Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics

The Journal of Allied Health Sciences, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University maintains strict policies and guidelines to ensure that academic publications are accurate, high-quality, transparent, and meet the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved—authors, editors, and reviewers—are required to comply strictly with these ethical standards to ensure academic integrity.

✒️ Duties of Authors

  1. Originality and Submission: Authors must certify that the manuscript is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, is not currently under consideration, and is not being submitted to any other journal simultaneously.
  2. Data Accuracy: Authors must present authentic research data. Fabricating, falsifying, or manipulating data is strictly prohibited.
  3. Ethical Approval: Authors must provide an official certificate of human research ethics approval if the study involves human subjects, in accordance with the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) guidelines.
  4. Plagiarism Prevention: Plagiarism is strictly unacceptable. If the work or words of others are used, they must be appropriately cited and credited in the reference section.
  5. Manuscript Formatting: The submitted manuscript must strictly strictly follow the formatting guidelines provided in the journal's Author Guidelines.
  6. Authorship Credit: All listed authors must have significantly contributed to the research. All co-authors must read, approve, and consent to the submission of the manuscript to this journal.

📖 Duties of Editors

  1. Review Management: Editors are responsible for accepting manuscripts and managing a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure academic transparency.
  2. Quality Screening: Editors must evaluate the quality and relevance of all submitted manuscripts, ensuring they align with the journal's scope and objectives before moving forward.
  3. Conflict of Interest: Editors must have no conflicts of interest with authors or reviewers, and must not use submitted manuscripts for commercial purposes or personal academic gain.
  4. Confidentiality: Editors must maintain strict confidentiality regarding all details of submitted manuscripts, authors, and reviewers throughout the evaluation process.
  5. Editorial Integrity: Editors must not alter manuscript content or reviewers' evaluations, nor interfere with or obstruct communication between reviewers and authors.
  6. Plagiarism Screening: Editors must implement robust plagiarism screening using reliable software to ensure the integrity of the published work.
  7. Handling Plagiarism: If plagiarism is detected during the evaluation process, editors will suspend the review immediately and contact the corresponding author for clarification before deciding to accept or reject the manuscript.
  8. Procedural Compliance: Editors must strictly follow the standard processes and operational workflows of the journal.
  9. Quality Development: Editors must maintain journal standards and continuously enhance the journal's quality and modernization.

🔬 Duties of Reviewers

  1. Expertise and Objectivity: Reviewers should accept manuscripts within their area of expertise. Evaluation must be based on academic merit, significance, and analysis quality, without personal bias or unsupported opinions.
  2. Confidentiality: Reviewers must treat all manuscripts and related communications as confidential documents, and must not disclose any information to third parties.
  3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest (e.g., being a co-author or collaborator) that could affect their ability to provide an independent and unbiased evaluation.
  4. Ethical Use of Information: Reviewers must not use any ideas or data from the evaluated manuscripts for personal gain or competitive advantage.
  5. Competence Assessment: Reviewers should only evaluate manuscripts for which they possess genuine comprehension and expertise.
  6. Reporting Malpractice: If a reviewer detects plagiarism or redundant publication, they should recommend rejection and immediately notify the editorial board.
  7. Punctuality: Reviewers must complete their evaluation within the specified timeframe requested by the journal.
🛡️ Research Integrity Policy
  • Human Subjects Research: Research involving human participants must receive formal approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) certified by the Human Research Protection Unit, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), and comply with international ethical standards and legal acts.
  • Animal Research: Research involving laboratory animals must be certified by an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and fully comply with the Animals for Scientific Purposes Act, B.E. 2558 (2015).