Ethics Policy

Marine Fisheries: Journal of Marine Fisheries Technology and Management is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and taking all reasonable steps to avoid malpractice in publication. This publication ethics was developed to avoid irregularities in research and publishing, and to explain the ethical behavior of all parties involved in publishing scientific articles in this Marine Fisheries. This publication ethics is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices and the Elsevier Publishing Ethics.

EDITORS

Review Process

The editor will evaluate submitted manuscripts through a pre-qualification process to assess their suitability for further review. Manuscripts may be rejected without review if they meet one of four general reasons:

  1. The manuscript fails the plagiarism check.
  2. The topic of the manuscript does not match the scope of this Marine Fisheries and may be better published elsewhere.
  3. The substance of the manuscript is not up to standard, the data may be incomplete, the methodology used is inappropriate, there is a lack of novelty, and there is no advancement of existing knowledge, or there is no consistency between the aims, design/methods of the study, evidence, and conclusions.
  4. The manuscript is not written in accordance with the guidelines stated in the Instructions for Authors.

The peer-review process is carried out in a double-anonymized system. Neither the author nor the reviewer knows each other. For this reason, authors and reviewers remove traces of names in the metadata of submitted files. This Marine Fisheries is committed to fair and objective double-anonymized peer-review and to preventing conflicts of interest between the editorial board, review personnel, and the materials reviewed.

Publication Decisions

Reviewers’ comments and suggestions are considered seriously based on their expertise. However, the final decision remains with the editor.

Fair Play

This Marine Fisheries evaluates manuscripts solely on their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Plagiarism Checking

All submitted works are checked with anti-plagiarism software. Works detected as plagiarized will be banned from further processing. Marine Fisheries: Journal of Marine Fisheries Technology and Management screens routinely article submissions for plagiarism. Only manuscripts that fit the journal's scope, with less than 30% similarity (Turnitin checking), and conform to the journal format will be further processed for review.

Confidentiality

This Marine Fisheries ensures the confidentiality of manuscripts, actors, and other relevant information in the publication process.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Unpublished materials in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s personal research without the express written consent of the author.

AUTHORS

Authorship and Contributions

Authors are defined as individuals who have made significant contributions to the research. All authors named on the manuscript must submit approval of the final version before publication.

Involvement of Human or Animal Subjects

If the research involves human or animal subjects, the authors must ensure that the manuscript includes a statement that all procedures were carried out in accordance with relevant laws and were approved by the relevant institutional committees.

Data Retention Obligations

Authors must ensure that the research is original, analyzes the underlying data, and is able to retain the data for at least 5 years after publication.

REVIEWERS

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewers should provide clear comments and opinions to the editor, which will be used as an important consideration in the decision to publish.

Contribution to the Author's Work

Reviewers should provide clear and constructive comments and suggestions to the author to improve the quality of the manuscript.

Confidentiality

In the two-way peer review process, the identities of reviewers and authors remain confidential.

Objectivity

Reviewers should ensure fair evaluation and avoid personal comments or criticism.

 

Yopi Novita

Editor in Chief of Marine Fisheries: Journal of Marine Fisheries Technology and Management