1. Ethical Guidelines for Authors

● All authors must warrant that their article is their own original work, which does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity, and cannot be construed as plagiarizing any other published work, including their own previously published work.

 

● All authors named on the paper are equally held accountable for the content of a submitted manuscript or published paper.

 

● The corresponding author must ensure all named co-authors consent to publication and to being named as a co-author.

 

● All persons who have made significant scientific or literary contributions to the work reported should be named as co-authors.

 

● Authors must not submit a manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.

 

● Authors should not submit previously published work, nor work which is based in substance on previously published work, either in part or whole.

 

● Authors must appropriately cite all relevant publications.

 

● Information obtained privately, such as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported in the author's work unless fully cited and with the permission of that third party.

 

● Authors must make available all necessary formal and documented ethical approval from an appropriate research ethics committee.

 

● Authors must include appropriate warnings concerning hazards involved in the article’s experiments, materials, or procedures, and cite relevant safety standards if applicable.

 

● If required, authors must facilitate access to data sets described in the article.

 

● Authors must avoid making defamatory statements that could be construed as impugning any person's reputation.

 

● Authors must declare any potential conflict of interest, whether professional or financial.

 

● Authors must disclose all sources of funding for the research.

 

● If asked, authors must suggest suitable reviewers without conflicts of interest.

2. Ethics and Integrity

JOSS is committed to peer review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. To help maintain these standards, guidelines for ethical publishing are provided for authors, reviewers, and editors.

3. CrossRef

JOSS uses CrossRef to screen for unoriginal material. Authors should be aware that their manuscript may be submitted to CrossRef at any point during the peer review or production process.

4. Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

● Reviewers must give unbiased consideration to each manuscript submitted, judging each on its merits.

 

● Reviewers should declare any potential conflict of interest prior to agreeing to review.

 

● Reviewers must keep the peer review process confidential.

 

● Reviewers should provide constructive, comprehensive, and evidence-based reports.

 

● Reviewers must avoid defamatory statements in their reports.

 

● Reviewers should submit their reports in a timely manner, notifying the editor if unable to do so.

 

● Reviewers should inform the editor of any substantial similarity between the manuscript and other works they are aware of.

5. Ethical Guidelines for Journal Editors

● Editors should give unbiased consideration to all manuscripts, judging each on its merits.

 

● Editors must keep the peer review process confidential.

 

● Editors must investigate claims of duplicate submission or prior publication.

 

● Editors may reject manuscripts without formal peer review if they fall outside the journal’s scope.

 

● Editors should process submissions efficiently and in a timely manner.

 

● Editors must delegate peer review of their own submissions to another editorial board member.

 

● Editors must correct the literature when presented with evidence of significant errors.

 

● Editors must not use data from submitted manuscripts in their own research without author consent.