AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting standards: Authors submitting their work to JOSVTE are expected to adhere to certain standards of publication ethics. These include reporting their results honestly and without any data manipulation or fabrication. Authors must also describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that others can confirm their findings

Originality and plagiarism: Authors should sign an “Author Declaration Form” and ensure that their submitted work is original and has not been published elsewhere. Plagiarism, fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are considered unethical and unacceptable. If authors have used the work and/or words of others, they should appropriately cite or quote them and accurately reflect their contributions to the work. JOSVTE reserves the right to reject papers if editors believe they have been plagiarized from other sources, including the author’s previous publications. The journal takes proactive legal action to prevent plagiarism, misuse of published articles, and illegal distribution of research papers.

 Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Ethics: Authors should only submit papers of work that have been conducted ethically and responsibly and that comply with all relevant legislation. They must get necessary ethical approvals from involved institutions and individuals in the research.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. They should also disclose all sources of financial support for the project.

Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should only be attributed to individuals who have significantly contributed to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All such individuals should be listed as co-authors. Others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that no disqualifying co-authors are listed. Additionally, all co-authors must have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publications: It is generally considered unethical publishing behaviour for an author to publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is also unacceptable.

Fundamental errors in Published works: If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, they must promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If a third party informs the editor that a published work contains a significant error, the author must promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the original paper's correctness.