Ethical standards for publication try to promote high-quality scientific publications, public trust in scientific conclusions, and that people receive credit for their effort and ideas. New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences adheres to the rules and core procedures of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All manuscripts are subjected to peer review and must meet academic quality requirements. Submissions will be reviewed by peer reviewers whose identities will be kept anonymous to the authors if they are authorized by the editor. Our Research Integrity team will occasionally seek assistance outside of conventional peer review, for example, on submissions with substantial ethical, security, biosecurity, or societal concerns. We may consult with experts and the academic editor before deciding on suitable measures, including recruiting reviewers with specific knowledge, assessing by additional editors, and rejecting to examine a submission further.
Authors must not use the words, figures, or ideas of another without attribution. All sources must be credited where they are used, and terminology should be reused as little as possible and attributed or quoted in the text. It is unethical and dishonest to steal other scientists' ideas and work without giving them credit. Plagiarism is defined as copying even one sentence from another person's manuscript or one of your own that has previously been published without proper citation; instead, use your own words. Plagiarism is not permitted in our journal. Text borrowed from another source must be reused between quotation marks, and the original source must be cited. If the design of a study, or the style or language of the article, was inspired by past research, it must be fully cited.
Cross-ref Similarity Check (iThenticate) is used by New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences to detect contributions that overlap with previously published and submitted publications. The manuscript may be rejected if plagiarism is discovered during the peer review process. If plagiarism is discovered after the work has been published, we may issue a Correction or retract the paper.
New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences accept only original content, which means articles that have never been published before, even if they are in a language other than English. Articles based on content that was previously only available on a preprint server, institutional repository, or thesis will be evaluated.
Manuscripts submitted to New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences may not be submitted elsewhere while being reviewed and must be withdrawn before being submitted elsewhere. Authors whose articles are discovered to have been submitted elsewhere at the same time may face sanctions.
If authors base a submitted manuscript on previously published or currently under review work, they must cite the earlier articles and explain how their proposed manuscript differs from their past work. Reusing the authors' own words outside of the Methods should be credited or cited in the text. Duplicating the authors' own statistics or large amounts of wording may necessitate permission from the copyright holder, which the authors must get.
New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences will consider expanded versions of conference articles if this is stated in the cover letter, the prior version is properly mentioned and discussed, there is significant additional content, and all appropriate clearances are secured.
Redundant publication and the improper split of study outcomes into more than one article may result in the rejection or request to merge submitted manuscripts and the rectification of published articles. Duplicate publication of the same, or remarkably similar, work may result in the retraction of the latter publication and sanctions against the authors.
Authors whose submissions are discovered to contain citations whose primary objective is to raise the number of citations to a given author's work or articles published in a specific publication may face sanctions. Editors and reviewers should not require authors to submit references just to enhance the number of citations to their own or an associate's work, the journal, or another publication with which they are affiliated.
Authors of submitted manuscripts or published studies who are discovered to have faked or manipulated data, including image manipulation, may face sanctions, and published articles may be withdrawn.
All mentioned authors must have made a meaningful scientific contribution to the manuscript's research, approved its claims, and consented to be an author. It is critical to include everyone who has made a substantial scientific contribution. Author contributions may be described at the end of the submission, using CRediT-defined responsibilities if desired. Submitting authors must supply an ORCID, and all authors are encouraged to do so. Authorship changes must be reported to the journal and approved by all authors. Anyone who helped with the research or manuscript preparation but is not an author should be acknowledged with their permission. Submissions from anyone other than one of the authors will be rejected.
Conflicts of interest (COIs, sometimes known as 'competing interests') emerge when issues outside of research are reasonably considered to impact the neutrality or objectivity of the study or its assessment. This can happen at any point in the research cycle, including during the experimentation phase, when writing a manuscript, or while converting a manuscript into a published article.
Conflicts of interest do not always stop work from being published or prevent someone from being involved in the review process. However, they must be declared. A clear declaration of all possible conflicts – whether they actually had an influence or not – allows others to make informed decisions about the work and its review process.
When mistakes in published articles are discovered, the publisher will assess what action is necessary and may consult the editors and the authors' institution (s). Errors by the authors can be corrected with a corrigendum, while errors by the publisher can be corrected with an erratum. If mistakes significantly impact the conclusions, or if there is proof of misbehavior, retraction may be required. All authors will be requested to sign off on the notice's content. After publication, an author name change will be made to the paper published by New Valley University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences without documentation, a corrigendum notice, or informing any other authors.