Ethical Policy and Copyright

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Author Integrity

By submitting any material for online publication in SciPhiWeb, the author(s) warrant that:

  • They are the sole author(s) of that information, and that all authors have been included.
  • They agree to have their content published online.
  • Author attests the manuscript submitted was not previously published elsewhere and author will attribute the work to SciPhiWebin future distributions.
  • The content does not infringe upon the rights of others and that any material used is properly cited and credited; and that the submitted content does not contain unlawfulor slanderous statements.
  • Publication of the submitted content will not result in any harm or injury to any individuals or entities.
  • Plagiarism, data fabrication, and image manipulation are not tolerated. Reuse of text that is copied from another source must be between quotes and the original source must be cited. If a specific work, idea, concept, or topic is inspired by previous works, these works must be explicitly cited.
  • If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected. If plagiarism is detected after publication, we may publish a correction or retract the paper.
  • SciPhiWebdoes not charge a submission fee.

Quality Control And Peer-Review

  • We employ a peer review process, in which two individual peer reviewers read submitted articles.
  • The editors may send back comments and edits via Microsoft Word’s track changes feature if needed.
  • All submissions are subject to revision. The journal reserves the right to edit documents for publication.
  • Authors will have the opportunity to review and revise at each stage of the editing process and to approve the final document prior to publication.




Copyright and Access:

  • All authors retain copyright on their published articles. However, the publication may be reproduced only after a retainer time of five years after which the article may be republished with due attribution to its first place of publication.
  • Authors can opt to publish their articles with open access or subject to payment to access, in which case the author receives a stipulated share of the payment depending on the number of downloads of the articles.