Nursing Science Journal of Thailand (NSJT) is an open access peer-reviewed journal by Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University. The journal upholds standards and ethics for publication to which all editors, authors, and reviewers are expected to adhere. The journal aims at complying with “The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)” (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines) as follows:

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Editors

        Editors should be responsible for maintaining the standards of practice in publishing the journal. They should:

        1. strive to meet the needs of readers and authors;

        2. actively seek the opinions of authors, readers, reviewers and editorial board members about the possible way of improving the journal quality;

        3. ensure the quality of the material they publish;

        4. champion freedom of expression;

        5. abstain from considering manuscripts when there is a conflict of interest with any of the authors, companies or institutes associated with the manuscript;

        6. prevent business interest from compromising intellectual standards;

        7. ensure the integrity of academic records;

        8. always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed;

        9. ensure that all manuscripts are peer reviewed by expert reviewers;

        10. support initiatives that will reduce publication and academic misconduct and educate researchers about the provisions of publication ethics;

        11. provide guidance for authors and reviewers on everything that is expected to them;

        12. ensure the protection of the identity of authors and reviewers in the “double-blind” peer review process;

        13. objectively make decisions on publication after the reviewing process based on the importance of the paper’s contribution to the nursing field, the originality and clarity, the sound research methodology, the quality of articulation of the argument, and the strength of the evidence provided.         

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

        Authors who submit a manuscript to NSJT are expected to follow the guideline for authors and adhere to the following duties and responsibilities:

        1. Originality– must submit an original work with sufficient detail and references;

        2. Acknowledgment of sources– acknowledge ideas and previously published results by citing these works in the paper and list them in the references;

        3. Disclosures– disclose sources of funding and conflicts of interest;

        4. Protection of human subjects and ethical review – make clear statements regarding how they protected the rights of the study participants and confidentiality as well as the ethical approval of their study by a specific ethics committee;

        5. Permissions– contact the journal or publisher of the source material (i.e., previously published images and other copyrighted materials) for the permission to reuse it in the manuscript and submit the granted document to the NSJT;

        6. Multiple submissions– do not submit the manuscript to several journals at the same time;

        7. Misconduct– be aware of plagiarism and other research unethical behaviors;

        8. Authorship– list the authors’ names who make a substantial contribution to a manuscript and avoid the inclusion of guest authorship, honorary or gift authorship, and ghost authorship.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Reviewers

        Reviewers are expected to adhere to the following duties and responsibilities:

        1. maintain the confidentiality of the review process by not sharing and discussing with third parties, or disclosing information from the reviewed paper;

        2. provide unbiased feedback on the scholarly merits and the scientific value of the work;

        3. give the feedback that must not be personal comments or criticism in a timely manner;

        4. alert the editor when presented with a manuscript which is not in the context of their expertise in the field;

        5. advice the editor if any suspected misconduct related to the manuscript they are reviewing, such as plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate submissions, and citation manipulation;

        6. notify the editor immediately if there is any personal conflict of interest and decline to review when a possibility of a conflict exists;

        7. not use unpublished material disclosed in the manuscript they are reviewing in their own work, or for other academic and personal purposed, without the express written consent of the author, requested through the editor;

        8. objectively make decisions on publication based on the importance of the paper’s contribution to the nursing field, the originality and clarity, the sound research methodology, the quality of articulation of the argument, and the strength of the evidence provided.