Policies

PUBLICATION POLICY

Plant Science Research is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices.

Authors submitting their works to the journal for publication as original articles attest that the submitted works represent their own contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works.

The authors acknowledge that they have disclosed all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

Editor Responsibilities

• Publication decision based on originality of the research work, scientific contents, intellectual analysis of the manuscript and a critical analysis of the reports of the reviewers.
• Fair play in the manuscript evaluation, just for intellectual criteria.
• Maintain the confidentiality of information on authors and manuscript content.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest guided in accordance to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Author Responsibilities

• Reporting standards with sufficient original data and substantial and objective discussion of results.
• Originality of results and no plagiarism in the manuscript.
• Guarantee the manuscript is not a Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication.
• Acknowledgement of sources must be properly given.
• Authorship of the manuscript should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conceptualization, design, execution, or/and interpretation of the reported research.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest guided in accordance to the COPE’s guidelines.
   

REVIEW POLICY

Referee reports

Referees evaluate the manuscript for originality, methodology followed, analyses and manner of presentation of results, interpretation of data, appropriate discussion of the findings of research with relevant published literature on the subject and format of the Journal.

Final report

A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along with any recommendations made by the referees, and may include verbatim comments by the referees.

Editor’s Decision is final

Based on the advice of the referees, the Editor will decide the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. The final decision on the manuscript will be made and communicated to the corresponding author.