Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

IUT-JARD is derived the publication ethics and malpractice statement with the help of our editorial board academic and research experts to meet a standard in scientific quality and research publication.

• Standards for Editors :

  The Editor-in-Chief of IUT-JARD is liable to determine which of the typical research papers or articles submitted to the journal should be published in the concerned issue. The publishing decision is based on the suggestion of the journal's reviewers and Editor-in-Chief may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
  
  Privacy statement : The editor and /or any editorial personnel’s could not disclose any kind of datum’s from the concerned article with anyone, except corresponding author or reviewers. Editors will always ensure the unpublished articles will not be used in anyway within the same entity.

• Standards for Reviewers :

  The reviewers are necessary to evaluate the research papers based in confidential manner in addition to reviewers must send the feedback or suggestions in a timely manner. The reviewers too suggest the authors ‘to improve the scientific quality of research paper’ by their reviewing comments. Reviewers have a responsibility to make their degree of competence clear to the editor. Reviewers need not to be an expert in every aspect, anyhow adequate knowledge is required to evaluate the submitted manuscript for review purpose.
  
  Privacy statement : The reviewers must ensure the unpublished articles will not be utilized within their circle. The reviewers should strictly follow the IUT-JARD prescribed and constructive review template to write the review comments and suggestions.

• Standards for Authors :

  The corresponding author must take collective responsibility for their submitted and published work. Authors should represent the work of others accurately in citations without fail. Authors should respond to reviewers’ comments in a professional and timely manner with respect to pre and post publication as per editor’s request. Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be sternly followed by the authors.
  
  The corresponding author as well as appropriate co-authors / contributors must ensure the final version to be published as per reviewer’s comments. Any kind of plagiarism constitutes unethical publishing behavior, and is unacceptable. Authors must promptly communicate with journal editor or publisher for any significant error in their published work and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper in form of printing error.
  
  Privacy statement : Authors should ensure that their submitted research work is original and has not been published elsewhere in any language.