Publication Ethics

Progressive Journal of Advanced Engineering and Technology (PJAET) upholds the highest ethical standards in scholarly publishing. The journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to ensure integrity, transparency, and accountability in research publication. The ethical responsibilities of authors, reviewers, and editors are outlined below.

  1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
  2. Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
  3. Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
  4. Handling Ethical Misconduct
  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must submit original work and properly cite all sources. Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) is strictly prohibited, with a similarity index threshold of 20%.
  • Authorship: All listed authors must have made significant contributions to the research. Guest or ghost authorship is unethical and unacceptable.
  • Data Integrity: Authors must ensure that all data presented in the manuscript is accurate and has not been fabricated, falsified, or manipulated.
  • Multiple Submissions: Authors must not submit the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or personal conflicts of interest that could influence the research.
  • Ethical Compliance: Research involving human or animal subjects must comply with ethical guidelines, and necessary approvals must be obtained.
  • Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep all manuscript details confidential and not share or discuss them with others.
  • Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted fairly, without personal bias, and based on scholarly merit.
  • Timeliness: Reviewers should complete their assessments within the given timeframe and inform the editor if unable to meet the deadline.
  • Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must decline to review manuscripts where there is a conflict of interest with the authors or institutions involved.
  • Fair Decision-Making: Editors must ensure that manuscripts are evaluated solely on their academic merit, without discrimination based on race, gender, religious belief, or political philosophy.
  • Confidentiality: Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and editorial team.
  • Handling Misconduct: If ethical breaches such as plagiarism, data falsification, or redundant publication are detected, editors must take appropriate action, including contacting authors’ institutions and retracting published articles if necessary.

PJAET follows COPE guidelines in cases of ethical violations. Possible actions include:

  • Issuing a correction, retraction, or editorial expression of concern.
  • Notifying the author’s institution or funding agency.
  • Banning the author from future submissions to the journal.