Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement Energy Equipment and Systems (energyequipsys ) is a scientific and technical journal which is committed to keep the highest professional and ethical standards. In order to guarantee high quality publications, energyequipsys is guided by the following principles: 1. Publication Information Publication Frequency: The journal is published quarterly; i.e., March, June, September and December of each year. Cost of publication: Article publishing and/or submission are free of charge in energyequipsys. In other words, there are no article publishing costs (APC’s). Open Access: The journal provides open access to all published papers. Manuscript submission and decision making: The submission is processed electronically through web submission system at http://energyequipsys.com/contacts?_action=loginForm. Only full papers are reviewed; i.e., abstracts are not considered for review. The recommended format for the submitted manuscripts is indicated in the main page of the journal at http://energyequipsys.com/contacts?_action=loginForm. English is the only acceptable language for manuscripts submitted to energyequipsys.
2. Editors’ responsibilities The chief editor bears the sole responsibility for accepting or rejecting the submitted manuscript. However, in order to assure the high quality of the published work and to reach a wise and judicious decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript, editors customarily seek advice from reviewers of appropriate expertise. Any communications between the corresponding author of the manuscript and the reviewers are made through the editors. A manuscript may be rejected without any external review if the editors determine that it does not fit the journal scope, the subject of the manuscript is outdated or lacks depth, the written English is unacceptable or any other reason thereof. Moreover:
3. Reviewers’ responsibilities
4. Authors’ responsibilities
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. In the event of occurrence of any scientific misconduct, fraudulent or falsified publication or plagiarism; the publisher, in close collaboration with the Editors-in-Chief, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. |