included in website of JGUAA2 on EKB.
The editor-in-chief oversees all of the editors of a publication and ensures each issue is released on time. With the assistant editors, the editor-in-chief creates the editorial board, or outline, for each of the publication's editions or issues. The editor-in-chief reviews all articles, reviews and photographs, and provides suggestions, if needed, about any changes to make before the publication goes to press or is released digitally. Layouts and design need approval by the editor-in-chief. In the end, the editor-in-chief has the final word about which articles and reviews get published.
The editor-in-chief has the responsibility of drawing up budget proposals and any other information requested by the publishers. He generates ideas for new ways of doing things, such as using new technology, implementing ways to increase readership, and how to call great scholars to write in the journal. Tough problems are often handled by the editor-in-chief, and advice about editorial issues is also provided. Whenever a social function occurs, the editor-in-chief is the publication's representative, and some travel may be required.
• Treating all authors with fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty, and transparency.
• Establishing and defining policies on conflicts of interest for all involved in the publication process, including editors, staff (e.g., editorial and adm
• Protecting the confidentiality of every author’s work.
• Making editorial decisions with reasonable speed and communicating them in a clear and constructive manner.
• Being vigilant in avoiding the possibility of editors and/or referees delaying a manuscript for suspect reasons.
• Establishing clear guidelines for authors regarding acceptable practices for sharing experimental materials and information, particularly those required to replicate the research, before and after publication.
• Establishing a procedure for reconsidering editorial decisions.
• Describing, implementing, and regularly reviewing policies for handling ethical issues and allegations or findings of misconduct by authors and anyone involved in the peer-review process.
• Informing authors of solicited manuscripts that the submission will be evaluated according to the journal’s standard procedures or outlining the decision-making process if it differs from those procedures.
• Clearly communicating all other editorial policies and standards.
Under supervision of the editor-in-chief, they participate in all processes of editing, as editors, as a practice.