Duties and Responsibilities of Publisher

UNIMAS Publisher aims to oversee and promote the sustainability of all journals under UNIMAS. It works with the Journal Editor Committee to create relevant journal policies and guidelines. It also promotes a better scholarly communication system for the management of UNIMAS journals. It assists in the publication and indexing of all journal articles. 

UNIMAS Publisher ensures that journal editors, authors, reviewers, and other stakeholders adopt the best publishing policies and practices.

UNIMAS Publisher will review these journal policies regularly and update the policies when necessary. UNIMAS Publisher appoints a Senior Ethics Advisor and panels to advise on publication misconduct, issues related to animal and human ethics, journal policy and guidelines, etc. periodically. If allegations of misconduct are brought to the attention of UNIMAS Publisher by journal editors, authors, reviewers, sponsors, or users, UNIMAS Publisher is also responsible for the investigation of any suspected publication misconduct and provides solutions for these cases (refer to Section 4 of Journal Publication Ethics Policy).

UNIMAS Publisher will also work and collaborate with the Senior Ethics Advisor and panels to handle any potential cases of breaches of intellectual property and related legal issues.

References:
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (2016). Code of Conduct. Available at: https://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct

Council of Science Editors (2018). White Paper on Publication Ethics. Available at: https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/resource-library/editorial-policies/white-paper-on-publication-ethics/

European Science Foundation (2011). The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. Available at: https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/Code_Conduct_ResearchIntegrity.pdf

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Mandal, J, Ponnambath, DK, & Parija, SC. (2016). Ethics of scientific publication. Tropical Parasitology, 6(2): 100-102.

Nature Cell Biology. (2014). Improving author experience. Exploring avenues to optimize the peer-reivew process and improve author experience. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncb3081

Natural Research Journals’ Policies on publishing ethics. Available at: https://www.nature.com/authors/policies/publication.html

Nature Nanotechnology (2012). A matter of duty. Corresponding authors should not neglect their responsibility to a journal or their co-authors. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2012.234

PLoS Medicine. Ethical Publishing Practice. Available at: http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/s/ethical-publishing-practice

Science Journals: editorial policies. Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/authors/science-journals-editorial-policies