Lupine Publishers Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics:
All the Journals in Lupine Publishers adheres to the highest possible ethical standards, for
example, by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). If an ethical
problem related to a submitted or published article is referred to the Editorial Board
member, then he will evaluate the problem as outlined by appropriate bodies such as the
ICMJE and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and take appropriate steps. The
following are problems in the ethics of publication that every author should be familiar with.
Violations of any of the following ethical principles may incur sanctions described below.
Plagiarism
All journals published by Lupine Publishers are committed to publishing only original
material, i.e., material that has neither been published nor is under review elsewhere.
Lupine Publisher’s journals as a participant of plagiarism pro software tool, to detect
instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts that are
found to have been plagiarized from a manuscript by other author(s), whether published or
unpublished, will incur plagiarism sanctions.
Duplicate Submission
Manuscripts that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review
elsewhere, will incur duplicate submission/publication sanctions. If author(s) have used their
own previously published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a
submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and indicate how their
submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the previous work.
Citation Manipulation
Submitted manuscripts that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to
increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a
particular journal, will incur citation manipulation sanctions.Data Fabrication and Falsification
Submitted manuscripts that are found to have either fabricated or falsified experimental
results, including the manipulation of images, will incur data fabrication and falsification
sanctions.
Redundant Publications
Redundant publications involve the inappropriate division of study outcomes into several
articles.
Publisher Responsibilities:
The publisher is committed to follow and comply with the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations.
The publisher does not influence the editors' decisions and pledges the review process probity.
The publisher is committed to respond to research misconduct complaints promptly, received
atsupport@lupinepublishers.com.
Use of Human and Animal Subjects:
In any studies, involving human subjects must include a statement that their relevant
institutional committee has approved the described work.
In the case of experiments involving animals, the author(s) should provide a statement
assuring that the described experiments have been approved by the relevant institutional
committee.
The following is a summary of our expectations from editors, reviewers, and author(s) to
follow the publication ethics standards and the procedures of handling the unethical
behaviors.
