Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Inject Press is committed to enforcing the most stringent publication ethics, and all parties involved in the publishing process of the journal (authors, editors, reviewers and publisher) are expected to agree to the highest standards of ethical behavior.

Publisher’s Responsibilities

The publisher is committed to the highest ethical and transparent publishing principles, and guarantees full integrity and professionalism in all its editorial processes. Inject Press endorses the Code of Conduct established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org) and has a zero tolerance policy regarding plagiarism, fraudulent publication and scientific misconduct. To verify the originality of all work published by Inject Press, all submissions are screened using a plagiarism detection system before being sent out for peer-review. All cases of alleged unethical behavior are taken very seriously by the publisher and an investigation will be initiated in consultation with the authors, editors and/or peer-reviewers, as appropriate. In cases of proven misconduct the publisher, in collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to amend the situation, and is always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Editors’ responsibilities

The editor, an independent expert with a highly reputable academic record, is responsible for ensuring the quality of the material published in the journal and maintaining the integrity of its academic record. The editor shall rely solely on the quality and merit of the article as a criterion for publication, and act independently of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. The editor also agrees not to disclose any information regarding submitted manuscripts to any other party or to use any part of the content on their own behalf.

Authors’ responsibilities

Authors are responsible for submitting original work for publication which has neither been previously published in English nor is under consideration elsewhere. The authors confirm that their work is the result of proper and ethical research conduct, that all data in articles is real and authentic, and that the use of any other authors’ work and/or words is duly cited or quoted. Authors shall guarantee that all those who have made significant contributions to the work are listed as co-authors, and to declare any potential acknowledgements and/or conflict of interests.

Reviewers’ responsibilities

Reviewers are responsible for evaluating manuscripts, assisting the editor in making editorial decisions and improving the quality of the articles published in the journal. Reviewers shall conduct their assessment in a timely and objective manner, avoiding any personal or unsupported criticisms. Reviewers agree not to disclose any information regarding the manuscript to any other party or to use any part of the content on their own behalf. If they wish to suggest other potential reviewers or to share the reviewing task with other colleagues they shall always inform the editor before making any contact with a third party. To guarantee a completely rigorous and unbiased review process, reviewers should not have any conflict of interests with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.

Retraction Policy

Inject Press values the integrity of scholarly research and is committed to ensuring that academic rigor is always achieved, and will investigate concerns raised by authors, readers, institutions, or academic editors in the event that said integrity is not being followed.

In line with standards developed by several library and scholarly bodies, and with the aim of guaranteeing the integrity of all articles rather than to punish the authors, articles may be retracted if:

  • There is evidence of plagiarism.
  • Major scientific errors occur, for example, evidence that the findings are unreliable, either through misconduct (e.g., fabrication or falsification of data) or honest error (e.g., experimental or serious methodological errors).
  • Unethical research is conducted, for example, include material/data that the authors were not given consent to (re)publish.
  • A third party’s intellectual property right is infringed.
  • Redundant publication (submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals without disclosure) takes place.
  • Inappropriate authorship (see COPE’s “What constitutes authorship?”) occurs.
  • Content is defamatory.

With the scientific community in mind, and after discussing the matter with the authors, Inject Press will adopt the following procedures in the event that an article is retracted:

  • A retraction notice will appear on the article page, stating the reason(s) for the retraction. The title will read “[Retracted]: Title” and the retraction note will be placed right below.
  • The article will remain unchanged except for a red watermark on the .pdf indicating that the article has been retracted. In the table of contents it will read “[Retracted]: Title”, with the authors’ names below.
  • All parties involved, from the reviewers to the academic editors, will be notified of the retracted version.

Despite being a joint endeavor, if retraction is due to the actions of some, but not all, authors of a publication, the notice of retraction must clearly mention this.

Prolonged negotiations should not unreasonably delay retraction and the publisher should go ahead with retractions if consensus cannot be reached or in case the authors do not reply.

Authors may choose to request retraction of their own article, in which case they should email the journal.

Please note that Article Processing Charges (APCs) are not refundable if an article is retracted.