Authors Responsibilities

Authors are expected to act according to the publication ethics international standards for authors developed by COPE during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore in 2010. These are summarized as follows:

  1. The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.
  2. Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation.
  3. Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others.
  4. Researchers should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere.
  5. Authors should take collective responsibility for submitted and published work.
  6. The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.
  7. Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed.
  8. Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process.
  9. All authors have to contribute significantly to the research addressing a relevant topic in the area of the social sciences research from a multidisciplinary approach.
  10. All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  11. Authors are obliged to provide a list of references including the most relevant and current literature.
  12. Submitted manuscripts should not be under consideration for publication in other journals.

For a detailed account of ethics international standards for authors developed by COPE during the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore in 2010, please access the following document: https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standards_authors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011.pdf

Submission of Paper

The authors need to submit their papers through Journal's online system by entering their login details at http://arss.gscwu.edu.pk . The paper will not be considered through email but your queries will be answered through email at editor.arss@gscwu.edu.pk