The Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences (AJVS) encourages authors to adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which provides ethics guidelines for international publishing.

The publication ethics includes;



I. Ethics in publishing

Submission declaration

§  When authors submit an article AJVS, it is implied that:

§  The work described has not been published previously except in the form of a preprint, an abstract, a published lecture, academic thesis or registered report

§  The article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

§  The article's publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out.

Authorship

§  All authors should have made significant contributions to the design of the study, or collection of data, or analysis and interpretation. Drafting the article or revising. Also, final approval of the version to be submitted.

§  Authors should appoint a corresponding author to communicate with the journal during the editorial process.

Changes to authorship

No changes to authorship will be permitted once a manuscript has been accepted.

Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct:

§  Publisher and editors take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including but not limited to plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others.

§  In no case does the journal or its editors encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.

§  In the event that the publisher or editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct relating to a published article in the journal, the publisher or editor shall follow COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.

§  The journal takes care to ensure high ethical and professional standards.

Vigilance over the Published Record:

The editor works to safeguard the integrity of the published record by reviewing and assessing reported or suspected misconduct. Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claims made but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies. The editor presented with convincing evidence of misconduct will coordinate with the publisher to arrange the prompt publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other correction to the record, as may be relevant.