Our journal is dedicated to ensuring that only original and high-quality research is published. To achieve this, we adhere strictly to the guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (CoPE). Researchers seeking to publish their work must comply with these best practices and guidelines. Below are the key points from the CoPE guidelines for submitting content to the journal IJAMAY:

  1. Originality: All research submitted must be original, with plagiarism levels not exceeding 20%.
  2. Publication Status: Research findings must not have been published or submitted for publication in any other venue.
  3. Language Quality: Submissions should be free of spelling and grammatical errors.
  4. Ethical Conduct: Research should be conducted in an ethical manner and comply with relevant laws and regulations.
  5. Honesty in Reporting: Researchers must present their results clearly and honestly, avoiding any form of fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation.
  6. Methodological Transparency: Authors should clearly describe their research methods to allow for verification of their findings by others.
  7. Accuracy and Completeness: The research must be accurate, consistent, comprehensive, and free from bias.
  8. Content Standards: Submissions must not contain misleading, hateful, criminal, pornographic, defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, or vulgar material.
  9. Virus and Malware Policy: Research must not promote or contain electronic malware or viruses intended for destructive purposes.
  10. Attribution: Proper attribution must be given to original authors for any data, designs, methods, or ideas referenced in the research.
  11. Copyright Compliance: Researchers must adhere to applicable copyright laws and conventions, reproducing copyrighted material only with appropriate permissions and acknowledgments.
  12. Author Contributions: In cases with multiple authors, the specific contributions of each author must be clearly disclosed.
  13. Funding Disclosures: All sources of research funding and endorsements, including any financial support, provision of equipment, or assistance (such as statistical or writing support), should be disclosed.
  14. Confidentiality: Personally identifiable information of individuals outside of the research team should not be included without consent.

For further details, please refer to this document: https://publicationethics.org/files/International%20standards_authors_for%20website_11_Nov_2011.pdf

Please note that adherence to these guidelines is essential. Any violations identified during the review process, or before or after publication, will result in the retraction of the offending research article from the journal.