A manuscript would not be accepted if it has been published or is currently under consideration for publication in any other journals. The author will need to notify the editorial team if the data in their submission has been presented in conferences.

Authorship

Authorship should be limited to people who have contributed substantially to the work. Authors must indicate their specific contributions to the published work. This information should be listed in the manuscript under the section ‘Author Contribution’. Examples of contributions include: designed research, performed research, contributed new reagents or analytic tools, analyzed data, wrote the paper.

For more information on submission’s format, please refer to the ‘Author Guidelines’ link accessible from the ‘About’ button at the top row of this page.

The corresponding author should be clearly indicated for all manuscripts submitted. A maximum of two corresponding authors are allowed for the responsibilities associated. The corresponding author(s) is responsible for:
--Obtaining permission from all the authors mentioned in the manuscript
--Ensuring adherence to all editorial and submission policies and for any communications and actions that may be necessary after publication
--Including written permission from the authors of the work concerned for any mention of any unpublished material included in the manuscript, e.g. data from manuscripts-in-press, personal communication, or work in preparation. 

Plagiarism

The editorial team does not approve of any plagiarism attempts. iThenticate will be utilized at the editor’s discretion to verify the originality of submitted manuscripts. If plagiarism is detected during the review process the manuscript may be rejected pending the severity of plagiarism. Therefore, if a manuscript uses a text copied directly from another source, this text must be written in quotation marks and the original source must be cited.

Submission of Revised Manuscripts

Revised manuscripts must contain a detailed point by point response to the comments of the reviewers. The response to reviewers has to be uploaded as a separate file.

 

Withdraw and Retraction

Withdraw

A withdraw is usually initiated by the authors, who have the right to request a withdraw of manuscript before the article is published, as long as a valid reason is given, but a $200 of APCs need to be paid to cover the peer review and editorial process if it has been accepted. If the editor or staff discovers that the article has been formally published by another journal, this manuscript will be rejected for publication by the journal.

Retraction:

Following COPE's retraction guidelines, post-publication retraction actions are usually initiated by the editorial office, and editors should consider retracting a publication if the following issues are identified:

  • They have clear evidence that the results are unreliable as ethics reasons (fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication, etc.) or major error.
  • Data or material without authorization for use.
  • There is evidence that the publication of the article was attributed to a tampered or manipulated peer review process.
  • The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (a.k.a. conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Once article is retracted, the original link will be retained and clearly identified as a retraction, and a statement will be announced with the initiator and reasons for retraction. All the authors and their institutions will be informed as well.

Waiver Policy

We encourage authors to publish their papers with us and don’t wish the cost of article processing fees to be a barrier especially to authors from the low and lower middle income countries/regions. A range of discounts or waivers are offered to authors who are unable to pay our publication processing fees. Authors can write in to apply for a waiver and requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

If you are residing in a developing country and need to apply for a waiver please email our editorial department (editorial@syncsci.com) with the following information:
--Your name and institution with full address details
--Title of journal you wish to submit a manuscript to
--Reason for applying for a waiver
--Title of your paper
--Country of residence of any co-authors.