Editorial Policies

This policy explains the guidelines for our journals in the publication process. In particular, JCP adopts and strives to comply with the following standards and requirements:

1. Authorship

An author is a person who contributes significantly to the development of an article. The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following four criteria:

  1. Makes significant contributions to the development of the study or obtaining, analyzing or interpreting data for the study;
  2. Drafting the work or critically reviewing it for important intellectual content;
  3. Final approval of the version to be published;
  4. Agreement to be responsible for all aspects of the work to ensure that questions regarding the accuracy or completeness of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.

2. Acknowledgement

Individuals who participate in the development of an article but do not qualify as authors should be included. Organizations providing support in terms of financing and/or other resources should also be accepted.

3. Authorship Changes

Where changes are required in the authorship of an article or a published article, the changes will be applied according to the COPE specification. Only relevant authors can make a request for a change in authorship. All authors of the article should be requested in the same direction by e-mail to the journal’s editor.

ICMJE – Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors
COPE – flowcharts on Changes in Authorship

4. Manuscript Submission

Authors should read the “Instructions to Authors” section on the journal page before submitting. The article should be prepared according to the style and characteristics of the journal policy. Authors named in the article must have fulfilled the above-mentioned Authorship requirements. If possible, the contribution rate of each of the authors should be indicated. All authors must approve the final version of the article before submitting it. Therefore, after an article is submitted, it is assumed that all authors have read the article and given consent for the article to be submitted. Contact information of all authors must be entered into the system. Last name/Other names, organization, emails and phone/fax numbers. Conflict of Interest Statement must be stated in the article. Article submission should be made via the Open Journal Systems.

5. Plagiarism Prevention

JCP does not publish articles with a high plagiarism rate. Plagiarism analysis is primary checkpoint during initial editorial review. The Editorial Board has taken the view that the plagiarism of someone else’s ideas, words or other creative expressions as their own is a clear violation of scientific ethics. Plagiarism can also involve a violation of copyright law that is punishable by legal action.

6. Conflicts of interest

The potential conflict of interest, if any, must be described it in the cover file. A potential conflict of interest may arise from financial relationships, personal relationships or competition, academic competition, or differences in ideologies or beliefs. They can be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. 

If there is no disclosure of any conflict of interest, we will publish the following statement: “No potential conflict of interest was declared by the authors”.

7. Privacy

A submitted manuscript is privacy material. JCP will not disclose the submitted article to anyone other than those involved in the processing and preparation of the article (if accepted) for publication. These individuals include the editorial staff, associated authors, potential reviewers, actual reviewers, and editors. However, in cases where there is a suspicion of abuse, a letter can be sent to the members of the ethics committee and to the institutions/organizations that may need it to remedy the abuse. JCP will follow appropriate COPE flowcharts as needed.

8. Misconduct

Misconduct constitutes a violation of this editorial policy, journal policies, editorial ethics or applicable guidelines/policies set forth by COPE, WAME, ICMJE and STM. Other activities that threaten the integrity of the research process are potential abuses. Suspected cases of abuse will be investigated according to COPE guidelines

9. Correction, Withdrawal and Retraction of Manuscripts

Corrections can be made in a published article with the permission of the journal editor. The editors will decide the size of the revisions. Minor corrections are made directly to the original article. However, in case of major corrections, the original article will remain unchanged, the corrected version will also be published. Both the original and the corrected version will be linked together. A statement will also be published stating the reason for the major change in the article. Where necessary, the withdrawal of articles will be in accordance with the COPE withdrawal guidelines. The cases of retraction are also followed by JCP in the light of COPE retraction guidelines. 

10. Complaints and Appeals

• Anybody willing to file up complaint/appeal about any aspect may email to editor.jcp@ammanif.com. JCP aims to acknowledge receipt of an email within a week. Our Team will then lead the investigation on complaints and appeals following COPE guidelines.
• JCP aims to resolve issues as early as possible or within 40 working days, though sometimes investigations can take several weeks based on the nature of matter, availability of relevant information, participants involved (independent experts, authors, institutions or funding bodies).
• JCP will maintain the confidentiality of the complainant to the best of our ability, though you should recognise that certain complaints may reveal the identity of the complainant.
• We will update all our complainants once an investigation has been completed and an appropriate action has been determined. The complainant will be informed of the outcome in writing. We are unable to give regular updates to our complainants to preserve confidentiality.
• Regarding the appeals on rejection prior external peer review are not eligible for formal appeal. It is to ensure that our editors have broad expertise in determining whether a submission is an appropriate fit for JCP. Many submissions are turned down without an external review bearing general statement of rejection decision.
• An author may appeal the decision with a detailed point-to-point response to reviewer/editor comments if he/she believes the decision to reject the submission was not in accordance with journal policy. The editor-in-chief will review the peer review process undertaken and will make the final decision on the submission in line with editorial criteria.
• If concerns are raised on an article after its publication, the editor will determine whether a published article needs to be retracted or if other corrective action is required.
• Decisions on complaints and appeals by the editor on appeals are final.