Publication Ethics

Publication Ethical Guide for

Papers in Arts and Humanities (P’Arts’Hum)

The Journal follows COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guidelines:

  1. The Journal Papers in Arts and Humanities (P’Arts’Hum) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal for research in arts, literature, philosophy, theology and social sciences published by the Partium Christian University. The journal respects the principle of editorial independence.
  2. Editors are accountable for everything published in their journals.
  3. Editors be always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
  4. Readers will be informed about who has funded research or other scholarly work and whether the funders had any role in the research and its publication and, if so, what this was.
  5. Editors’ decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication is based on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the remit of the journal.
  6. Editors will not reverse decisions to accept submissions unless serious problems are identified with the submission.
  7. The process of publication, with a guidance to authors on everything that is expected of them and a description of peer review processes is described in a WORKFLOW CHART https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EtRFXhoPT5vFoYiM89q-w7jVT_kXtTvq/view
  8. The Journal applies a DOUBLE-BLIND PER REVIEW
  9. Reviewers have to complete a review form on the website. The anonymity of reviewers and the anonymity of authors is strictly protected.
  10. Editors have a duty to act if they suspect misconduct or if an allegation of misconduct is brought to them. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers. Editors will first seek a response from those suspected of misconduct. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should ask the relevant employers, or institution, or some appropriate body (perhaps a regulatory body or national research integrity organization) to investigate.
  11. Editors are alert to intellectual property issues and work in order to handle potential breaches of intellectual property laws and conventions. The journal adopts systems for detecting plagiarism (e.g. software, searching for similar titles) in the case of each submitted paper.
  12. The Journal does not practice publication fees and works under the Creative Commons system, and the credit is given to the creator.