Publication Ethics

Authorship of the Manuscript

Authorship of the manuscript is limited to the contribution in providing idea, plan, execution, or interpretation of results. The co-author should make a significant contribution to enhancing the quality of the manuscript.
Those who have supported and assisted in some of the aspects of the research work can be named in the acknowledgments section.
All authors should check, agree, and accept the final manuscript submission version of the paper.
The ordering of authors should be carefully decided based on their contributions before submitting the manuscript. The change of ordering may be done only in special situations wherein the editor may consider the addition, and deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been submitted. All authors must send their consent for such act of incorporation, deletion, or rearrangement.
Authors must take collective responsibility for the data, curves, micrographs and artwork, and they must be answerable for making sure that the accuracy or integrity of any part of the artwork, data, etc. and results are correctly investigated and resolved, before the submission.

Notification of any controversy in the published paper:

The author must inform the editor of any unexceptional error/misconduct after publication of the manuscript. The responsibility of the editor is to retract or deem critically the manuscript. If the editor or the author gets information from a third party that a published work consists of any errors or misconduct, it shall be dealt with strictly as per the journal’s ethical policy.
Implementation of ethical standards for publication ensures high-quality scientific publications and builds the confidence of the common man in scientific research. Publication ethics will ensure that researchers receive credit for their ideas or concepts. The journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics abides by its Code of Conduct and aims to adhere to its Best Practice Guidelines.

Plagiarism: The main objective of the journal is to publish original high-quality research manuscripts which has neither been published anywhere nor have been submitted elsewhere for publication. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarised from the published literature, then it is liable for immediate rejection/retraction of the paper.

Duplicate / Multiple Submission(s): If the manuscript submitted in the journal is found published elsewhere, it will be considered as an offensive unethical act, or to be under review in any other journal will be considered as repeat submission. If authors have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently under review, in a submitted manuscript, it must be cited from the previously published work and explicitly show what novel studies are done further.

Citation Manipulation: If submitted manuscripts are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal, it will be considered as citation manipulation. A relevant action will be taken on such submitted manuscript.

Data Fabrication and Falsification: If submitted manuscripts are realized to have created experimental results, manipulation of data and images, will be considered as a serious unethical act of data fabrication and falsification. A relevant action will be taken on such submitted manuscript.

Improper Author Contribution or Attribution: The scientific contribution of all the listed authors must be significant in the submitted research work and must approve all its claims. It is of utmost importance that every author has contributed significantly to the manuscript.

Redundant Publications:  If any violations of CNS&E policies are found in any manuscript, regardless of whether or not in a  published article by CN&SE journal, the following actions would be taken:

  • Outright rejection of the infringed manuscript.
  • Outright rejection of any other manuscript submitted to any journal published by the authors of the infringed manuscript.
  • Immediate prohibition against all of the authors for any new submissions, either individually or with other authors of the infringed manuscript with any other authors. In the cases where violations of the above policies are found, the publisher reserves the right to impose additional penalties beyond those described above.