Instruction For Reviewers

Ethical Guidelines for Bioinfo Journals Publication

The publication of manuscript in a peer-reviewed Bioinfo journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the organization or institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed manuscripts support and embody the scientific methodology. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society of society-owned or sponsored journals.
An important role of the Bioinfo Publications is support the extensive efforts of journal editors and the often unsung volunteer work undertaken by peer reviewers in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. It is a tribute to scholarly practice that the system works well and problems are comparatively rare.

Bioinfo Publications supporting, investing and nurturing role in the scholarly communication process and is also ultimately responsible for ensuring that best practices are followed for articles publications. Bioinfo Publications takes its duties of guardianship over the scholarly record very seriously. We recognize our responsibilities as the keeper of all activity, in all our policies, including the guidelines we have adopted to support associate editors, reviewers and authors in performing their ethical duties.
Bioinfo Publications are working closely with all authors to set standards for best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions--and are prepared to provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.

Plagiarism detection

Bioinfo Publications peer-review process is at the heart of the success of scientific publishing. As part of our commitment to the protection and enhancement of the peer-review process, Bioinfo Publications has an obligation to assist the scientific community in all aspects of publishing ethics, especially in cases of suspected, duplicate submission or plagiarism.
Bioinfo Publications journal editors frequently ask us how we can support them by using software to detect plagiarism. We take their concerns regarding plagiarism issues very seriously, and we would like to address this need, but it is important to point out that simple or imminent solutions do not exist. We are currently detecting plagiarism and are exploring the effectiveness by plagiarism-detection software.
Bioinfo Publications core tasks are supporting our all associate editors by supporting and fostering the peer-review process. We have an ongoing commitment to safeguard the ethics of publishing and a responsibility to strive to prevent or minimize all aspects of unethical publishing behavior.

Duties of Bioinfo Publications Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the Bioinfo Publications editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the articles. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific or research methodology. Bioinfo Publications shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing process.

Fast Process of Review

Any selected our referee who feels unqualified to review the research details reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality of work

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews report should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Bioinfo Publications Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments and details.

Acknowledgement of Sources detail

Bioinfo Publications Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Bioinfo Publications reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Conflict of Interest and Disclosure

Unpublished manuscript, text materials, diagrams, tables, figures, disclosed in submitted articles must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the express written consent of the all authors of that manuscript. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Bioinfo Publications Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, organisations or institutions connected to the articles.

Duties of Bioinfo Publications Editors

These guidelines are based on existing Bioinfo Publications policies and Bioinfo Publications Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

Publication decisions

Bioinfo Publications editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, often working in conjunction with the relevant orgnisation or for society-owned or sponsored journals. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. Bioinfo Publications editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Bioinfo Publications editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair evaluation process

Bioinfo Publications editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, country or political philosophy of the authors.

Bioinfo Publications Confidentiality

Bioinfo Publications editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Conflicts of interest and Disclosure

Unpublished manuscript, text materials, diagrams, tables, figures, disclosed in submitted articles must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the all author of that manuscript.
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Bioinfo Publications Editors should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, oragnisations or institutions connected to the all manuscripts came for editing.
Bioinfo Publications Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication.

If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Bioinfo Publications should be ensured that the peer-review process for sponsored supplements is the same as that used for the main journal. Items in sponsored supplements should be accepted solely on the basis of academic merits, research and interest to readers and not be influenced by commercial considerations.

Bioinfo Publications Involvement and cooperation in investigations

Bioinfo Publications editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published manuscript, in conjunction with the publisher.

Duties of Bioinfo Publications Authors

Reporting articles standards

Authors report original research articles, review articles, viewpoint articles, reports, rapid communications, technical briefs, datasets briefs, product news, company news, society news, thesis report, book review, case reports, and clinical studies in all areas should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable for publications.

Data submission, access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a articles for editorial review purpose and should be prepared to provide public access to such, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others published materials, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Multiple Publication and Concurrent Publication

An author should not in general publish articles describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable for final publications in our journals.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper and well written acknowledgment of the research work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work or give details of funding authority and financially assisted / funded project. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Technical information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported articles or manuscripts.

Others all authors, those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Conflicts of Interest and Disclosure

All authors in a manuscript should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest, which might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Basic and fundamental errors in published works

When any author found a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the final draft of manuscript.

Editor in Chief