Publication Ethics

Vietnam Journal of Catalysis and Adsorption (JCA) applies the principles of publication ethics outlined in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We take publishing ethics very seriously and accept our responsibility to maintain the integrity of the scientific record as much as possible.

Unbiased consideration is given to all manuscripts offered for publication regardless of the race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, political philosophy, sexual orientation, age or reputation of the authors.

In order to provide our readers with a research journal of high quality, JCA is guided by the following principles:

Editors

  • The editor is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the academic record, for having processes in place to assure the quality of the material they publish and for precluding business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.
  • JCA always recommend that Editor follow the rules of COPE CORE PRACTICE about Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors.
  • Editors' decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication should be based on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the remit of the journal. Each manuscript should be judged without regard to the race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Articles may be rejected without review if the Editor considers the article obviously not suitable for publication.
  • The editor must not use privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review for personal gain or discredit others.
  • The editor ensures that appropriate reviewers are selected for submissions (i.e. individuals who are able to judge the work and are free from disqualifying competing interests).
  • The editor has systems in place to give authors the opportunity to make original research articles freely available.
  • The editor has systems to ensure that material submitted to their journal remains confidential while under review.
  • Using the singer-blind peer review system neither reviewers’ identities are revealed to the other party to ensure the quality of research published in the journal. There are at least two or more reviewers for the total number of articles in each issue.

Editor-in-chief

  • Runing all the JCA's operations. Editor in-chief is fully responsible for the quality of the article, the process of publishing the article. Responsible for all steps of review processing, editing, online publishing of articles submitted to JCA; assign the Section Editor for taking steps to handle review process. Editor-in-chief makes the final decision of all submitted articles.

Deputy Editor-in-chief: 

  • Assisting Editor-in-chief in handling review process, editing, and publishing online; make the final decision with the status of the assigned articles. The Deputy Editor-in-chief manage manuscripts with content close with his/her specialty, supervise and handle problems arising in the manuscipt process of Section Editor.

Section Editor:

  • Preliminary evaluating the quality of manuscript, can be rejected directly if manuscript is of low quality. Invite experts to evaluate and give comments for submitted manuscripts through submission system. Review the comments of referees to send the author comments to improve the quality of manuscript. Ask the author for the necessary explanations.

Reviewers

  • Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method.
  • Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
  • Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
  • Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  • Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge. 
  • Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Authors

  • The authors ensure that they have submitted original works, i.e., material that has neither been published elsewhere, nor is under review elsewhere, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
  • The authors ensure that all individuals named as authors have legitimate input into the work and manuscript and that everyone who was involved with the work and preparation of the manuscript is listed.
  • Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
  • Authors should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation.
  • Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal is considered as an unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  • All authors should disclose in their manuscript relevant funding sources.
  • Authors are required to declare whether or not they have financial professional or personal interests from other parties or another conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript.
  • When an author founds error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to notify the journal editor and cooperate with him to retract or correct the paper.

Editorial Process

We are committed to editorial independence and strive in all cases to prevent this principle from being compromised through conflicts of interest, fear, or any other corporate, business, financial or political influence. Our editorial processes reflect this commitment to editorial independence.

We do not discriminate against authors,  editors or peer reviewers based on personal characteristics or identity.

Authorship and Contributorship

 - 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 the 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 inquiries (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 recognize the contributions of anyone who provided research or writing assistance.

Plagiarism

It should be noted that salami publishing and parallel publishing detract from the innovative nature of research findings. We do check the plagiarism for all submitted works to JCA, the editors of the JCA will use the iThenticate services to detect instances of overlapping and similar text. Plagiarism is committed when one author uses another work (typically the work of another author) without permission, credit, or acknowledgment. Plagiarism takes different forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media, including:

  • Text, illustrations, extended mathematical derivations, computer code, etc.;
  • Material downloaded from websites or drawn from manuscripts or other media;
  • Published and unpublished material, including lectures, presentations, and grey literature.

We do not tolerate plagiarism in any of our publications, and we reserve the right to check all submissions through appropriate plagiarism checking tools. Submissions containing suspected plagiarism, in whole or part, will be rejected. Our journal uses the iThenticate to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.