Energy Equipment and Systems (EES) - Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Energy Equipment and Systems (energyequipsys ) is committed to keep the highest professional and ethical standards. In order to guarantee the high quality publications,  energyequipsys is guided by the following principles:

1. Publication Information

Publication Frequency: The journal is published two times a year: winter and summer.

Cost of publication: There is no Article Publishing Costs (APCs) and/or submission fees for publishing in the journal.

Open Access: The journal provides open access to all published papers.

Paper submission and decisions: The paper submission process is handled electronically. Manuscripts are to be submitted via the web submission system at http://energyequipsys.com/contacts?_action=loginForm

Only full papers are reviewed; abstracts are not considered for review. The recommended format for the submitted manuscripts is indicated in the main page of the journal.

http://energyequipsys.com/contacts?_action=loginForm

Papers must be submitted in English only.

2. Editors’ responsibilities

• In evaluating submitted works, the editors should limit themselves only to the intellectual and originality of the content. 
• The editors of energyequipsys are responsible for publication of an accepted manuscript. 
• The editors should withdraw any submitted manuscript which breaks legal requirements such as plagiarism, regarding libel and copyright infringement. 
• The editors must guarantee the privacy of the submitted manuscripts before publication, except in the case of suspicion of double submission. 
• The submitted manuscript should not be exploited for other purposes without the approval letter of the author. 
• The editor of a submitted manuscript must not be one of the co-authors.

3. Reviewers’ responsibilities

• The reviewers should not be selected from those who have conflicts of interest with any of the authors and/or institutions which are linked to the papers.
• The reviewers of energyequipsys  assist the editors to make a decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. 
• The reviewers are responsible for keeping secrecy of the received manuscript for peer review and must not exploit it for personal advantage. 

4. Authors’ responsibilities

• The authors should confirm that the work is an original contribution, and that it has neither been submitted nor has been considered for publication elsewhere.
• The authors are committed to cite all the references utilized in the research.
• A paper should contain sufficient detailed information and references to permit others to redo the work.
• Reporting deceptive or knowingly inaccurate results are not acceptable.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission in case of using images and artworks published by another publisher.
• All Authors of a paper have full responsibility for the authenticity of their submission, and plagiarism will result in rejection of the manuscript.

5.Terms and conditions 

The Journal of Energyequipsys publish open access articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.