IJRTI Ethics Policy
IJRTI follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on authorship, plagiarism, data integrity and conflicts of interest.
Ethical Standards for Every Party
IJRTI is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors, editors and reviewers are all expected to adhere to these standards.
✍️Author Responsibilities
- Submitted work must be original, not plagiarised, and not under review elsewhere
- All sources, data and contributions must be properly acknowledged
- Authorship must reflect actual contributions — ghost authorship is prohibited
- Any conflicts of interest must be disclosed at submission
- Fabrication, falsification, or selective reporting of data is strictly prohibited
- Duplicate submission or self-plagiarism is not permitted
📌Editorial Responsibilities
- Manuscripts are evaluated solely on academic merit, without discrimination
- Submitted manuscripts are kept strictly confidential
- Editors declare and recuse themselves from conflicts of interest
- All allegations of research misconduct are investigated
🔍Reviewer Responsibilities
- Reviewers must decline a review where a conflict of interest exists
- Review information is kept strictly confidential and never used for personal gain
- Reviewers provide objective, constructive and timely feedback
- Reviewers must not contact authors directly
🎯Plagiarism & Similarity Screening
Every submission is screened for similarity before it reaches a reviewer. Manuscripts must fall within an accepted similarity threshold of 15%. Papers exceeding it are returned for revision — not rejected outright — unless the similarity indicates deliberate misconduct. A screening report is available to authors on request.
⚠️Malpractice Handling & Retraction
❓Frequently Asked Questions
Manuscripts must fall within an accepted similarity threshold of 15%. Papers exceeding it are returned for revision rather than rejected outright, unless the similarity indicates deliberate misconduct.
Confirmed cases of post-publication misconduct are handled per COPE flowcharts and may result in a formal retraction notice published in place of the retracted article.
Yes. Reviewers must decline a review if they have a conflict of interest, and all parties — authors, editors and reviewers — must disclose conflicts of interest.
Publish With Confidence in an Ethical Process
COPE-aligned · Double-blind peer review · Transparent decisions.