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Guidelines On Good Publication Practices

in a different language. It may occur at any stage Actions
of planning, research, writing, or publication: it
applies to print and electronic versions. • Editors’ decisions to accept or reject a paper for
publication should be based only on the paper’s
Actions importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s
relevance to the remit of the journal.
• All sources should be disclosed, and if large amounts • Studies that challenge previous work published in
of other people’s written or illustrative material is to the journal should be given an especially sympathe-
be used, permission must be sought. tic hearing.
• Studies reporting negative results should not be
excluded.
Duties of Editor • All original studies should be peer reviewed before
publication, taking into full account possible bias
Editors are the stewards of journals. They usually due to related or conflicting interests.
take over their journal from the previous editor(s) • Editors must treat all submitted papers as confidential.
and always want to hand over the journal in good • When a published paper is subsequently found to
shape. Most editors provide direction for the journal contain major flaws, editors must accept respon-
and build a strong management team. They must sibility for correcting the record prominently and
consider and balance the interests of many cons- promptly.
tituents, including readers, authors, staff, owners,
editorial board members, advertisers and the media. Editorial Team ObIES Journal

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