Violation of Publication Ethics

Violation of Publication Ethics

CBRTS Journal of Sustainable Development (CBRTS-JSD) considers any breach of publication ethics a serious offense. The following practices constitute scientific misconduct and are strictly prohibited.

1. Plagiarism

Plagiarism involves using another person’s ideas, text, or original material as one’s own without proper citation. Copying even a single sentence from another source, including one’s own previously published work (self-plagiarism), without appropriate attribution is considered plagiarism by CBRTS-JSD.

2. Plagiarism Detection

All manuscripts submitted to or published in CBRTS-JSD are screened using plagiarism-prevention software (e.g., Turnitin / CrossCheck). Plagiarism is regarded as a serious violation of publication ethics.

3. Data Fabrication & Falsification

Data fabrication refers to making up data or results that were never obtained. Data falsification involves manipulating, altering, or omitting data or results to misrepresent research findings. Both practices constitute severe scientific misconduct.

4. Simultaneous Submission

Simultaneous submission occurs when a manuscript, or substantial parts of it, is submitted to CBRTS-JSD while it is under consideration by another journal. This practice is strictly prohibited.

5. Duplicate Publication

Duplicate publication occurs when two or more papers share essentially the same hypotheses, data, discussion, or conclusions without proper cross-referencing or justification.

6. Redundant Publication

Redundant publication involves the inappropriate division of study results into multiple articles, often to artificially inflate academic output, without sufficient justification.

7. Improper Author Contribution

All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the work and approved the manuscript. Failure to credit contributors appropriately, including students or technical staff, constitutes unethical authorship.

8. Citation Manipulation

Citation manipulation includes excessive or irrelevant citations intended solely to increase citation counts of specific authors or journals. This practice misrepresents scholarly importance and is considered scientific misconduct.

9. Sanctions for Ethical Violations

  • Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript.
  • Immediate rejection of all other manuscripts submitted by the authors.
  • Prohibition of new submissions for a minimum of 36 months.
  • Prohibition from serving on the Editorial Board of any journal.

Sanctions apply regardless of whether the violation occurred within CBRTS-JSD or another journal.