PEER-REVIW PROCESS & PLAGIARISM POLICY

PEER-REVIW PROCESS

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Engineering aims to maintain high standard of peer-review process to make sure that all papers we publish meet the editorial criteria in terms of originality and high quality. Also the papers fit well with the scope of the journal.

After you submit your manuscript, we perform an initial quality check and assign it to reviewer who is an active researcher in concerned field. The editor has right to select reviewers for a submitted manuscript considering the research expertise of the reviewers. After review of the manuscript by independent reviewers, the decision will be made by the editor, which can be categorized as follows; Accept without changes, Revisions required, and Reject.

Original research and review articles are now invited. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (including conference proceedings papers).

PLAGIARISM POLICY

The International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (IJASE) editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in IJASE.

Definition:

Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

Policy:

Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.

Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.

When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper and will agree on measures according to the extent of plagiarism detected in the paper in agreement with the following guidelines:

Level of Plagiarism

1.  Minor:

A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper

Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

2. Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper

Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

3. Severe: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication

Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

Open Access

International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (IJASE) publish a fully open access journal, which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication. Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

Benefits of open access for authors include:

ü  Free access for all users worldwide

ü  Authors retain copyright to their work

ü  Increased visibility and readership

ü  Rapid publication

ü  No spatial constraints