Ethics Policy

The Journal of Social Work and Social Development (JSWSD) is committed to publication based on Ethics. All prospective authors are to read and understand this Ethics Policy prior to submission of any manuscript to this journal.

1. Please understand that submitted manuscripts will be subject to plagiarism check using the Ubuntu service, in order to identify instances of overlapping and similar text.

2. The software checks submissions against millions of published research papers, documents on the web, and other relevant materials. If plagiarism or misconduct is detected, the journal may reject the submission immediately.

3. The ethics policy intends to provide a guideline to the prospective authors to maintain the scholarly integrity of the journal and its content, and to detail the ethical responsibilities of the JSWSD.

4. We expect all authors to read and understand our ethics policy prior to submission of their manuscripts. This is in to prevent any ethical misconduct, which is recognized as a budding problem in academic and professional publications.

5. Ethics topics to consider at the time of publishing:

· Authorship of the manuscript: Authorship should be entitled to those who have made a noteworthy contribution to the formation, design, implementation, or analysis of the paper written.

· Uniqueness and plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely novel papers, and if the author(s) have used the work and/or words of other writers it has to be appropriately cited or quoted.

· Data access and retention: Authors may be asked to provide the unprocessed data in association with a paper for editorial review, and it must be organized to give public access to such data.

· Numerous, redundant or simultaneous publication: An author should not publish manuscripts describing fundamentally the same research in more than one journal or major publication.

· Acknowledgement of sources: Proper acknowledgment of the sources is necessary.

· Disclosure and conflicts of interest: All manuscript submissions must include disclosure of all associations that could be viewed as presenting a possible conflict of interest.

· Fundamental errors in published works: When an author figure a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's duty to rapidly notify the journal editor or publisher and assist with the editor to take back or correct the paper.

· Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original study should present a correct description of the work performed as well as an objective argument of its importance.

· Use of patient images or case details: Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which should be documented in the paper.