Authorship Policy

v  In broader sense, the “Authorship” is a recognition of a person who makes a substantial contribution in to the research and being accountable for the work undertaken. IJPRISETCML- Virtue Datasys Scientific Research, Innovation and Publication Solutions follows the COPE guidance (https://publicationethics.org/files/COPE_DD_A4_Authorship_SEPT19_SCREEN_AW.pdf).

Author(s)’ Responsibility:

v  Their work is original

v  Must not have been published elsewhere

v  Other authors, contributors or sources should be appropriately credited

v  They are responsible for language editing before submission

v  Their work has not been copied or plagiarized in whole or part from any other work

v  The financial support and conflict of interest for the project / research work if any should be disclosed

v  They are obliged to notify the editor if any error or inaccuracy is discovered and co- operate with the editor to correct the same

v  Articles should be submitted using online procedures. Simultaneous publication in more than one publication is a breach of publication ethics.

v  Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore in 2010 has developed the below mentioned guidelines. IJPRISETCML- Virtue Datasys Scientific Research, Innovation and Publication Solutions Journals, as a publisher follows COPE, WAME and has adopted COPE’s best practice guidelines for dealing with ethical issues in a journal. The Journal Members (Advisory Board, editors and the journal manager) have consented to adopt the COPE as it meets the purpose and objective of the Journals. The Editorial Board also works in consensus with ‘Asian Council of Scientific Editors’ expectations.

v  The following is a summary of COPE’s international standards for authors of scholarly research publications and describes responsible research reporting practice: 

1. The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.
2. Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation.
3. Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others.
4. Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere.
5. Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work.
6. The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.
7. Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed.