Publication Ethics Policy and Malpractice Statement

Folia Orientalia implements the ethical principles recommended by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE). All persons involved in the publication process must be familiar with the ethical standards of Folia Orientalia.

The following are the standards of ethical conduct expected of all parties involved in publishing in Folia Orientalia: the authors, the editors and editorial board, and the reviewers.

Duties of Editors

Monitoring the ethical standards: The editorial board monitors the ethical standards of scientific publications and takes all possible action against any publication malpractice.

Fair play: Submitted manuscripts are evaluated for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, citizenship or political ideology.

Publication decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should or should not be published. The decision to accept or reject an article for publication is based on its significance, originality, clarity and its relevance to the scope of the journal.

Confidentiality: The editor and the members of the editorial board must ensure that all material submitted to the journal remains confidential during the review process. They must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher.

Disclosure and conflict of interest: Unpublished material disclosed in the submitted manuscript may not be used by the editor and editorial board for their own research without the written consent of the author(s). Editors will always prevent business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards.

Maintain the integrity of the academic record: Editors will maintain the integrity of the published scholarly record by issuing corrections and retractions when necessary and by pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Plagiarism and falsification of data will not be tolerated. The editorial board will always be prepared to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies where appropriate.

Retractions of the articles: Editors will consider retracting a publication if:

they have clear evidence that the results are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error);
the results have been previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (cases of redundant publication);
it constitutes plagiarism or reports unethical research.

The retraction notice should be linked to the retracted article (by including the title and authors in the retraction heading), clearly identify the retracted article, and state who is retracting the article. Retraction notices should always state the reason(s) for retraction to distinguish honest error from misconduct. Retracted articles will not be removed from the print or electronic archives of the journal, but their retracted status will be indicated as clearly as possible.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should provide an accurate account of the work carried out and an objective discussion of its significance. The underlying data should be accurately reported in the paper. The paper should contain sufficient detail and references to enable others to replicate the work. Fabrication of results and fraudulent or inaccurate statements are unethical and may result in rejection or retraction of a manuscript or published article.

Originality and plagiarism: Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original work, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, they must be cited or quoted. Plagiarism and falsified data are not acceptable.

Data access retention: Authors may be asked to provide ra