Editorial Independence and Responsibilities of Editors

• Editors shall make editorial decisions objectively and independently based on academic quality, originality, relevance, methodological rigor, and contribution to the field.
• Editorial decisions shall not be influenced by authors’ nationality, gender, ethnicity, religion, political views, institutional affiliation, personal characteristics, commercial interests, personal relationships, or the potential commercial value of a manuscript.
• Editors shall maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and shall not use unpublished information for personal, professional, or financial advantage.
• Editors shall disclose and appropriately manage any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest and recuse themselves where impartiality may be compromised.
• Editors shall take appropriate action when ethical concerns arise before or after publication, in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics policies and relevant COPE guidance.

Peer Review Ethics

EnNRJ is committed to a fair, objective, confidential, and transparent peer review process.

Reviewers shall:

• Assess manuscripts objectively and constructively
• Maintain confidentiality and not use unpublished information for personal or professional advantage
• Disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest and decline the review when impartiality cannot be maintained
• Identify relevant published work that has not been appropriately cited, where necessary
• Inform the editor of suspected plagiarism, data manipulation, or other potential misconduct.

Reviewers must not contact authors directly regarding a manuscript unless authorized by the journal.

Editors shall ensure that peer review and editorial decisions are conducted fairly and based on scholarly merit, independent of personal, institutional, commercial, or other inappropriate considerations.

Editorial and Reviewer Misconduct

• Editors and reviewers shall uphold high standards of professional and ethical conduct throughout the editorial and peer review process.
• Misconduct may include misuse or unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, coercive citation, discrimination or harassment, manipulation of peer review, undisclosed conflicts of interest, appropriation of authors’ ideas or unpublished work, and interference with editorial decisions for personal or professional benefit.
• Concerns regarding editorial or reviewer misconduct shall be investigated by the appropriate senior editorial authority or journal owner, with due regard for confidentiality, fairness, and impartiality.