Publication Ethics


“ethical practice in scholarship is the cultural norm”

Explanation of the ethical principles JRMBS

This publication follows the rules of the Publishing Ethics Committee or COPE

This publication follows the rules of the Publishing Physical Society of Iran 

JRMBS's publication decision is based on a codified process. Journal policies are a part of this process. Content compatibility of each submitted paper with the scope of journal is one of the journal policies. COPE's guidelines also check in this part. Submitted papers must be free of allegations such as libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Reviewer comments are another part of decision process. The results of these two parts determine the final decision for each paper. JRMBS has been authorized to select valuable submitted papers for publication.

Originality and Plagiarism:

JRMBS utilizes "Plagiarism Detection Software (hamyab)" for checking the originality of submitted papers in the reviewing process.

Confidentiality:

JRMBS has commitment to protect all information of submitted articles from untrusted ones. In this regard, JRMBS’s editorial boards such as reviewers and advisers are only able to access the information.

Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct:

Publisher and editor of the journal take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In no case shall the journal or its editor encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. In the event that the journal’s publisher or editor is 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.

Revenue Sources/Advertising/Direct Marketing:

JRMBS is financially supported by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, and has no other sources for earning funds. JRMBS accepts No advertisements in its official website.

Article Processing Charges:

jrmbs follows the professional ethics policies of COPE

Jrmbs does not charge any fees for receiving, judging, and publishing articles.

Open Access Statement

This is an OPEN ACCESS Journal   

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

JRMBS is a 100% free journal for both authors and readers and all accepted papers are published in the journal without any publication fee.

Journal of Research on Many body Systems (J. Res. Many. Sys.) or (JRMBS)  is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal devoted to the publication of fundamental research results in all fields of physics in IRAN. 


About CC License (copyright law):

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Publishing Schedule/Archiving:

JRMBS publishes four issues per year. All the contents of the journal are available forever on JRMBS's exclusive website. 


Reviewers’ Responsibilities

1. Respected judges should assist the editor of the journal in reviewing the quality and content of the articles or help improve the quality and content of articles by making connections between editing board members and the author.

2. Respected judges should immediately inform the editor of the journal about the result after the initial review, which includes a: Accepting judgment. b: Rejecting judgment of the article due to the subject matter not being in the working area of the judge, lack of time, or any other reason.

3. All information in the article should be considered confidential to the judge and he/she should strive to maintain it.

4. Judgment of articles should be based on sufficient scientific documentation and reasoning, be clearly stated, and refrain from expressing personal, racial, etc. opinions in judging articles.

5. Attention to the sources used in the article is another point of interest of the respected judges. All research, topics, and references used in this article should be accompanied by a complete citation.

6. Judges should not accept articles for which the interests of certain individuals, institutions, and companies are obtained or personal relationships are observed.

7. In case of rejection of the article due to duplication, it is necessary for the respected judge to provide the editor with the address and details of the article.

 


Authors’ Responsibilities

  1.  Submitted Articles should be in the specialized field of the Journal of Research on Many-Body Systems and the result of the research work of the author or authors. Submitted articles or part of them should not have been submitted before or simultaneously to any journal in the country and abroad, therefore, filling out the author commitment form not to submit the article to other journals for publication or review at the time of registration and submission is required. The corresponding author should sign the journal copyright form on behalf of any and all co-authors and upload it to the Journal’s Submission System when submitting the manuscript. The journal copyright form can be downloaded.

2. Articles presented and published in the form of abstracts in congresses, symposia, local and foreign seminars can be sent to the journal for review.

3. The editorial board of the journal is free to reject, accept, edit, summarize, or modify the received articles.

4. The modification and summarization of the content is done based on the authors’ opinion and the authors are responsible for the accuracy of the content of the articles and its publication does not mean its approval.

5. The corresponding author will be in charge of correspondence with the journal office.

6. All articles will be kept at the journal office until the final judgment is done.

7. The personal information of the authors of the articles should be kept strictly confidential to all persons who have access to it, such as the editor, members of the editorial board and the journal’s internal and executive director, and other active actors (other than the author) such as judges, consultants, editors and publishers and be protected at all times.

8. The submitted articles should be the results of the research of the authors of the article and any use of others’ research should be mentioned by citing the source in the article.

9. All authors should be involved in the production of the submitted article. The corresponding author should make sure that the names and information of all the authors are included and the name of authors unrelated to the article do not exist.  Moreover, all authors should read the article and agree to submit it.

10. Authors should include the names of all sponsors of their article.

11. The authors should inform the journal office whenever they notice any errors or inaccuracies in their article and take actions to revise or retrieve their articles.

12. Authors are obliged to provide the raw data of the article to the editorial board whenever necessary.

 


https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts

Persian COPE Flowchart