Roles and Responsibilities
Publication Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities
The Journal of Current Science and Technology (JCST) is committed to maintaining transparency, ethical standards, and best practices in scholarly publishing to ensure the quality and credibility of the journal. The roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process are outlined below.
Duties of the Publisher
- The publisher/journal owner must respect and protect the academic independence of the Editorial Board.
- The publisher/journal owner must not interfere with, manipulate, influence, or exert inappropriate pressure on the journal's operations.
- The publisher/journal owner must ensure that business interests, financial considerations, advertising, or commercial revenue do not influence the journal's operations.
Duties of the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
- The Editor-in-Chief must take responsibility for decisions made throughout the journal's editorial and publication processes and perform their duties independently, fairly, and transparently, in accordance with the journal's policies, publication ethics, and applicable laws.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must ensure that the journal's policies and procedures are clearly published on its website, are accessible and up to date, and that any policy changes are announced before they take effect.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must ensure that the journal's operations comply with research and publication standards, research ethics, applicable requirements, and journal policies, and that all procedures are completed within the journal's specified timeframes.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must ensure that any conflicts of interest that may affect the manuscript evaluation process are disclosed and appropriately managed.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must select qualified and credible reviewers whose expertise matches the manuscript's subject matter and who have no conflicts of interest.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, supporting documents, peer review information, personal data, and the identities of authors, reviewers, and other individuals involved, except where disclosure is permitted under the journal's review and publication procedures or required by applicable laws or regulations.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board should consider reviewers' comments and recommendations when evaluating manuscripts and must exercise independent academic judgment in making final editorial decisions.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must appropriately and promptly investigate and address indications, allegations, complaints, and appeals concerning research and publication misconduct. All cases must be handled fairly, impartially, and independently, based on relevant information, facts, and evidence provided by complainants, respondents, and other parties involved.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must not alter or modify the content of published articles without following appropriate procedures. Any corrections (Correction/Erratum) must clearly explain the reasons and relevant details and be linked to the original article.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must not permit authors to withdraw articles after publication.
- The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board must not remove retracted articles from the journal's website. The retraction status must be clearly indicated.
- The Editor-in-Chief must issue an acceptance letter only after the manuscript has successfully completed the evaluation process and has been formally accepted for publication.
Duties of the Reviewers
- Reviewers must accept manuscripts for review only when the subject matter falls within their knowledge, expertise, or academic experience.
- Reviewers must complete their evaluations and submit their review reports within the timeframe specified by the journal.
- Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest to the Editor.
- Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, supporting documents, and information related to the peer review process, both during and after the review.
- Reviewers must not use unpublished information, ideas, methods, research findings, or other content obtained from manuscripts for personal benefit or for the benefit of others.
- Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts objectively and fairly, in accordance with academic standards and the journal's review criteria and policies, without discrimination or personal bias.
- Reviewers must provide clear, well-reasoned comments and recommendations supported by academic evidence. Criticism must be constructive and aimed at improving the quality of the manuscript.
- Reviewers must inform the Editor if they identify irregularities or concerns regarding research integrity, reliability, or ethical conduct, including plagiarism, duplicate publication or submission, fabrication, falsification, and noncompliance with ethical requirements for research involving human participants or animals.
- Reviewers must assess the relevance, accuracy, currency, and appropriateness of the references used to support the manuscript's academic content.
Note: The journal may revise the wording, provide additional details, or establish supplementary requirements consistent with its policies and procedures, provided that all essential principles are retained.
Duties of the Authors
- Authors must comply with the journal's instructions and submission requirements.
- Authors must confirm that the submitted manuscript is original work that has not been previously published elsewhere.
- Authors must not submit the same manuscript or manuscripts with substantially overlapping content to more than one journal for consideration. Manuscripts under review by one journal must not be submitted to another journal, whether in the same or a different language (simultaneous submission).
- Each manuscript must have only one First Author and one Corresponding Author. The authors' names, order, roles, and contributions must be specified in the manuscript in accordance with the journal's authorship criteria and the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), reflecting their actual scholarly contributions.
- The Corresponding Author must serve as the primary contact with the Editor throughout the manuscript evaluation process and after publication. Valid contact information, including a functional email address, must be provided.
- All authors must be informed of and agree to the authorship list, author order, roles, and contributions. They must also approve the manuscript review and submission process and acknowledge the final version before publication.
- All authors must provide accurate and verifiable institutional affiliations and contact information, including email addresses, that reflect their actual research or academic involvement. Authors must not claim affiliations with institutions with which they have no relevant association.
- All authors must share responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the work and must report research methods, data, and findings accurately, completely, and transparently.
- Authors must properly acknowledge and cite the sources of all text, ideas, data, methods, published works, figures, tables, or other materials used in the manuscript, in accordance with the journal's citation style and requirements.
- Authors must maintain research integrity and must not engage in any form of research or publication misconduct.
- Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest that could influence the conduct of the research, interpretation of findings, or preparation of the manuscript.
- Authors must disclose all funding sources and support related to the research and manuscript preparation, including financial support, materials, equipment, or other relevant resources.
- Authors must provide relevant research information upon request by the journal, including raw data or datasets used in the analysis.
- Authors must cooperate with investigations into allegations or concerns regarding the accuracy, reliability, or ethical integrity of their research and publications.
References
COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, & WAME. (2026). Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Version 5.0).
https://www.oaspa.org/news/principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice-in-scholarly-publishing/
