Ethics Policy

The Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research (IJOIR) adheres to the ethical guidelines outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Duties of Editors, Reviewers, Authors, and Publishers are described below:

Editors:

The editor evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the nature of the authors or the host institution including race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

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.

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author(s).

 

Reviewers:

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/herself from the review process.

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.

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Please visit our Reviewer Guide for more details.

 

Authors:

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely an original work, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this should be appropriately cited or quoted.

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.

Proper acknowledgment and attribution of the work of others must always be given.

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or the interpretation of their manuscript.

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 them to retract or correct the paper.

Authors who use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.

Please visit our Guide for Authors for more details.

 

Publisher:

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work.

Publisher must publish all issues in the designated dates mentioned in the "About Journal" page.

 

Editors Publishing in Their Own Journal:

Editors of the Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research who wish to publish their work as authors or coauthors must follow strict ethical guidelines to ensure transparency and fairness. They are required to declare their editorial role during manuscript submission. To prevent bias, their paper will undergo a double-blind peer review process, and they must recuse themselves from all editorial decisions regarding their submission. Another editorial team member will manage the entire process, ensuring the editor has no involvement in selecting reviewers or making editorial decisions.

 

Research on Animals

IJOIR is committed to publishing work that has been conducted in accordance with the highest ethical standards. For research involving animals, authors must obey National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT). For more information, please visit the "Animal Welfare Statement" page.

 

Research Involving Plant

Research involving plants must adhere to the guidelines set by the authors' institution, as well as national or international regulations. Authors are also required to follow the Convention on Biological Diversity, which ensures that research is supported into the biological and ecological requirements of the species to ensure that the use remains within the capacity of the species and ecosystem to sustain that use. Further, to enhance incentives that promote sustainability.

 

In Vitro Research on Human Materials

IJOIR is committed to publishing research that adheres to the highest ethical standards as outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors conducting in vitro research involving human materials must comply with relevant ethical guidelines and regulations, including obtaining necessary approvals from institutional review boards and ensuring informed consent where applicable. For detailed information, please visit the "In Vitro Guidelines for Human-Derived Research" page.

 

Plagiarism

The Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research is restricted to the standard international publication rules. Plagiarism is not to be tolerated by our journal. Author(s) are required to submit original and unplagiarized work. Plagiarism from the previously published work of your own is unaccepted, as well (your thesis and/or dissertation are excluded and can be used as materials for submission).

Plagiarism term means using ideas, data, texts, or plots from others and representing them as your own. However, borrowing ideas from other sources with a proper attribution and correct citation and quotation is not a plagiarism.

To keep our journal prestigious, we utilize the globally recognized plagiarism detection software "Turnitin" to screen all submitted manuscripts. As part of our publication policy, the overall similarity index must not exceed 20%.

In case of plagiarism detection, the editorial board will immediately decline the submission. However, if Similarity Index is only marginal, the editor may contact the corresponding author asking him/her to paraphrase the manuscript or to use the proper citation, then resubmitting the manuscript again. The corresponding author is required to sign an ethics declaration form while submitting the manuscript. The author will hold the responsibility of any ethics infringement. The Iraqi Journal of Industrial Research has the full right of checking the plagiarism of the manuscript in any stage of the publication process. The journal can also check the plagiarism after the acceptance of the manuscript and the author has to accept the journal’s decision after receiving the plagiarism report.

 

The Use of Artificial intelligence (AI)

The use of AI tools to generate manuscript text or to create, modify, or fabricate images, graphs, or figures is strictly prohibited, except when such processing is a fundamental part of the research methodology (e.g., AI-based image segmentation or enhancement as part of the research objectives). In these instances, full disclosure is required within the manuscript, typically in the methodology section including the AI tool’s name, version, and specific function.

The total AI-generated content must not exceed 20% of the manuscript. Undisclosed AI use or excessive reliance on AI-generated text will be considered an ethical breach and may lead to manuscript rejection.

In addition, peer reviewers are not permitted to use AI tools to generate or assist in writing their review reports. Similarly, editorial staff and editors must not use AI to draft decision letters or official editorial communications. All editorial and peer-review processes must be conducted by qualified humans to ensure integrity, and confidentiality.