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Ethics & Copyright Form

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

The publication of an article in a peer reviewed journal is an essential model for Moroccan Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, ISSN:  2605-5996. Standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher. 

We follow the standards of Committee on Publication Ethics. Editors, authors, and reviewers are expected to be aware and refer to COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions

The submitted manuscripts are scanned by the Editor for their originality and importance to the journal readers. Those not responding to these conditions or those who are subject to plagiarism are automatically rejected. 
The manuscripts accepted for review are sent to Associated Editors who assign them to at least three referees. 
Once the reviews are achieved, Editorial comments are sent to the author who is expected to reply by performing the adequate corrections.
The final decision to accept or to reject the manuscript depends on the answers provided by the authors to reviewer comments and the established corrections in the revised manuscript.  Download the Copyright Transfer form

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Editors and reviewers should not use the information disclosed in a submitted work for their own interest without the author authorization.

Reviewers  

Promptness

Reviewers should not accept a revision if the submitted manuscript discuss a theme that does not belong to their field of interest or if they cannot perform the revision in due time. Reviewers should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviewers must be objective in their revision, with constructive and not personal criticism. They should express their points clearly in order to help the authors in their mission to improve their work.

Acknowledgment of Sources, Originality, and Plagiarism

Reviewers must identify works not cited recommend them to the authors. They should also mention the presence of any plagiarism, overlap or conflict of interest. The manuscript should remain secret and can be spread with other person neither used for personal interest. Reviewers should notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Authorship and Contributorship

We acknowledge that different disciplines and publication formats have different norms for who is listed as an author. Where no other guidance is specified, we recommend applying the following principles.

-        Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; and/or.

-        Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and

-       Final approval of the version to be published; and

-        Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

We consider the corresponding author to be the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process. We ask that the corresponding author confirm that they have the authority to act on behalf of all co-authors in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript including supplementary material. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining such agreements and for informing the co-authors of the manuscript’s status throughout the submission, review, and publication process. In addition, the corresponding author also acts as the main point of contact for any enquiries (including those relating to the integrity of the work) after the paper is published.

We encourage authors to list anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship in an Acknowledgments section in their publication, for example to recognise the contributions of anyone who provided research or writing assistance.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors who submit papers to Moroccan Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry atest that their work is original and unpublished, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition, authors confirm that their paper is their own; that it has not been copied or plagiarised, in whole or in part, from other works; and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

Authors are not allowed to submit manuscripts describing the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Authors warrant that the submitted manuscript has neither been published previously nor is currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

Fundamental errors in published works

Any significant error or inaccuracy in an already published work must be notified once discovered by the author who should cooperate with the editor to rectify and correct the paper.

* More information can be found at http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines.

Publishing policies

 

Access and Licensing 

 

Publication in open access

Creative Commons – Attribution 4.0 Unported - CC BY-NC (*CC BY-NC)* 

Publication costs

Publication fees: no 

Submission fees: no