AJOAMS is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in publishing and follows the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), ICMJE, and WAME.

Authors' Responsibilities

• Authors must ensure that their work is original and has not been plagiarized
• Manuscripts must not be under consideration by any other journal simultaneously
• All authors listed must have made substantial contributions to the work
• Authors must disclose all financial and personal conflicts of interest
• Data fabrication and falsification are strictly prohibited
• Proper acknowledgment of other works and citations is required
• Research involving human subjects must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki
• Informed consent must be documented where applicable

Editors' Responsibilities

• Decisions on manuscripts are based solely on academic merit
• Editors maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts
• Editors must disclose any conflicts of interest and recuse themselves when necessary
• Editors ensure fair and unbiased peer review
• Editors respond to ethical complaints and take appropriate action

Reviewers' Responsibilities

• Reviews must be conducted objectively and confidentially
• Reviewers must declare any conflicts of interest
• Reviewers should not use unpublished information from manuscripts for personal advantage
• Reviews should be constructive and provide specific feedback
• Reviewers should alert the editor to ethical concerns

Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts are screened using iThenticate plagiarism detection software. Manuscripts with similarity indices above acceptable thresholds will be returned to authors or rejected.

Retraction Policy

Published articles may be retracted if:

• Clear evidence of data fabrication or falsification is found
• Significant portions are found to be plagiarized
• The findings are unreliable due to serious errors
• Copyright infringement is discovered
• Research was conducted without proper ethical oversight

Corrections and Errata

If errors are discovered after publication, authors or readers should contact the editorial office. Corrections (errata or corrigenda) will be published and linked to the original article.

COPE Membership

AJOAMS adheres to COPE guidelines and best practices for publication ethics. For more information, visit publicationethics.org.