Publishing Ethics

Scientific research integrity is the cornerstone of scientific and technological innovation, which needs to be maintained and adhered to by everyone involved in academic research, thesis writing and publishing. In order to further improve the publication level of journals, "Journal of refrigeration" will adhere to maintaining and promoting scientific research integrity and adhering to high standards of publishing ethics. The editorial department refers to the relevant publishing ethics codes such as the international publishing Ethics Committee (COPE) and Elsevier, and combined with the actual situation of periodical publishing, formulates the publication ethics for Journal of refrigeration for the reference of experts. For more detailed contents, please refer to the official website of the Committee on publication ethics.

1. Author responsibility

1) The author guarantees that no one draft of the paper has been submitted twice, and the content of the paper has not been published in any other publications and media in any other language. Ensure that no other publications will be submitted before receiving the rejection notice from the editorial department.

2) The author is obliged to show that the content of the manuscript does not involve state secrets or any infringement related to intellectual property rights. The manuscript is an original work without academic misconduct such as plagiarism, plagiarism and data forgery.

3) All the signed authors of the paper meet the requirements of the Journal on the qualification of authors, and indeed participate in the academic work of manuscripts. The authors cannot be increased or decreased at will.

4) The research results of others should be objectively evaluated in the paper. If there is any quotation, it should be correctly indexed in the manuscript and listed in the way of reference description.

5) The official name and number of the fund project related to the research shall be accurately indicated in the manuscript, and other irrelevant funding information shall not be filled in.

6) Respect the revision suggestions of reviewers and editors.

7) The author can withdraw his manuscript after submitting it. He needs to send an email to the editorial department to explain the reason for withdrawal. The editorial department handles the withdrawal successfully.

2. Reviewers responsibilities

1) Ensure scientific and accurate review of manuscripts and make objective and fair evaluation. Make use of their professional knowledge and ability to review the creativity, scientificity and practicability of manuscripts; Put forward fair evaluation on whether the research method is appropriate, whether the scientific research design is reasonable, whether the results and conclusions are accurate, and whether there is leakage, so as to help the editor judge the choice of manuscripts; Put forward detailed modification suggestions for the problems existing in the article, so as to help the author improve the quality of the paper.

2) Respect the author's research results and avoid manuscripts with interests. The reviewed documents are only evaluated academically, without personal evaluation and personal attack. The choice of manuscripts will not be affected by the contributor's race, gender, religion, belief, status, qualification and authority. They must clearly state their views with sufficient arguments and facts.

3) Fill in the review comments on the reviewed manuscripts on time and feed them back to the editorial department within the specified time. If it cannot be completed on time, the editorial department shall be informed in time.

4) Strictly keep the reviewed manuscripts confidential, do not circulate or discuss them to others, and do not use and publish the data, opinions and conclusions of the reviewed manuscripts.

5) All comments and information must be kept confidential and shall not be used for personal purposes.

3. Editorial responsibilities

1) Editors strictly implement relevant national laws and regulations, abide by academic publishing ethics and norms, and maintain scientific research integrity.

2) Fair selection of manuscripts and acceptance or rejection of articles can only be based on the originality, importance and clarity of the paper and whether it conforms to the purpose and scope of the journal.

3) Editors should register the newly received manuscripts in time and forward the manuscripts that have passed the the formal review to two or more reviewers for three rounds of double-blind peer review.

4) Respect the author's research results and the opinions of reviewers. Keep the authenticity of the review records, and keep the information of each link of review and modification confidential. The editor and the staff of the editorial department shall not disclose any information related to the submission of the paper to others except to provide the required information for the corresponding author, reviewer and members of the Editorial Committee as appropriate.

5) The editor shall edit and process the reviewed manuscripts, and communicate with the author on the standardization and other issues in the manuscripts when necessary.

6) It has the obligation to investigate and communicate academic misconduct. Once there is an academic moral appeal of submitting a paper or publishing an article, the editor must take effective countermeasures. If necessary, corrections, clarifications, withdrawals or apologies shall be published in a timely manner. Editors are obliged to hold the authors and reviewers accountable for their misconduct.