Our Authors'/ Researchers' Responsibilities

Authors/ Researchers will:

1.   Ensure that all researched work submitted is original, prepared to a high scholarly standard and fully referenced.

2.   All researchers are represented accurately and other appropriate acknowledgements are clearly stated including sources of funding if any.

3.   Open and full disclosure of the source of all data and how it was acquired.

4.   Certify that all the data has been acquired in keeping with recognized ethical research practices.

5.   Remain in good communication with the editor(s), publisher and any co-authors if the need arises.

6.   Recognize that the Editorial Board has the final decision to publish.

Our Reviewers' Responsibilities

Reviewers will:

1.   Only review papers that are relevant to their own expertise.

2.   Read the papers with appropriate care and attention and use their best efforts to be constructively critical.

3.   Regard the work being reviewed as confidential and will not discuss it with others and will keep their own identity from authors.

4.   Review submitted work in a timely manner.

5.   Report any suspected ethical misconduct which appears in the work.

6.   Avoid any offensive language in their appraisals of the papers.

7.   Seek advice from the editor if anything is unclear at any time during the review process or if there is any possible conflict of interest.

8.   Communicate with both the publisher and editor in a timely fashion.

9.   Treat all papers reviewed fairly without any favor of prejudice.

Our Program Committee' Responsibilities

Program Committees will:

1.   Only authorize for publication content of the highest quality.

2.   Ensure that a thorough, objective and blind peer review is conducted for original article submissions.

3.   Be transparent with regards to the review and publication process with appropriate care that individuals will not be identified when it is inappropriate to do.

4.   Provide advice to the authors during the submission process when necessary.

5.   Communicate with both the publisher and the author(s)in a timely manner.

6.   Follow up submissions received in a timely manner.

7.   Acknowledge receipt of submission to the lead author.

8.   Check the title of the paper and the abstract for relevance to the conference and where it is not relevant inform the author.

9.   If the submission form is incomplete, inform the author and hold the abstract until a completed form is received.

10.  Check the paper for formatting, referencing, word count and page length. Return to the author if any of these require amendment.

11.  Forward the paper to a member of the Technical Committee for review and remind the reviewer of the due date for the review.

12.  Dispatch the reviews to the authors and remain as a conduit between the authors and the reviewers until the paper has been accepted or withdrawn.

13.  Treat all authors and reviewers fairly without favor or prejudice.

Our procedures when an issue of Ethic is raised

If an issue of Ethics is raised by a reviewer or the Editor or a reader of the proceedings, then the person raising the issue will be asked to submit the concern in writing to the publisher. On receipt of this the publisher will present the written statement to the Ethics Review Panel, which will give the matter its close attention. Any report of possible ethics impropriety will be seen as a major issue and will be investigated appropriately. If misconduct has been committed the paper will be withdrawn, an apology will be called for and if not forthcoming the author/s may be excluded from having any future paper considered for publication in a conference proceedings.