Allegations of scientific misconduct

Misan Journal of Political and International Studies guidelines on scientific misconduct:

The Misan Journal for Political and International Studies is keen on the principle of monitoring and following up on all cases of wrongful research misconduct, and follows all available procedures and means in order to prevent the publication of research that is not unified with a single research behavioral methodology. The journal also seeks to maintain the highest ethical standards for the scientific materials it publishes. For this purpose, the magazine followed international standards and guidelines, which it is keen to implement (Committee on Publication Ethics COPE).

The position of the Misan Journal of Political and International Studies regarding the specific ethical aspects of incorrect research behavior and its reporting, and in this regard, it provides authors with a set of guidance regarding the ethical standards that all researchers must adhere to in their research and submitted scientific papers, and defines the framework of actions it takes in the event of an occurrence. Violations of these standards.

Misan Journal of Political and International Studies is very careful about misconduct in scientific research and follows all available means to prevent the spread of this wrong phenomenon. Although there is no uniform definition of research misconduct, the Board of Science Editors defines research misconduct broadly into three categories of actions and behaviors. The Misan Journal of Political and International Studies uses this definition of misconduct in its dealings with this issue and strictly follows the Continuation of Scientific Publication Ethics (COPE) scheme in dealing with research misconduct. As follows:

Mistreatment of research subjects.
Falsifying and fabricating data.
Hacking and plagiarism.

Perhaps the most prominent examples of scientific misconduct are:

Violation of ethical standards for research: failure to adhere to the correct scientific standards and standards set by the journal for writing research concerned with the human aspect.
Fabricating and falsifying the scientific data and information contained in the research paper. Forgery is defined as manipulating research materials to reach a favorable result, for example changing the proportions of data, manipulating the scientific results of some research, using ready-made scientific materials without indicating their original owners, which is what we call (plagiarism of scientific text). ) and other cases.
Repeatedly publishing the same research paper, meaning that many researchers publish the same scientific material in different journals, and this is what the magazine considers a violation and contradiction to the principle of transparency in scientific publishing and duplication in publishing research data.
Manipulating the names of authors: meaning that there are cases in which researchers delete the original author of the article or add an author who did not originally participate in writing the research, which is called (the guest author).

Journal procedures regarding scientific misconduct:

Misan Journal of Political and International Studies has taken it upon itself to move forward in addressing cases of moral misconduct in all its cases. Perhaps among these measures are:

Misan Journal of Political and International Studies uses all means to detect plagiarism in terms of quality assurance, including returning research in which the plagiarism rate is more than 20% in the text of the research to the author to remove similarities and reduce the chance of plagiarism. Misan Journal of Political and International Studies emphasizes that all research is subject to correct citation cases according to specific scientific mechanisms that are subject to COPE standards and guidelines.
Emphasizing the responsibility of researchers for the content of their research paper regarding scientific misconduct, even after the research is published.
Emphasizing the selection of qualified editors specialized in the scientific field for the research paper, and sending the research paper to more referees for review again, thus subjecting the research to a new stage or round of arbitration and review stages.

Misan Journal for Political and International Studies reserves the right to withdraw fabricated or fake material, subject researchers to the blacklist, and not deal with them in the future. Misan Journal for Political and International Studies strictly follows the instructions of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in dealing with fabrication and forgery.