Publishing Ethics

SRC Publishers is committed to maintaining high standards of publishing ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication. Authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers are expected to follow ethical practices throughout the publication process.

1. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to SRC Publishers must ensure that:

• The submitted work is original and has not been published elsewhere
• All sources are properly acknowledged and cited
• All listed authors have made significant contributions to the work
• Conflicts of interest and funding sources are clearly disclosed
• Research involving humans or animals has received appropriate ethical approval

2. Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for making fair, unbiased, and timely decisions on submitted manuscripts based on academic merit, originality, relevance, and compliance with journal policies.

Editors must maintain confidentiality and must not use unpublished information from submitted manuscripts for personal advantage.

3. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers are expected to:

• Provide objective, constructive, and timely feedback
• Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts under review
• Declare any conflicts of interest before accepting a review assignment
• Identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors

4. Plagiarism and Misconduct

SRC Publishers does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, or any other form of research misconduct.

Suspected misconduct may lead to manuscript rejection, article retraction, correction, notification to institutions, or other appropriate action.

5. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, personal, professional, or institutional conflicts of interest that may influence the publication process.

6. Corrections and Retractions

SRC Publishers is committed to correcting the scholarly record when necessary. Corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions may be issued in accordance with the nature and seriousness of the issue.

7. Ethical Oversight

Research involving human participants, animals, clinical trials, or sensitive data must comply with applicable ethical standards, institutional approvals, and legal requirements.

8. Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions at SRC Publishers are independent and are not influenced by commercial interests, advertising, sponsorship, or institutional pressure.

9. Publisher Responsibilities

SRC Publishers supports editors, reviewers, and authors in following ethical publishing practices and takes reasonable steps to prevent and address publication misconduct.

10. Commitment to Best Practices

SRC Publishers strives to follow recognized standards and best practices in scholarly publishing to ensure trust, transparency, and integrity in all published content.