Journal of Content, Community & Communication (JCCC)’s Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The relevant duties and expectations of authors, reviewers, and editors of the journal are set out below.
Publication information
Publication Frequency: The journal is published two times a year: June and December.
Cost of publication: Publication has no cost to the authors.
Open Access: The journal provides open access to all published papers.
Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Data, facts and figures 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 behaviour and are unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, which are not partially published elsewhere, or submitted for publication elsewhere. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission in the case of using other images and artwork or for adaptations of such images if they do not have a copyright for them.
Plagiarism will be followed by the rejection of the manuscript. Authors have full responsibility for the authenticity of their papers. In the case of multiple authors, the authenticity of the article needs to be ensured by all of them.
Any unethical behaviour, manufacture of research results or promotion of deceitful or incorrect arguments may cause the rejection of a submission or the withdrawal of a published article.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
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 study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others 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 are included in 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. The corresponding author must maintain communication with all the co-authors.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Author Self-Archiving: The authors are not permitted to post published articles on their personal or institutional websites. However, they should post the published article information with a clear indication that the paper was published in the journal of Content, Community and Communication with a link to the journal’s website.
Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
All submitted papers are subject to a strict double-blind peer-review process by at least two reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper. The factors that are taken into account in the review are as follows:
Of these, the main factors taken into account are significance and originality.
Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists Editor-in-Chief/Editor and the Editorial Board in making editorial decisions and the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
JCCC reviewers perform work for the journal on a volunteer basis. Peer review assists Editor-in-Chief/Editor and the Editorial Board in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions but without re-review, revision and resubmit, or rejection. Articles that are often rejected include those that are poorly written or organized or are written in poor English. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed. Articles may be rejected without review if the Editor-in-Chief/Editor considers the article not suitable for publication.
Promptness: If a reviewer feels that the received manuscript does not suit his/hers speciality field and the reviewing process will suffer, he or needs to notify the editor.
All reviews should be delivered to the editorial staff in due time. Regularly, the review of an article should not take more than one month from the submission of the manuscript to the reviewer to the transmission of the completed review form to the JCCC editorial board.
Confidentiality: Received manuscripts are confidential documents and reviewers are not allowed to reveal information or discuss the articles, besides the editor and other persons authorized by the editor. Any suspected conflicts of interest need to be reported.
The reviewing process needs to be objective, reviewers should argue their statements and personal criticism is not permitted.
The reviewers must use the review form delivered by the editors together with the submitted article. By consenting to do a review the reviewers accept that their names will be published in the list of former reviewers of the journal.
Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should attempt to identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that a result or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A 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.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. 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, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
All submissions must receive an answer from the Editor-in-Chief/Editor, either if the manuscript is rejected, considered for publication or accepted for publication. Regularly, an article should be processed in less than 3 months from the date of submission by the author to the date of the communication of the editors’ final decision.
The Editor-in-Chief/Editor of the JCCC is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. Both of them may be guided by the editorial policies of the journal and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor-in-chief may confer with the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision.
Editor-in-Chief/Editor is responsible for the overall quality of the publication. The editor always considers the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
The editor shall accept or reject a manuscript based only on its scientific content and they will not consider the nationality, gender, race, age or institutional affiliation of the authors.
Only manuscripts that are considered for publication will be sent for blind peer review. Editor-in-Chief/Editor will choose appropriate reviewers considering the manuscript’s content. During the peer review process, the editor or any editorial staff will not reveal to reviewers the identity of the authors.
Editors will expose information about a submitted manuscript only to the corresponding author, reviewers and other editorial advisers, except in the case of a manuscript that is suspected of double submission.
The editor may ignore any material that breaks legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.
The editors have to defend the integrity standards of the journal. They will notice and decide about any misconduct on behalf of authors or reviewers. If the editor suspects the authenticity of an article, its publication is delayed until any doubt is clarified.
Confidentiality: The Editor-in-Chief, Editor, the members of the Editorial Board, and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors of the manuscript, reviewers, potential reviewers, or other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in the own research of the Editor-in-Chief/Editor or the members of the Editorial Board without the express written consent of the author.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in the own research of the Editor-in-Chief/Editor or the members of the Editorial Board without the express written consent of the author.
All rights are reserved with the publisher of JCCC. No part of the published items of the journal is reproduced or copied in any form by any means without the written permission of the Publisher or Editor. The views expressed by the authors are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of JCCC or the organization they represent.
