Editorial Policy

 

Editorial Policy

Statement of Ethics and Malpractice

Section I: Publication

  1. By submitting an article to the journal Engineering, Sustainability and Society, the author agrees to this ethical publication and malpractice statement.
  2. All articles are subject to a review process by at least two international reviewers who are experts in the field of the submitted document.
  3. The criteria considered during the review process include quality, relevance, originality, innovation, pertinence, and language.
  4. The possible decisions made by the Editorial Board of Engineering, Sustainability and Society are acceptance, acceptance with modifications, or rejection.
  5. There is no guarantee that a reviewed article will be accepted.
  6. No articles will be rejected without being reviewed.

Section II: Authorship

  1. All articles submitted to the journal Engineering, Sustainability and Society must include a relevant list of references.
  2. The author must disclose any financial support received from institutions for conducting the work.
  3. The titles of all articles must be original. Plagiarism in any form and fraudulent data are not acceptable.
  4. The journal Engineering, Sustainability and Society does not publish articles that contain the same exact material as another journal.

Section III: Authors’ Responsibilities

  1. Authors must ensure that:
    • their articles are original;
    • their work has not been previously published elsewhere;
    • all sources used in the creation of their work are properly cited;
    • all data in the manuscripts are real and authentic;
    • all authors (in case of co-authorship) have contributed significantly to the research.
  2. Authors are also required to:
    • Participate in the peer review process;
    • Provide retractions or corrections of errors;
    • Report any errors they discover in their published articles.
  3. Authors must notify the Editors of any conflict of interest.

Section IV: Reviewers’ Responsibilities

  1. Reviews must be conducted objectively, fairly, and without personal criticism of the author.
  2. Comments on manuscripts must be treated confidentially.
  3. Reviewers must:
    • Be academically qualified to review the article;
    • Have no conflicts of interest regarding the research, the authors, research sponsors, companies, or institutions;
    • Express their views clearly, with supporting arguments;
    • Identify relevant published work not cited by the authors and/or any substantial similarity between the submitted manuscript and other published documents.

Section V: Editors’ Responsibilities

  1. Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors must:
    • Have no conflict of interest regarding articles they reject or accept;
    • Ensure the quality of the manuscripts;
    • Accept an article only when reasonably certain of its quality;
    • Preserve reviewer anonymity;
    • Ensure that all published documents conform to internationally accepted ethical guidelines;
    • Promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found.
  4. The Editor-in-Chief of Engineering, Sustainability and Society has the authority to make final decisions on the acceptance or rejection of a submitted manuscript after reviewing comments and consulting other editorial board members when appropriate. The Editor-in-Chief must not be biased against authors and must not have any conflicts of interest regarding the documents under review.

Section VI: Publication Ethics

The Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, and members of the Advisory Board of the journal Engineering, Sustainability and Society commit to:

  1. Uphold publication ethics;
  2. Maintain high standards of intellectual and scientific quality, free from business and commercial interests;
  3. Protect and improve the peer review process;
  4. Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary;
  5. Work closely with other editors;
  6. Ensure that plagiarism and fraudulent data are not tolerated.