How the Macrothink Institute Protects Intellectual Property

    LAS VEGAS, NV, December 13, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Macrothink Institute (Linkedin) offers scholarly journals and books that cover a broad range of fields like sciences, education, social sciences, engineering and business. Through its publications, Macrothink Institute aims at providing professionals with the latest research findings of their peers. They also sponsor, promote and offer financial assistance to researchers, students, international networks and corporations.

When it comes to journal publication, Macrothink Institute takes thorough measures to ensure that all publishers, editors, authors and reviewers abide by the strictest ethical guidelines. As a result, a strong network of knowledge is established between researchers from across the globe. The following lines will further explain how this Canadian organization ensures the authenticity and integrity of intellectual property.

Macrothink's Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication

Journal publishers should be dedicated to supporting the efforts of the editors, authors and reviewers. If you are one, you should make sure that the publication process is smooth and free from hurdles. In addition, you need to ensure that all the entities working on the journals carry out their ethical duties.

For Editors
The Macrothink Institute has established a set of responsibilities for journal editors:
- The editor should acknowledge receipt of submitted manuscripts within two working days of receipt and ensure an efficient, fair, and timely review process.
- The editor should ensure that submitted manuscripts are processed in a confidential manner, and that no content of the manuscripts will be disclosed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
- The editor should recuse himself or herself from processing manuscripts if he or she has any conflict of interest with any of the authors or institutions related to the manuscripts.
- The editor should not disclose the names and other details of the reviewers to a third party without the permission of the reviewers.
- The editor has the right to make the final decision on whether to accept or reject a manuscript with reference to the significance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript and its relevance to the journal.
- The editor should by no means make any effort to oblige the authors to cite his or her journal either as an implied or explicit condition of accepting their manuscripts for publication.
- The editor should not use for his or her own research any part of any data or work reported in submitted and as yet unpublished articles.
- The editor should respond promptly and take reasonable measures when an ethical complaint occurs concerning a submitted manuscript or a published paper, and the editor should immediately contact and consult with the author. In this case, a written formal retraction or correction may also be required.

For Authors
As an author, Macrothink bounds you to the following ethical guidelines:
- The author should not submit concurrent manuscripts (or manuscripts essentially describing the same subject matter) to multiple journals. Likewise, an author should not submit any paper previously published anywhere to the journals for consideration. The publication of articles on specific subject matter, such as clinical guidelines and translations, in more than one journal is acceptable if certain conditions are met.
- The author should present a precise and brief report of his or her research and an impartial description of its significance.
- The author should honestly gather and interpret his or her research data. Publishers, editors, reviewers, and readers are entitled to request the author to provide the raw data for his or her research for convenience of editorial review and public access. If practicable, the author should retain such data for any possible use after publication.
- The author should guarantee that the works he or she has submitted are original. If the author has used work and/or words by others, appropriate citations are required. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
- The author should indicate explicitly all sources that have supported the research and also declare any conflict(s) of interest.
- The author should give due acknowledgement to all of those who have made contributions to the research. Those who have contributed significantly to the research should be listed as coauthors. The author should ensure that all coauthors have affirmed the final version of the paper and have agreed on its final publication.
- The author should promptly inform the journal editor of any obvious error(s) in his or her published paper and cooperate earnestly with the editor in retraction or correction of the paper. If the editor is notified by any party other than the author that the published paper contains an obvious error, the author should write a retraction or make the correction based on the medium of publication.For Reviewers

Like everyone working on a journal, a reviewer has a few set of ethical guidelines to comply with:
- If the reviewer ever feels unqualified for the task, cannot meet the deadline or feels a conflict of interest due to personal or academic relationships, they should notify the editor and excuse themselves from reviewing the document.
- As a Macrothink reviewer, you should ensure the confidentiality of manuscripts.
- You should be objective and avoid personal criticism of the author.
- You shouldn't use your own research or any data in the submitted yet unpublished documents.
- In case you notice similarities between the document you're reviewing and another article that has been published or is under review, you should alert the editor.

Policy for Copyright

To further ensure that all the entities working on its journals are performing their ethical duties, Macrothink enforces a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy. As a result, the organization first checks potential entries through the CrossCheck plagiarism tool from iThenticate. If they are plagiarism-free, submissions are then sent to reviewers.

If you're interested in submitting your research to Macrothink Institute, rest assured that you'll be entrusting your work to a serious publisher with a strong sense of responsibility. However, remember to abide by its ethical guidelines first.

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