Publication Ethics

Publication ethics

The ethics statement for Thai Agricultural Research Journal is based on those by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct guidelines available at www.publicationethics.org.

 Authors’ Responsibilities

1.Ensure the originality of the work and that all the study reported in the manuscript is free from any kind of plagiarism.
2.Authors should not submit material that substantively duplicates content previously published elsewhere or submitted to any other journal(s) at the same time.
3.Any potential conflict of interest must be clearly stated.

4.Appropriate acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Secure permission for any content used from other sources.

Editors’ Responsibilities
1. The major responsibility of the editors is to ensure the overall quality of the journal’s content by overseeing and making important editorial decisions on all manuscripts submitted for publication.
2. The editors are also responsible for maintaining the transparency of the academic research & record, preclude any ethical misconducts, and making necessary retractions, rectifications, and erratum when required.
3. The editors shall evaluate manuscripts for their scientific quality and intellectual content, free from personal bias based on discrimination of race, gender, religious belief, ethnic or geographical origin, of the author(s). The editor shall also evaluate manuscripts objectively based on their academic and scientific merit. The evaluation process must be free of any commercial or self-interests.
4.The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information on submitted manuscripts before publication.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities
1. Provide an objective, impartial, and constructive evaluation in a timely manner on the scientific content of the work.
2. Determine whether the research work is of scientific significance, acknowledge the positive aspects of the material reviewed, identify weakness and indicate the improvements needed, and evaluate the originality and scientific accuracy.
3. Maintain the confidentiality of the complete review process.
4. Notify the journal editor about any interest that might interfere with an objective review, be it financial or personal, and decline the request to review the manuscript when such possibility exists.
5. When evaluating submitted manuscripts, notify the journal editor of any concern regarding research misconducts, or substantial similarity between the manuscript and the previously published article, or suspicion of ethics violations such as any violation of ethical treatment of animal or human subjects.