Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Generative AI

The Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research (PRIJNR) is owned by the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council and managed by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. PRIJNR is published four times a year on a three-monthly basis online (January, April, July, and October). All articles/issues are digitally preserved in online archiving. This Journal adheres to the Code of Conduct for Journal Editors (2008) of the COPE Committee and works to ensure the highest possible ethical standards of publication practice. Our statement here closely draws upon the wording of this Code. The full Code can be found at: https://publicationethics.org/files/2008%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf

 

The Editors of PRIJNR are committed to:

  1. Maintaining the highest possible standards of practice in publishing to meet the needs of authors and readers, maintaining the confidentiality of a submitted manuscript, improving the quality of material, championing freedom of expression, maintaining the integrity of the academic record, avoiding business interests compromising intellectual standards, and are willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies where relevant;
  2. Ensuring that all manuscripts are peer-reviewed by at least two expert reviewers;
  3. Giving timely and comprehensive feedback to authors;
  4. Evaluating all manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors;
  5. Making firm decisions about what articles are accepted for publication, according to the policies of the journal, the legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism, and take into account feedback from other editors and expert reviewers;
  6. Emphasizing fairness to authors and providing chances for appeal against their decisions; and
  7. Pursuing misconduct for the following reasons in published and unpublished work: plagiarism of other works, data fabrication and falsification, when a submitted manuscript is under revision elsewhere or published elsewhere, or where there is citation manipulation. Depending on the level or depth of misconduct in each case, measures to deal with such conduct may include rejection of a manuscript, retraction of an article online together with a statement regarding the retraction, or notification of misconduct to the author(s) employers. At all times, authors involved in such misconduct will be given reasons in writing regarding this and will be allowed to appeal. The Editors of PRIJNR are supported by an Editorial Board of international experts in nursing and health who contribute ideas about the journal and review content regularly. A full list of the Editorial Board can be found on the Journal’s homepage.

 

Author Responsibilities

Editors of PRIJNR expect authors to maintain high standards of ethical publishing and provide full and correct details of:

  1. Disclosure of financial support for the study or paper and potential or actual conflicts of interest.
  2. Ethical approval of their study by a specific ethics committee and the number of that approval.
  3. The results of their study.
  4. Provide a description of how they protected the rights of the study participants, including confidentiality.
  5. Fully reference all citations of other authors’ work, including their own.
  6. Provide raw data if required when a manuscript is under review.
  7. Ensure that they submit only original work with sufficient detail and references to enable replication of the study by others.
  8. Follow the guidelines for submission to the Journal.
  9. Alert the Editors to any significant error or accuracy in their work to correct or retract the paper;
  10. Never submit their manuscript to multiple journals at the same time.
  11. Make clear statements regarding any funding bodies for their studies/articles and describe any actual or potential conflict of interest to the Editor on submission of a manuscript.
  12. Provide co-authorship only to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study or, in other cases, to the writing of the manuscript, dependent on the type of manuscript. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and its submission to the Journal. A statement regarding the responsibilities of each co-author about the manuscript or study must be provided upon submission.
  13. Contribute to the review processes of articles for the Journal.
  14. Be aware that they have the right to appeal an Editor’s decision about their manuscript by emailing the editorial office (somchit.han@mahidol.ac.th; somchit.han@gmial.com sasithorn.pra@mahidol.ac.th) with a detailed explanation as to why they are appealing. The team of Editors will ensure that all appeals are dealt with fairly.
  15. Be aware that steps will be taken to deal with author misconduct for issues such as plagiarism or unethical research behavior. In such cases, authors need to be aware that they may be responsible for any costs involved in retracting their article or correcting mistakes in print.

 

Reviewers of PRIJNR are expected to:

  1. Provide prompt, timely feedback to the Editors on manuscripts.
  2. Maintain confidentiality of all documents in the review process.
  3. Alert the Editors of any reason or possible or actual conflict of interest about a manuscript or its authors, or knowledge of a study or project, and withdraw from the process.
  4. Advise the Editors of possible plagiarism where authors have not cited work correctly or duplicated work in publications, including their own, or in unpublished data.
  5. Give timely feedback to authors that does not personally criticize them and provides clear, supportive statements to back up their review decisions.
  6. Alert the Editors when presented with a manuscript for which they do not have the expertise to review.

 

Publication costs: 10,000 Thai baht (around 300 USD) per accepted manuscript. This cost will be requested after the manuscript is accepted. In addition, peer review will not be influenced by payment.

 

How to pay for Article Processing Charge) (APCs)

Please go to our organization’s website (www.tnmc.or.th)

Click at the web application to lead to   https://services2.tnmc.or.th/

 

 

Plagiarism and inappropriate referencing:

PRIJNR takes plagiarism seriously. Copying other authors’ work without appropriate referencing will not be tolerated. Word strings of 6- 7 words quoted directly from literature or other sources must be referenced and placed in inverted commas, and the page number must be given. Paraphrasing of cited literature is preferred over direct quotations. On manuscript submission, before peer review, all manuscripts are subjected to the anti-plagiarism software ‘Turnitin.’ Mahidol University supports this to detect unreferenced, non-original material and other issues with referencing. A second check after complete revision and before acceptance is given to all manuscripts. If plagiarism is proven after publication, the article will be retracted. Relevant leaders in all the employment institutions of the authors will then be contacted to inform them of the retraction and provide advice about the expected future behaviors of employees regarding ethical publishing. Any retraction will be officially announced as early as possible in an online issue.

 

Declaration on using artificial intelligence (AI) in a submitted manuscript.

AI can now generate authoritative-sounding outputs that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. The inappropriate use of AI in a manuscript destroys an article's originality and scientific discovery's reputation. Thus, we will not publish a paper that uses AI inappropriately. 

If authors choose to use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, they should do so only to improve readability and language. Authors must always use such technology with their oversight and control and carefully review and edit the results. 

Suppose authors have used AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process. In that case, they should declare this in the Cover Letter to the Editor in Chief and make a statement to this effect in the published work at the end of the manuscript entitled ‘Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process'. This statement should clearly outline what AI was used and how it was used. This does not include AI tools for spelling, grammar or reference checking. All authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the content of their work.