Publication Ethics

• Publication Ethics The editorial board of Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Journal for Human and Social Studies places mutual trust among its members, reviewers, and researchers, giving the journal high credibility in reviewing, editing, and publishing. In order to meet academic publishing standards, all parties must adhere to the following ethics: 1. research works are received via the journal's email address, announced on its own website. 2. Adherence to the instructions included in the conditions for publication in Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan Journal for Human and Social Studies, in terms of adherence to publication guidelines, adherence to the points clarifying the mechanism for coordinating, categorizing, and citing research, and how to include sources and references. 3. The research is presented to the journal's technical committee to review whether or not it complies with the initial publication requirements. 4. If the research does not comply with the announced initial publication requirements, it will be returned to its author to work on completing the requirements, particularly the marginal note method, citation, and adherence to the journal's format. 5. If the researcher complies with the journal's initial requirements, the research is presented to a specialized member of the editorial board to determine whether it adheres to the journal's ethical and scientific requirements and is worthy of being sent to external reviewers. 6. If the research receives initial acceptance, it is sent to two external reviewers with expertise to determine whether it is worthy of publication in the journal. 7. If the research is not accepted in the internal evaluation, the researcher will receive an apology letter. 8. The journal awaits the reviewers' opinions on the research via the journal's official email within a maximum period of two weeks. 9. If both reviewers request modifications to the research, the research will be resubmitted for the required modifications. 10. If one of the reviewers rejects the research and the other accepts it, the research is presented to a third member, who is often a specialist from the editorial board, to weigh in on another opinion. The journal then deals with the research based on the recommendation of the third reviewer. 11. If the time period is extended and the date for submitting the review by the external reviewer has expired, the journal has the right to replace him with another one in order to facilitate the tasks of reviewing, evaluating and publishing, without the journal bearing the evaluation fee of the reviewer who was late in submitting. 12. If an external reviewer declines to review submitted research for any reason, the journal will replace him with another more competent one, in order to expedite the review process and avoid delays. 13. If the researcher makes the required amendments, the submitted research will be sent again to a reviewer to review whether the researcher has made the required essential changes. 14. If the reviewer’s report arrives recommending that the researcher has made the required amendments, the journal will send the researcher a letter accepting the research for publication. 15. If the researcher fails to make the required amendments and maintains his opinion on a particular issue, the editor-in-chief will have the final word thereon. 16. If the researcher withdraws his research after making amendments, the journal has the right to contact the relevant authorities to charge the researcher the journal's review fees, after notifying the researcher of this measure. 17. The researcher has the right to withdraw his research prior to the external review process, without bearing any financial costs. 18. The researcher must comply with the academic integrity by adhering to internationally recognized research conduct and ethical publishing requirements as well as voiding all forms of unethical behavior, such as plagiarism, fabrication, forgery, and distortion of facts. 19. If the journal later discovers that the research has been plagiarized or published elsewhere, the journal has the right to withdraw the research from the issue and send a letter to the researcher's concerned authorities. 20. Researchers are free to express their opinions regarding research submitted for publication. However, they are prohibited from publishing statements that are harmful or detrimental to the reputation of individuals, groups, or institutions. 21. Conflicts of interest may be financial, professional, or personal and may affect the initial acceptance, review, or publication of research. Therefore, researchers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could affect their research, its integrity, and its results. 22. If the research has more than one author, they must delegate one of them to be responsible for following up correspondence and confirm this to the journal. They must also inform fellow researchers of any new correspondence or any information related to the work submitted for publication. 23. The reviewer must comply with several ethics, the most important of which are: qualification and expertise in reviewing the assigned research, informing the journal that he is not qualified for the job, as it falls outside his own area of specialty and research interests. He must also adhere to confidentiality in evaluating the research, without presenting it to others, or discussing it with them, in addition to objectivity in evaluation, clearly presenting the arguments and evidence supporting his opinion, and avoiding criticism or personal attack, as that is unacceptable at all.