Ethical Principle and Publication Policy

Ethical Principle

        In recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its members and the communities we serve, do hereby commit ourselves to the highest ethical and professional conduct and agree:

  1. to accept responsibility in making decisions consistent with the safety, health and welfare of the public, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment;
  2. to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and to disclose them to affected parties when they do exist;
  3. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data;
  4. to reject bribery in all its forms;
  5. to improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences;
  6. to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake technological tasks for others only if qualified by training or experience, or after full disclosure of pertinent limitations;
  7. to seek, accept, and offer honest criticism of technical work, to acknowledge and correct errors, and to credit properly the contributions of others;
  8. to treat fairly all persons regardless of such factors as race, religion, gender, disability, age, or national origin;
  9. to avoid injuring others, their property, reputation, or employment by false or malicious action;
  10. to assist colleagues and co-workers in their professional development and to support them in following this code of ethics.

Publication Policy

Considers individuals who meet all of the following criteria to be authors:

  1. Made a significant intellectual contribution to the theoretical development, system or experimental design, prototype development, and/or the analysis and interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the article.
  2. Contributed to drafting the article or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content.
  3. Approved the final version of the article as accepted for publication, including references.

When submitting your article for publication to UJSPR, it should:

  1. Contain original research that has not been published before.
  2. Not be submitted to any other publication while you await a peer review decision.

Plagiarism

           Similarity scores and scan reports are generated by an external provider and not by the conference. Please check the on-line report to understand how the similarity score was determined,  and  which  sections  of  your  paper  may  need  changes.  Note  that  to  be submitted to UJSPR, the overall similarity rate of a paper should  not  exceed  30 percent, and  the  similarity  rate  to  a single source should not exceed 10 percent. The score and report are provided to assist you in revising your manuscript, if necessary.