Ethical
standards for publication exist to ensure high-quality scientific publications,
public trust in scientific findings, and that people receive credit for their
ideas. We are a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides
by its Code of Conduct and aims to adhere to its Best Practice Guidelines.
Plagiarism
All journals published by Boya Century Publishing are
committed to publishing only original material, i.e., material that has neither
been published elsewhere, nor is under review elsewhere. Manuscripts that are
found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether
published or unpublished, will incur plagiarism sanctions.
Duplicate
Submission
Manuscripts that are found to have been published
elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere, will incur duplicate
submission/publication sanctions. If authors have used their own previously
published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a
submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and indicate
how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the
previous work.
Citation
Manipulation
Submitted manuscripts that are found to include citations
whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given
author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, will incur
citation manipulation sanctions.
Data
Fabrication and Falsification
Submitted manuscripts that are found to have either
fabricated or falsified experimental results, including the manipulation of
images, will incur data fabrication and falsification sanctions.
Improper
Author Contribution or Attribution
All listed authors must have made a significant scientific
contribution to the research in the manuscript and approved all its claims. It
is important to list everyone who made a significant scientific contribution,
including students and laboratory technicians.
Redundant
Publications
Redundant publications involve the inappropriate division
of study outcomes into several articles.
Sanctions
In the event that there are documented violations of any of
the above-mentioned policies in any journal, regardless of whether or not the
violations occurred in a journal published by Boya Century Publishing, the
following sanctions will be applied: Immediate rejection of the infringing
manuscript.
Immediate rejection of every other manuscript submitted to
any journal published by Boya Century Publishing by any of the
authors of the infringing manuscript.
Prohibition against all of the authors for any new
submissions to any journal published by Boya Century Publishing, either
individually or in combination with other authors of the infringing manuscript,
as well as in combination with any other authors. This prohibition will be
imposed for a minimum of 48 months.
Prohibition against all of the authors from serving on the
Editorial Board of any journal published by Boya Century Publishing.
In cases where the violations of the above policies are
found to be particularly egregious, the publisher reserves the right to impose
additional sanctions beyond those described above.