Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Transactions Issue Mathematics. National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. Series of Physical-Technical and Mathematical Sciences is a double-blind peer-reviewed open access journal which published semiannually by the Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. The journal accepts original research articles written in English in the fields of Mathematics. The published article is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. It is necessary 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 and the publisher.

The Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities.

To establish the integrity of the published articles, Trans. Natl. Acad. Sci. Azerb. Ser. Phys.-Tech. Math. Sci. Mathematics editors are guided for using International standard (Elsevier recommendations and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)) whenever they suspect an ethical issue about the paper they process.

Authors Responsibilities:

With the submission of the manuscript authors declare that:

1. Articles submitted for publication should not be contrary to the ethics of scientific publications (plagiarism, falsification, distortion, republishing, slicing, unfair authorship, not specifying the supporting organization, not following ethical rules in animal studies, etc.).

2. The authors should obtain Ethics Committee Permission for required studies such as conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using questionnaires, interviews, focus group work, observation, experimentation, clinical trials on humans or animals. The authors should obtain and specify permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs.

3. Any changes in authorship prior to or after publication must be agreed upon by all authors, including those being added or removed. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to obtain confirmation from all co-authors and to provide evidence of this to the editorial office with a full explanation about why the change is necessary.

4. All authors of the submitted research paper have directly participated in the planning, execution, or analysis of study.

5. After the manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author/s will not be permitted to make any new additions to the manuscript.

6. All authors of the paper have read and approved the final version submitted.

7. The contents of the manuscript have not been submitted, copyrighted or published elsewhere and the visual-graphical materials such as photograph, drawing, picture, and document within the article do not have any copyright issue.

8. The contents of the manuscript will not be copyrighted, submitted, or published elsewhere, while acceptance by the Journal is under consideration.

9. All manuscripts should be well-written in English. Papers below the standard for Trans. Natl. Acad. Sci. Azerb. Ser. Phys.-Tech. Math. Sci. Mathematics will be sent back to the authors for rewriting and can be rejected for this reason alone.

10. They can not submit a manuscript if they already have a manuscript in process.

11. After acceptance of a paper, the author should follow the writing rules of Trans. Natl. Acad. Sci. Azerb. Ser. Phys.-Tech. Math. Sci. Mathematics and use the Journal style files.

Article-processing charges

The publication costs for Transactions Issue Mathematics. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences are covered by the journal, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing and submission charges. The PDF copies of accepted papers are free of charges, and can be downloaded from the website http://trans.imm.az.

We print very limited hard copies that we believe this helps us fulfill our commitment to care of the earth for ourselves and next-generations. That is why, hard copies of the paper, if required, are due to be charged for the amount of which is determined by the administration each year. Hard copies of the issues are also available in the libraries of the Institutions having bilateral agreements with Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, and the articles published are deposited in a trusted digital repository.

Article Processing Time

Three months are given to the reviewers for the evaluation of the paper. Total processing time of a paper ended up between four to six month, in general.

Editors Responsibilities:

All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. If approved by the editor, submissions will be sent to peer- reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors. The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. Based on the review report, the editor has complete responsibility and authority to accept, reject or request modifications to the manuscript. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editor is guided by policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by legal requirements regarding issues such as libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor shall evaluate manuscripts and should make decisions to accept or reject a paper for publication based only on the paper's importance, originality and clarity, and the study's relevance to the remit of the journal. Research papers must be reviewed by at least two external and independent reviewers. If necessary, the editor should seek further opinions.The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, precluding business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed. The editor will not disclose any information regarding the submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. The editor should not have any conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.

Reviewers Responsibilities:

The report of reviewer helps the editor in making editorial decisions-accept, revise or reject the manuscript. The reviewer will not disclose any information regarding the submitted manuscript to anyone. The reviewer should not have any conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. If a reviewer feels he/she is not qualified to review the work reported in the manuscript, he/she should immediately notify this to the editor. Reviewers should conduct review impartially. Personal criticism of the author(s) is unacceptable. Reviewers should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Trans. Natl. Acad. Sci. Azerb. Ser. Phys.-Tech. Math. Sci. Mathematics shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to publications have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing. Reviewers should not contact the author/s of the paper that they accepted to review and should keep the ideas and findings of the paper received for review confidential. The paper should not be shared with others and also should not be used by the reviewers in their own research works. Reviewers should evaluate the papers objectively and professionally and reviews should be well-written which benefit the authors so that they can use them to improve their works. If a selected reviewer thinks that he/she is not qualified on the subjects of the paper, he/she should inform the editor and excuse himself/herself from the review process. Reviewers should complete the referee report within the period given by the journal. If a reviewer thinks that he/she will not be able to complete the report on time, then he/she should inform the editor. Reviewers should inform the editor if they think that the paper has some ethical problems like duplication or plagiarism.