Publication Ethics

• Submitted manuscripts must be original, contain novel content, and must not have been previously published or be under consideration by another journal, conference, or workshop.
• Authors must avoid fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication, simultaneous submission to multiple venues, ethical violations, unnecessary verbosity, poor organization, and salami slicing (splitting results into multiple papers).
• Submissions must meet the requirements of scientific research, maintaining a high academic standard throughout, including clear presentation of objectives, problem statement, review of relevant literature, data analysis, discussion of results, conclusions, recommendations, and proper citation of references.
• Authors must properly attribute any information used in their research to its original source, including disclosure of any financial, advisory, or institutional associations that could lead to bias or conflict of interest.
• The views and opinions expressed in published articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the SUJH Editorial Board. The author(s) are solely responsible for the content and the accuracy of results and conclusions.
• Authors must understand, complete, and sign the “Author’s Declaration Form” available on the journal website, affirming the originality of the work, adherence to research ethics, avoidance of plagiarism, proper attribution, acknowledgment of contributions, and disclosure of any conflicts of interest.
• If an image or table is borrowed from a previously published work, the original source must be cited, and written permission from the copyright holder must be obtained and submitted with the manuscript.
• For photographs of people, faces must be obscured/blurred, or written permission from the individual must be obtained.
• SUJH adheres to the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and follows COPE flowcharts for resolving cases of suspected misconduct. Editors specifically follow COPE’s Code of Conduct for Journal Editors.