Publication Ethics

ESCTJ Publication Ethics according to COPE:  Ethical standards for publication are essential to ensure high-quality scientific publications, public trust in scientific findings, and that the researchers receive credit for their work and ideas.

-  All ESCTJ manuscripts are subjected to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. Submissions are considered by peer reviewers, after approval of the editor.

- Plagiarism: Authors must not use the words, figures, or ideas of others without attribution. All sources must be cited at the point they are used. Reuse of wording must be limited and be attributed or quoted in the text. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether published or unpublished, are rejected.

- Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication: ESCTJ considers only original articles that have not been previously published. Submitted manuscripts must not be submitted elsewhere while under consideration. Redundant publication may result in rejection or a request to merge submitted manuscripts, and the correction of published articles.

- Fabrication and Falsification: Manuscripts are found to have fabricated or falsified results, including the manipulation of images are rejected.

- Authorship and Acknowledgements: All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the manuscript, and agreed to be an author. Changes in the authorship must be declared to the journal and agreed by all authors. Anyone who contributed to the research or manuscript preparation (but is not an author) should be acknowledged with their permission.

- Conflict of Interest: Potential conflicts of interest must be declared to allow informed decisions. If unsure, declare a potential interest or discuss with the editorial office. Submissions with undeclared conflicts that are later revealed may be rejected. Conflicts include the following: Financial funding and other payments for materials or services received or expected by the authors relating to the subject of the work; Trademarks owned by someone or their organization; Close personal connections and relationships and Political or religious issues relevant to the work.

Authors: Authors must declare all potential interests, and should explain why the interest may be a conflict. If there are none, the authors should state “The author(s) declare(s) that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this work.” Authors must declare current or recent funding and other payments that might influence the work. All funding must be declared in the ‘Acknowledgment’. Declared conflicts of interest will be considered by the editor and reviewers and included in the published article.

Editors and Reviewers:Editors and reviewers should decline to be involved with a submission when they have a recent publication or current submission with any author; collaborate or recently collaborated with any author; have a close personal connection to any author; have a financial interest in the subject of the work or feeling unable to be objective. Reviewers must also declare any conflict of interest.

Retributions: If the ESCTJ publication ethics policies are breached, the following retributions may be applied: Rejection of the manuscript and any other manuscripts submitted by the author(s) for 1year and prohibition from acting as an editor or reviewer.

- Corrections and Retractions: If there are errors that significantly affect the conclusions or there is evidence of misconduct, this may require retraction after agreed by all authors.