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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2021
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

All manuscripts submitted for publication the IJSA are The Editorial Office of the Journal denounces plagiarism.
peer reviewed. Manuscripts of the IJSA Editorial Board KRPOCH Publishing uses the CrossCheck service from
Member are submitted to the review process on general Crossref to initially detect possible plagiarism.
terms. Each participant in the review process – author, If plagiarism is detected in the paper, it is completely
reviewer or editor – is required to declare a possible removed at any stage.
conflict of interest so that the publisher anticipates the The IJSA Editorial Office has developed a procedure for
possibility of such influence. The Editorial Office strives removing published papers in case of detection of
to exclude conflicts of interest between authors and plagiarism in them after their publication, which is
reviewers. described on the Journal’s website.
The average number of rejected manuscripts is 85%, of The Journal Editorial Office denounces the following
which: 40% are rejected during the preliminary types of authorship: “Ghost” author, “Guest” author, and
evaluation process; 45% are rejected during the peer “Gift” author. Therefore, the Editorial Office strictly
review process. monitors the awareness of the authors about their
At the first stage, the reasons for rejection are: the submission of the manuscript to the Journal, the presence
guidelines of the study have not been followed, the of the contribution of all authors to the manuscript,
manuscript title is out of scope of the journal, manuscript signed supplemental documents, etc.
requirements have not been followed, the manuscript Perhaps some Journals have a policy of refusing authors
contains stylistic, spelling and syntax errors, plagiarism, to publish a manuscript based on the authors’ low H-
etc. index or even their residence in developing countries.
At the second stage, the reasons for rejection are: We strongly believe that such a position is not only
scientific relevance and practical importance are absent, unacceptable, but also erroneous.
methodological errors, there is no logic between the For example, George Huntington only published two
sections of the manuscript, etc. medical papers, of which one, produced at the age of 22
All authors complete the conflict of interest declaration. describing his eponymous chorea (Huntingdon, 1872)
Authors should disclose at the time of submission any was subsequently eulogized by Osler et al. (1950) who
financial arrangement they may have. Such information said there are “few instances in which a disease has been
will be held in confidence while the manuscript is under more accurately, more graphically or more briefly
review and will not influence the editorial decision, but described”.
if the manuscript is accepted for publication, the editors So, George Huntington’s H-index couldn’t be higher than
will usually discuss with the authors the manner in which 2 in principle. Journals, guided by the selection of articles
such information is to be communicated to the reader. according to the author’s citation index, would not give
Because the essence of reviews and editorials is selection this author any chance of publishing his work.
and interpretation of the literature, journal expects that IJSA provides immediate open access. All texts are free
authors of such manuscripts will not have any financial for all users and (or) institutions they represent. This can
interest in a company (or its competitor) that makes a greatly increase the likelihood of citations.
product discussed in the manuscript. Journal policy The confidence that academics and the public have in the
requires that reviewers, associate editors, editors reveal research published in the IJSA relies on the diligence of
in a letter to the Editor-in-Chief any relationships that our peer review process as well as the Editorial Office
they have that could be construed as causing a conflict of commitment to ensuring objectivity and high-quality
interest with regard to a manuscript under review. The publication.
letter should include a statement of any financial All manuscripts that have been submitted to the Editorial
relationships with commercial companies involved with Board go through a peer review procedure. The reviewers
a product under study. fill out the reviewer evaluation form, which they submit
We welcome genuine appeals to the editor’s and the to the IJSA Editorial Review Board.
reviewers’ decisions. However, authors will need to Reviewers could submit their reviews via the IJSA
provide strong evidence or new data in response to the profile on Publons (International Journal of Science
editor’s and reviewers’ comments. The Journal has Annals, n.d.).
developed a template for the replies to reviewers’ The Journal Editorial Office is grateful to all editors.
comments. IJSA Editorial Board includes the most authoritative
Ethical behavior is very important. No author should scientists from 17 countries, 5 continents in the fields of
insist on the publication of his/her manuscript. Respect Education, Psychology, Medicine. We guarantee
the opinion of the reviewers and the editor. Rejecting a compliance the proper level of publication ethics,
manuscript can be an important step in improving the copyright protection at all stages of material review.
quality of your manuscript. The Editorial Board members We are extremely grateful to our editors and reviewers
or the editor may not treat any manuscript or author as for their expertise, time, and willingness to provide
biased or favorable. essential feedback.
IJSA is committed to a high standard of editorial ethics. The Editorial Office is proud to have been able to provide
IJSA is the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) the required quality of publications in our Journal, as well
Member. as funding for all published papers by 2022.

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