Publication System () is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity, transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct across all its journals.
The editorial and publishing policies of are informed by the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and internationally recognized standards for scholarly and open access publishing.
This policy applies to all authors, editors, reviewers, and other individuals involved in the submission, evaluation, and publication of scholarly content in journals.
1. Peer-Review Process
All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment. Manuscripts that meet the journal’s basic requirements are evaluated through a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another.
Each manuscript is normally reviewed by at least two qualified and independent reviewers. Reviewers assess the manuscript’s originality, academic contribution, methodological quality, ethical compliance, clarity, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.
Editorial decisions are based on the reviewers’ reports and the independent academic judgment of the responsible editor.
2. Editorial Responsibility and Independence
Editors are responsible for ensuring the fair, objective, confidential, and timely handling of submitted manuscripts.
Editorial decisions must be based exclusively on:
Academic merit
Originality
Methodological soundness
Ethical compliance
Clarity and relevance
Alignment with the journal’s aims and scope
Editors and reviewers must:
Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and related correspondence.
Disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest.
Avoid discrimination based on personal, institutional, geographic, or demographic characteristics.
Refrain from using unpublished information for personal or professional advantage.
Avoid requesting irrelevant citations or citations intended to manipulate citation metrics.
Recuse themselves from handling or reviewing a manuscript where their impartiality may reasonably be questioned.
Editorial decisions are made independently of commercial, financial, institutional, or personal interests.
3. Article Processing Charges
Authors must consult the official website of their selected journal for the most accurate and current information regarding publication charges.
4. Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain the copyright to their published work and grant Publication System a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, index, archive, and preserve the article.
Articles published by are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Under this license, readers may share and adapt published material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given and any adapted material is distributed under the same license terms.
The copyright holder, publisher information, and applicable license are displayed on the article webpage and in the published PDF.
5. Originality, Plagiarism, and Research Misconduct
Submitted manuscripts must be original, must not have been published previously, and must not be under consideration by another journal.
Manuscripts may be screened using recognized similarity-detection software. Similarity reports are evaluated by editors in context, as a similarity percentage alone does not establish plagiarism.
Forms of research and publication misconduct include, but are not limited to:
Plagiarism
Data fabrication or falsification
Image manipulation that misrepresents research findings
Duplicate or redundant publication
Simultaneous submission
Undisclosed conflicts of interest
Citation manipulation
Peer-review manipulation
Inappropriate authorship attribution
Misrepresentation of ethical approval or informed consent
Suspected misconduct may result in suspension of the review process, rejection, correction, expression of concern, or retraction. Where appropriate, may request an investigation by the authors’ institution or another responsible authority.
Allegations will be assessed fairly and confidentially in accordance with applicable editorial policies and recognized publication-ethics procedures.
6. Responsibilities of Authors, Editors, and Reviewers
Authors are responsible for:
Ensuring the originality, accuracy, and integrity of their submission.
Confirming that all listed authors meet appropriate authorship criteria.
Obtaining approval from all authors before submission.
Disclosing funding sources and conflicts of interest.
Obtaining ethics approval and informed consent where required.
Presenting data and results honestly and accurately.
Responding appropriately to editorial and reviewer comments.
Informing the journal promptly if a significant error is identified.
Editors are responsible for:
Conducting fair, impartial, and confidential editorial assessments.
Selecting appropriately qualified and independent reviewers.
Managing conflicts of interest.
Protecting editorial independence.
Taking appropriate action when ethical concerns are raised.
Making decisions based on academic merit and journal policy.
Reviewers are responsible for:
Providing objective, constructive, and timely assessments.
Maintaining the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
Declaring conflicts of interest before accepting an assignment.
Avoiding personal, discriminatory, or unsupported criticism.
Identifying relevant ethical, methodological, or originality concerns.
Refraining from using unpublished material for personal benefit.
All participants in the publication process must disclose relationships or interests that could influence—or appear to influence—their judgment.
7. Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions
Publication System is committed to preserving the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.
Post-publication actions may include:
Correction: Published when an error affects part of an article but does not invalidate its principal findings.
Expression of Concern: Published when serious concerns have been raised but an investigation has not been completed or its findings remain inconclusive.
Retraction: Published when findings are unreliable because of major error or misconduct, or when serious ethical or legal violations are confirmed.
Removal: Considered only in exceptional circumstances involving significant legal, privacy, or public-safety concerns.
Corrections and retraction notices will clearly identify the affected article, explain the reason for the action, and remain permanently accessible as part of the scholarly record.
8. Ethics Approval and Informed Consent
Research involving human participants, identifiable human material, or identifiable health data must comply with applicable legal and ethical requirements and the current World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
Authors must provide:
The name of the approving ethics committee or institutional review board.
The ethics approval or reference number, where available.
A statement confirming that informed consent was obtained where required.
An explanation where ethics approval or consent was waived.
Research involving animals must comply with relevant institutional, national, and international animal-welfare standards and must include details of the approving authority.
Identifiable personal or clinical information must not be published without appropriate consent and legal authorization.
9. Ownership and Management
Publication System, established in 2020, operates as an independent academic publisher with a centralized publishing and editorial framework.
Each journal is managed by an academic Editorial Board led by an Editor-in-Chief or another designated senior editor. Editorial teams are responsible for the academic evaluation of manuscripts, while the publisher provides administrative, production, technical, and publication support.
Ownership, management, publisher contact information, and relevant journal details are made available through the official and journal websites.
The publisher respects the editorial independence of its journals and does not interfere with decisions concerning individual manuscripts.
10. Open Access and Accessibility
All articles published in journals are freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.
Readers are not required to pay, register, subscribe, or have an institutional affiliation to access published content.
supports the broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge and seeks to make published research accessible to researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, policymakers, institutions, and the public.
11. Advertising Policy
Publication System does not accept third-party advertising in its journals, published articles, or online publication platforms.
Editorial decisions, peer-review outcomes, and content selection are never influenced by advertising, sponsorship, or commercial relationships.
may publish non-commercial announcements concerning academic conferences, calls for papers, Special Issues, scholarly events, or relevant academic collaborations, subject to prior review and approval.
12. Digital Archiving and Preservation
Publication System maintains electronic backup and preservation arrangements to protect published content against accidental loss and support its long-term availability.
Published article files and metadata are retained in formats suitable for digital preservation. The preservation service or repository used by each journal will be identified on the relevant journal website.
Where supported by the designated preservation arrangement, archived copies will remain accessible if a journal or the publisher is no longer able to provide access through its primary platform.
13. Complaints and Ethical Concerns
Complaints, appeals, and allegations of publication misconduct are handled fairly, confidentially, and without retaliation.
Concerns may relate to:
Editorial procedures
Peer-review conduct
Authorship disputes
Undisclosed conflicts of interest
Plagiarism or data integrity
Ethical approval or informed consent
Published corrections or retractions
Conduct of editors or reviewers
Complaints should include sufficient information and supporting evidence to allow an appropriate assessment. may consult the relevant editor, reviewers, authors, institutions, or independent specialists where necessary.
Individuals wishing to report a publication-ethics concern may contact: ethics@pubsys.eshragh.co
All concerns will be reviewed in accordance with policies and relevant principles of COPE and ICMJE.
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