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Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Publication Ethics Statement

MANUSYA places a strong emphasis on its roles and responsibilities in ensuring the accuracy and integrity the articles in our journal as well as their relevance to the humanities.

For editors and reviewers:

  1. Editors and reviewers should treat all authors respectfully and without bias based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, etc. They should use uniform criteria to objectively judge all manuscripts.
  2. Editors should neither disclose the names of reviewers to authors nor reveal the names of authors to reviewers. Reviewers should abstain from contacting authors directly as well as from sharing manuscripts without permission of the editor.
  3. Editors and reviewers should avoid conflicts of interest (i.e., they should not accept a paper in exchange for any type of favor or benefit). They should never join as co-authors of a manuscript under review.
  4. Editors and reviewers should not use results from a submitted manuscript in their own publications without the consent of the author. They must wait until the manuscript is published before they can cite the study in their own work.

For authors:

  1. Authors should cite references accurately and always credit the original sources. They should write in their own words, avoiding reduplication of others’ phrasing, and use quotations where necessary. They should also use a plagiarism-checking tool to detect any unexpected or unintentional plagiarism
  2. Authors should strive to provide an accurate account of their research. All statements and claims should be truthful and forthright. Data and images should be saved and should not be manipulated so as to result in inaccuracies. In the event that an author discovers an error after submitting the manuscript, they should immediately notify the editors.
  3. Authors should explicitly declare potential competing interests and sources of financial support.
  4. Authors should decide firmly in which journal they want their papers to be published. They must not simultaneously submit a single article or several articles of the same type to multiple journals.

For more information:

The policies and guidelines adopted by MANUSYA conform to those of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as well as to those of other journals in the humanities.

 

Ethical policy

Plagiarism

MANUSYA is diligent in detecting and avoiding plagiarism in its publication. We accept only works that are original in their entirety, with thorough acknowledge of sources where necessary. All received manuscripts must pass a plagiarism detection test before being sent to reviewers.

Authorship

MANUSYA follows the recommendation of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and attributes authorship to those directly involved in the research, including its design and/or the collection and analysis of data; reporting the research, including writing the work and/or editing it for content; approving the work for publication; and accepting responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the work. Those involved to a lesser degree or in other functions, such as language editing or administrative support, should be listed in the acknowledgements as contributors.

Prior publication

MANUSYA accepts only original articles that have not yet been published elsewhere. However, a few exceptions are observed, such as:
1. Manuscripts from academic conferences that have undergone considerable revision
2. Research reports, reports produced by government agencies, or working papers that have not yet been peer reviewed
3. Unpublished theses
4. Articles that have been disseminated online for purposes of receiving feedback and have not yet been peer

Human subject research standards

Authors must adhere to the ethical guidelines of their respective institutions by obtaining, when necessary, written approval for their research from the relevant institutional committee as well as the informed written consent of human subjects. Authors must also take care to maintain the privacy of subjects and obtain additional consent for the publication of a subject’s personal information or image.

Complaints and appeal

The publishing decisions of Manusya editors are final. An author may appeal a decision only in cases in which they believe the decision to have resulted from an error in the review process. For such appeals and others, such as appeals of post-publication retractions, please send a thorough written description of the issue to the MANUSYA editors as (manusya@chula.ac.th).