Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS
By submitting a manuscript to Universal Journal of Engineering Science, as an author you agree to comply with the following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
An author who submits a manuscript to AKSU (Journal of Engineering) shall agree to the following publication ethics.

Duties / Responsibilities of Authors
I.    All manuscripts must be the original work of authors. The journal has zero tolerance for     plagiarism.
II.    Authorship of a manuscript should be limited to authors who have made significant     contributions.
III.    Authors must properly and accurately acknowledge the work of others.
IV.    Authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might     influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript and acknowledge individuals or     organizations that have provided financial support for research.
V.    Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with manuscripts for editorial     review and should prepare to provide public access to such data if possible.
VI.    All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication     elsewhere.

Duties / Responsibilities of Editor in Chief and Editorial Board Members
I.    Editor in Chief or the assigned editorial board members from time to time are responsible for     making decisions on size and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal.
II.    The journal utilizes a double-blind peer review process. The Editor in Chief and members of     the Editorial board ensure the integrity of the publication review process by not revealing     either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to     authors.
III.    The members of the Editorial Board receive all manuscripts for review in confidence and do     not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the     corresponding author, reviewers, other external referees sought from time to time and the     publisher.
IV.    Any of editorial board members must not use materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript     (published or unpublished) for their own research without the author's written authorization.
V.    Editors shall conduct proper and fair investigation into ethical complaints.

Responsibility of Reviewers
I.     Reviewers keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged     information.
II.    Reviewers conduct their business of review objectively, with no personal criticism of the     author.
III.    Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments that will     constructively guide the editorial decision by the Editor in Chief or his or her nominee.
IV.    Reviewers should complete their reviews within the journal stipulated timeframe.
V.    Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting     from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors,     companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism, an action of taking other people's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work is considered academic dishonesty and a violation of journalistic ethics. Reusing portions of one's own published or copyrighted work in their new publications is self-plagiarism. A breach of copyright law or punishment by legal action may be involved in plagiarism.
All manuscripts submitted to our journals will be screened by a plagiarism detection software. 
To avoid plagiarism, authors confirm that:

I.    I/We understand plagiarism is against the professional ethics;
II.    Quoted verbatim texts are marked clearly with quotation marks;
III.    Quotation sources are referenced clearly both in the text and in the Reference section;
IV.    Citing the source of equations, figures, or tables properly with the permission from the     original author or copyright holder;
V.    Avoid self-plagiarism; do not copy portions of one's own published or copyrighted work     without proper citation;
VI.    No copyrighted materials are used in the manuscript without permission;
VII.    The manuscript is free from plagiarism and has not been published previously;
VIII.    I/We will take full responsibility for the opinion expressed in the paper and settling in all     disputes arising from using any copyrighted materials in the manuscript without proper     permission.