Journal of Aquatic and Fisheries Products Technology (AFISH) is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication.
AFISH expects all authors, editors, reviewers, and other parties involved in the publication process to uphold ethical principles throughout manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decision-making, publication, and post-publication evaluation.
Authors submitting manuscripts to AFISH are expected to:
All manuscripts submitted to AFISH must represent original scholarly work. Authors must properly acknowledge all ideas, text, data, images, methods, and other materials originating from other sources.
Submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism-detection or similarity-checking tools. Significant plagiarism, inappropriate textual overlap, unattributed reuse, or other forms of academic misconduct may result in rejection or further editorial investigation.
Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.
Manuscripts that substantially reproduce previously published work without appropriate disclosure, justification, citation, or editorial approval are not acceptable.
Authors must disclose any related manuscripts, conference papers, preprints, reports, datasets, or previous publications that may overlap substantially with the submitted work.
Research findings must be reported honestly and accurately. Fabrication, falsification, selective manipulation, inappropriate alteration, or misrepresentation of data is strictly prohibited.
Authors should retain sufficient research records to support the findings reported in the manuscript and should be prepared to provide clarification or supporting information when reasonably requested by the Editorial Team.
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, drafting, or critical revision of the work.
All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission and publication.
Individuals who contribute to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately.
Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any financial, personal, professional, institutional, academic, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the objectivity or integrity of the research or publication process.
Reviewers and editors should decline involvement in a manuscript when a significant conflict of interest may compromise or appear to compromise their impartiality.
The Editorial Team is responsible for:
Reviewers are expected to:
AFISH applies a double-anonymous peer-review process. The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from each other during the review process.
Peer review must be conducted independently, confidentially, and without manipulation. Any attempt to influence reviewer selection, fabricate reviewer identities, interfere with review reports, or manipulate the editorial process is considered a serious breach of publication ethics.
AFISH recognizes the increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence and AI-assisted technologies in scholarly communication.
Artificial Intelligence may assist authors, reviewers, or editors in limited and responsible ways, but it must not replace human scientific judgment, intellectual contribution, accountability, peer review, or editorial responsibility.
AI systems cannot be listed as authors. Substantive use of Generative AI must be disclosed, and authors remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted content.
Detailed requirements are available in the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy .
Research involving human participants, animals, personal information, confidential data, biological materials, or other ethically sensitive subjects must comply with applicable ethical standards, institutional requirements, and relevant regulations.
Where required, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee, institutional review body, or other competent authority. Evidence of approval may be requested by the Editorial Team.
AFISH is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.
Depending on the nature and severity of an identified issue, the journal may publish a correction, clarification, addendum, expression of concern, withdrawal notice, or retraction.
Detailed procedures are described in the Retraction, Withdrawal, and Correction Policy .
Authors and other interested parties may submit legitimate complaints or appeals concerning editorial decisions, publication procedures, research-integrity concerns, or alleged misconduct.
Complaints and appeals will be reviewed fairly, confidentially, and as independently as reasonably possible.
An appeal should provide clear reasons and, where applicable, supporting evidence. Submission of an appeal does not automatically result in reversal of an editorial decision.
When there is a reasonable concern regarding potential research or publication misconduct, the Editorial Team may request clarification, supporting documentation, original data, ethical approval records, authorship information, or other relevant evidence.
The journal will consider the available evidence before taking editorial action. Depending on the circumstances, action may include requesting revision, rejecting a manuscript, notifying relevant parties, correcting the scholarly record, or retracting a publication.
Editorial decisions are made independently on the basis of scientific merit, relevance, research integrity, peer-review reports, and AFISH editorial policies.
The publisher, institutional affiliation, commercial interests, or other external parties must not improperly influence decisions concerning the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts.
AFISH is committed to maintaining a fair, transparent, responsible, and ethical scholarly publishing environment for authors, reviewers, editors, and readers.
The journal will continue to review and update its publication policies as scholarly publishing standards and technologies evolve.
