TEM Journal follows and participate to:
TEM Journal is fully dedicated in following this practices and standards:
Duties of authors:
Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as
well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately inthe paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work.
Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial ‘opinion’ works should be clearly identified as such.
Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and
should be prepared to provide public access to such data , if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a
reasonable time after publication.
Originality and plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used
the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Plagiarism takes many forms, from ‘passing off’ another’s paper as the author’s own paper, to copying
or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from
research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and
is unacceptable.
Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more
than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal
concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published
paper. Publication of some kinds of articles in more than one
journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the
journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and
interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary
publication.
Acknowledgement of sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications
that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained
privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or
reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of
confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without
the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
Authorship of the paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception,
design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant
contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certainsubstantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors
are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper
and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in
their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of
animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all
procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the
appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them. Authors should include a statement in the
manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy
rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest
that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of
financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment,
consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and
grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the
author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to
retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work
contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or
provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.
Duties of editors:
Publication decisions
The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the
journal should be published, often working in conjunction with the relevant society (for society-owned
or sponsored journals). The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's
editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel,
copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers (or
society officers) in making this decision.
Fair play
An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender,
sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
UIKTEN is an adopting organisation of the C4DISC Joint Statement of Principles. Adopting the Joint Statement of Principles demonstrates our support for improving diversity and inclusion in our industry.
Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to
anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and
the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own
research without the express written consent of the author.
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used
for personal advantage.
Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the
editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have
conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with
any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers.
Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections
if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be
taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.
It should be ensured that the peer-review process for sponsored supplements is the same as that used
for the main journal. Items in sponsored supplements should be accepted solely on the basis of
academic merit and interest to readers and not be influenced by commercial considerations.
Non-peer reviewed sections of their journal should be clearly identified.
Involvement and cooperation in investigations
An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented
concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society).
Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due
consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications
to the relevant institutions and research bodies, and if the complaint is upheld, the publication of a
correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant. Every reported act of
unethical publishing behavior must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.
Duties of reviewers :
Contribution to editorial decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications
with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential
component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method.
TEM Journal shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an
obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.
Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows
that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review
process.
Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be
shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees
should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any
statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be
accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any
substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published
paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and conflict of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own
research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained
through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should
not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive,
collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions
connected to the papers.
Journal article versions:
Author’s Original/Preprint is ‘the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to the journal’.
Accepted Manuscript (AAM) or “Postprint” is ‘the version of the article accepted for publication including all changes made as a result of the peer review process, but excluding any editing, typesetting or other changes made by journal or publisher.
Final Published Version/Version of Record is the peer reviewed, edited, formatted and typeset version of the article, including any tagging, indexing and other enhancements from a publisher.
Version of Record is ‘the Final Published Version, including any post publication corrections or enhancements and any other changes made by IOP and/or its licensors’.
Corrections & Retractions
The UIKTEN will issue corrections, retraction statements and other post-publication updates including Editor’s Notes and Editorial Expressions of Concern on published content.
The following are categories of corrections and post-publication updates to peer-reviewed primary research and review-type articles and certain kinds of non-peer reviewed article types. Substantial errors to Supplementary Information and Extended Data are corrected in the same manner as amendments to the main article. With the exception of Editor’s Notes, all categories below are bi-directionally linked to the original article and indexed.
Author Correction: An Author Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the author(s) that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.
Author Name Change: For authors who’ve changed their name and wish to correct it on their published works.
Publisher Correction: A Publisher Correction may be published to correct an important error(s) made by the journal that affects the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the authors or of the journal.
Addendum: An addendum is generally published when significant additional information crucial to the reader’s understanding of the article has come to light following publication of the article.
Editor's Note: An Editor's Note is a notification alerting readers if the journal has initiated an inquiry in response to concerns raised about a published article. It is an online-only update, made only to the HTML version of record of the published article. It is not indexed.
Editorial Expression of Concern: An Editorial Expression of Concern is a statement from the editors alerting readers to serious concerns affecting the integrity of the published paper. EEoCs are published online and are bidirectionally linked to the published paper. They receive a DOI.
Retraction: An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined owing to errors in the conduct, analysis and/or reporting of the study. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in a study’s retraction. When articles are retracted they are not removed from TEM Journal, instead they are retained with a clear notice of retraction and bibliographic databases are notified, as per COPE retraction guidelines.
Correction: When making corrections to articles, in the majority of cases the original article (PDF and HTML) is corrected and is bi-directionally linked to and from the published amendment notice, which details the original error. For the sake of transparency, when changes made to the original article affect data in figures, tables or text (for example, when data points/error bars change or curves require redrawing) the amendment notice will reproduce the original data. When it is not possible to correct the original article in both HTML and PDF versions (for example, articles published many years before the error is raised) the article will remain unchanged but will contain bi-directional links to and from the published amendment notice.
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