PPI Research and Publication Ethics

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Porcelain Publishing International Limited (PPI) follows internationally recognized ethical standards for publishing, and in accordance with the relevant guidelines published by the International Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE), combined with the actual situation of this journal, has formulated its academic ethical standards. Authors, editors, and reviewers are requested to strictly follow:

Section 1:   Author responsibilities

(1) The author should ensure that the manuscript is an original work, confirm that the research results of other scholars mentioned in the article have been appropriately cited and annotated, and have no academic misconduct such as plagiarism, plagiarism, data forgery, multiple submissions, or repeated publications, and do not contain confidential information.

(2) All authored authors must meet the author standards of this journal, which means that all authors must have substantially participated in the research or related work of the article, and should make significant contributions in the following aspects: the concept and design of the research, the acquisition of research data, the analysis and interpretation of research data, writing the article or making critical modifications to important article content, etc.

(3) The author is responsible for declaring their personal contributions to the research and article, as well as any potential conflicts of interest involved in the research. All authors are required to fill out and submit the "Author Contribution Statement" and "Conflict of Interest Statement" (see Download Center) for this publication after submission, confirming that each author has made substantial contributions to the article, without any named authors, and confirming that all conflicts of interest involved in the study have been clearly disclosed. When the financial/personal/affiliation relationship of the author (or the author's institution/employer) may affect the author's decision, work, or manuscript, there is a potential conflict of interest. When certain products are mentioned in the manuscript, the author should also disclose whether there is a conflict of interest with competing products of these products.

(4) Include funding information related to the study in the manuscript, and do not include any other funding information unrelated to the study.

Section 2:   Editorial responsibilities

(1) Editors should handle each manuscript fairly and fairly, and make acceptance and rejection decisions based on the journal's publication scope, novelty, and academic relevance.

(2) Strictly follow the review system of this journal and keep authentic review records. There is an obligation to keep confidential the information of the author and reviewers, the author's research results, and the intermediate materials used for manuscript processing.

(3) Editors are responsible for avoiding academic misconduct such as multiple submissions and repeated publications, and should conduct plagiarism checks on incoming manuscripts according to the requirements of the editorial department.

(4) Editors should provide detailed revision suggestions to the author as much as possible, objectively state the situation of the manuscript, and not make personal evaluations or attacks on the reviewers or authors.

(5) In the process of editing and publishing, editors should not only focus on publishing standards, but also respect the author's viewpoints and writing style. Key modifications such as academic viewpoints should be approved by the author.

(6) The editor has the responsibility to accept the author's objection appeal: If the author has objections to the review opinions, review results, etc., they can submit a written statement to the editorial department and send it to the email of this journal. The author needs to provide detailed explanations and explanations for each review opinion. After receiving the appeal, the editor will investigate and handle it as soon as possible, and provide feedback on the appeal results to the author.

(7) Editors should encourage authors and readers to discuss published articles. Authors/readers can send comments to our journal email, and the editor will process them as soon as they receive them and provide feedback as appropriate. We welcome readers and authors to supervise each other, actively provide feedback on relevant information to our journal, and jointly create a good academic atmosphere.

Section 3:  Responsibilities of reviewers

(1) The evaluation experts shall make an honest, objective and fair evaluation of the manuscript on the principle of maintaining academic integrity and respecting Academic freedom; There shall be no bias or discrimination against the author's country, institution, race, religion, political beliefs, gender, etc., and the author's research content shall not be disclosed.

(2) When there is a conflict of interest between the reviewer and the author (such as family relationships, teacher-student relationships, alumni relationships, colleague relationships, and competitive relationships), in order to ensure the fairness of the review, the reviewer should promptly consult the editorial department for further suggestions.

(3) When the reviewer discovers that the author's research is similar to their own, the review opinion must not contain unproven or malicious criticism, as well as unfair content, to avoid making unfounded accusations.

(4) Reviewers should review the manuscript in a timely manner according to the agreement. If they cannot review and return the manuscript on time, they should inform the editorial department in a timely manner and withdraw the review. Without the consent of the editorial department, reviewers are not allowed to entrust their own students, colleagues, etc. to review on their behalf.

(5) When reviewers encounter previously reviewed manuscripts, they have the obligation to report the situation to the editorial department and fill in review opinions according to the journal inclusion standards.