Publication ethics
Publication Ethics Policy of ARSHI Veterinary Letters
1. Originality and Exclusive Submission
All manuscripts submitted to ARSHI Veterinary Letters (ARSHI Vet Lett) must be original works that have not been published previously and are not under consideration elsewhere.
Authors must declare that the manuscript does not involve duplication, redundant (“salami slicing”), or republication without transparent disclosure.
All reuse of previously published materials (text, data, or figures) must be properly acknowledged, and permission must be obtained when necessary.
2. Data Presentation and Methodology
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all data are presented honestly, accurately, and without manipulation. Data fabrication, falsification, or misleading presentation is considered serious misconduct.
Methods and analyses must be described in sufficient detail to ensure reproducibility.
For clinical case reports, authors should include clear details of the clinical history, diagnostic procedures, interventions, outcomes, and discussion highlighting educational or clinical value. Authors are encouraged to follow the CARE guidelines (EQUATOR Network) for case report submissions (https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/care/).
3. Ethical Approval, Animal Rights, and Regulatory Compliance
Research involving animal or human subjects must include a statement of ethical approval (e.g., from IACUC for animals or IRB for humans), specifying the approval number and institution.
For animal clinical cases, authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained from the animal owner for publication (including identifiable images) or that identifying details were anonymized.
All authors must comply with national and international standards for animal welfare and ethical research practices.
4. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest and Funding
All authors are required to disclose any financial, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest that might influence the interpretation of the data.
Sources of financial support (institution name, grant number, and funder’s role) must be stated clearly in the manuscript.
Editors and reviewers must also declare potential conflicts of interest before participating in the peer review process.
5. Peer Review and Editorial Decisions
All submissions are subject to independent peer review by at least two qualified reviewers.
Reviewers must maintain confidentiality, provide objective feedback, and disclose conflicts of interest.
Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of the manuscript’s scholarly merit, originality, and relevance to the journal’s scope, without external influence.
If an editor has a conflict of interest with a manuscript, the review and decision process will be managed by another independent editor.
6. Plagiarism, Duplication, and Research Misconduct
All manuscripts are checked for similarity using Turnitin or equivalent software.
Submissions containing plagiarism, duplicate publication, or unethical reuse of data will be rejected and may be reported to the authors’ institutions.
If misconduct (e.g., plagiarism, data fabrication, or undisclosed conflicts) is discovered after publication, ARSHI Vet Lett will follow COPE guidelines to issue corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions (https://publicationethics.org/).
7. Post-Publication Corrections and Retractions
If significant errors affecting the interpretation of results are identified after publication, the article will be corrected (via an erratum) or retracted transparently.
Retraction or withdrawal may also occur due to proven ethical violations or upon the authors’ justified request.
All corrections and retractions will be permanently linked to the original article to maintain scholarly transparency.
8. Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access Policy
ARSHI Veterinary Letters is an open-access journal that publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
This license allows anyone to share and adapt the published work for any purpose, even commercially, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and any derivative works are distributed under the same license.
Authors retain copyright over their work but grant the journal the right of first publication under the CC BY-SA license.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for any copyrighted third-party materials included in their manuscripts.
9. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manuscript Preparation
If AI-based tools (e.g., for language editing or image generation) were used in preparing the manuscript, their use must be disclosed in the acknowledgment section.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and human authors remain fully accountable for the content and integrity of the manuscript.
AI-generated data, figures, or text are only acceptable when the generation process is transparent and adheres to ethical and scientific standards.
10. Data Transparency and Reporting Standards
Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement indicating where supporting data can be accessed or providing reasons for restricted access.
Case reports and applied veterinary studies should follow recognized reporting standards such as CARE (for case reports) (https://www.care-statement.org/) or ARRIVE (for animal studies) (https://arriveguidelines.org/) to enhance clarity, reproducibility, and educational value.
