Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

 

Academic ethics are the necessary fundamental principle of research and the foundation for scientists’ and engineers’ reputation. To give a guarantee of high academic rigor and scientific nature of Zhejiang Electric Power for all parties involved in the act of the journal editors,the authors and the peer reviewers，it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. The publication ethics and publication malpractice statements for our journal are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors , CY/T 174—2019 Academic Publishing Specification-Definition of Academic Misconduct for Journals and existing Elsevier policies. For more details, please refer to the official website of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (http://www.publicationethics.org/) and publication ethics standards formulated by China National News Publication Bureau.

 

Editorial Responsibilities

1) Originality assessment: Editors must guarantee the originality of each paper by Academic Misconduct Literature Check (AMLC) system .

2) Publication decisions: Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article. But this decision should only be based on the paper’s relevance to the journal’s scope and its academic quality, including the reviewers’ judgments, the research’s innovation, the experiment’s validity, etc. And only accept a paper when reasonably certain.

3) Confidentiality: Editors and the editorial staff should guarantee the confidentiality of the submitted papers which should be only disclose to the authors, the reviewers, the potential reviewers, the adviser from the Zhejiang Electric Power Editorial Committee, and the publisher if necessary before publication. And the submitted papers should not be used for the editors’ and the editorial staff’s own research without the authors’ written authorization.

4) Editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept.

5) Adhere to the double-blind review in the peer review process.Preserve anonymity of reviewers.

6) When errors are found, promote publication of correction or retraction.

7) Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

 

Authors' Duties

1) Original papers should report the work performed and the experiment data accurately, discuss its significance objectively, give experiment details enough to reproduce the research or experiment by others, cite and list the references exactly according to  Zhejiang Electric Power requirement and Zhejiang Electric Power reference style.

2) Data access and retention: The raw data of the research should be available even after the paper’s publication for at least ten years.

3) Originality and plagiarism: Only entirely original papers can be submitted to Zhejiang Electric Power. All the work or words of others should be cited or quoted appropriately. Plagiarism and fraudulent date papers will not be considered for publication by Zhejiang Electric Power.

4) Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication: Papers should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same research in different languages and the under-review manuscripts to different journals are also unethical behavior, which are unacceptable by Zhejiang Electric Power.Sign the Zhejiang Electric Power Copyright form and statement that all data in article are real and authentic.

5) Authorship of the paper: All authors should have significantly contributed to the research.The author’s signature, the signature of the unit (that is, the main responsible person and the affiliated unit) and the sequence of the signature have been checked to ensure that no intellectual property disputes. If the relevant Chinese and English information is incorrect, or the signature sequence is improper, the corresponding author will take the full responsibility.

6) Disclosure and conflicts of Interest: All the financial support for the research should be disclosed.

7) Participate in the peer review process.All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

8) Preventing academic misconduct: Authors can prevent academic misconduct by carefully studying and adhering to academic norms, as well as following the guidelines of publishing journals.If the author suspects that there has been academic misconduct in a certain field, appropriate measures should be taken, such as checking data and consulting peers, to ensure the accuracy of research results.

9) Dealing with academic misconduct: If an author discovers academic misconduct in their article or research findings, appropriate measures should be taken. Dealing with academic misconduct requires adherence to certain guidelines, such as CPOPE:

(1) Collective handling: It is recommended to inform the institution of academic misconduct issues, and a committee composed of the institution or relevant personnel should investigate and make a decision.

(2) Transparency: Seeking help should not be covert, investigations of issues and public disclosure of situations should be kept transparent, and the scientific community should be notified more widely.

(3) Protecting Participants: When dealing with academic misconduct, the interests and privacy of all participants should be protected.

(4) Confirmation of academic misconduct: Research results must be confirmed, and publishing journals, institutions, relevant parties, and individuals should be notified as soon as academic misconduct is identified.

(5) Effective measures: Appropriate measures should be taken to address academic misconduct. This includes necessary measures such as revocation of articles, dismissal or suspension.

 

Reviewers' Responsibilities

1) Judgments should be objective.

2) Reviewers’ views should be expressed clearly with supporting arguments.

3) Promptness is necessary. If the selected reviewer feels inadequate to review the paper or cannot promptly review the paper, the reviewer should inform the editor and drop out of the peer review process of the paper.

4) Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors, and/or the research funders.

5) Reviewers should point out relevant published work which is not yet cited.

6) Reviewed articles should be treated confidentially.

 

Handling Complaints and Conflicts of Interest 

The Journal has a transparent and clear complaint handling mechanism whereby readers and authors can report any misconduct or unethical behaviour by sending an email to zjdlbjb@qq.com. Any complaint will be taken seriously and dealt with in an independent, impartial and transparent manner, the outcome of which will be promptly communicated to the complainant.

Authors, editors and reviewers should disclose any potential conflicts of interest when submitting or accepting manuscripts to ensure transparency and impartiality of academic research.

The Journal will identify potential conflicts, disclose conflicts, assess conflicts and take appropriate action to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest among editors and reviewers, ensuring academic segregation.

 

Correction and Retraction

1) If there are errors ,scientific misconduct or alleged fraud in a published article, the editorial department will investigate it and send an email to the authors. The authors have an opportunity to address the issue.

2) If only some errors (such as spelling errors, grammatical errors or statistical errors,etc.)do not severely affect any findings of the article,  the journal will correct the errors and update the revised content as so as possible to reduce the time spent misleading others, and publicly issue a notice of correction to its readers to ensure that all of its readers are aware of the correction.

3) If some severe cases like data fabrication or severe plagiarism, the editorial department will retract the article and publish a retraction notice. The journal will publicly apologize and assure readers that such an error will not occur again.

 

Data Sharing and Reproducibility

1) Sharing principle: Researchers should develop corresponding data sharing plans based on factors such as data type, data source, and data format, and share relevant data in public databases before publishing research results.

2) Reproducibility principle: Researchers should describe the research method as detailed and accurate as possible, so that other researchers can replicate the research results.

3) The principle of prohibition of discrimination: Anyone should be able to use shared data and conduct research under the same conditions, without discrimination based on race, gender, age, nationality, or other factors.

4) Citation principle: Researchers should cite data shared by others and clearly state the source of the data when publishing research results.