Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Editorial Board of SAINARAYA is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and taking all necessary measures against any publication malpractice. All parties involved in the act of publishing (the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher) must agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. Our publication ethics and malpractice statement is primarily adapted from the Core Practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Duties of Authors

  • Reporting Standards: Authors must provide an accurate account of the research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data must be presented accurately and preserved securely for future scrutiny upon request.
  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. Plagiarism in all its forms—including copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, as well as claiming results from research conducted by others—constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is strictly unacceptable.
  • Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Submissions: Authors must not submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal concurrently. Submitting the same paper to multiple venues constitutes unethical publishing behavior.
  • Authorship of the Paper:
    • Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study;
    • All co-authors must be clearly listed with institutional affiliations and valid contact information;
    • The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.
  • Fundamental Errors in Published Works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be viewed as potentially influencing or biasing their work.

2. Duties of Editors

  • Publication Decisions: The editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. Editors are guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  • Fair Play and Impartiality: Editors evaluate manuscripts exclusively for their intellectual and academic content, without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  • Peer Review Management: Editors must ensure that the peer-review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. Submissions are subjected to double-blind peer review by at least two independent expert referees.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

3. Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with the author, assists the author in improving the manuscript.
  • Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor and decline the invitation.
  • Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents and must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
  • Standards of Objectivity: Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting evidence and constructive suggestions.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and any other published paper must be brought to the editor's attention.

4. Duties of the Publisher

  • Editorial Independence: The publisher is committed to ensuring that commercial revenues, sponsorship, or advertising have no impact on editorial decisions.
  • Safeguarding Intellectual Property: The publisher protects intellectual property and copyright, ensuring open access dissemination under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licensing.
  • Handling Unethical Publishing Behavior: In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and amend the article through formal corrections, clarifications, or retractions.