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Principles of Transparency
COPE is a forum for editors and publishers of peer-reviewed journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. COPE provides advice to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. As a new peer-reviewed journal Engineering International is practicing to be transparent as the authors, in particular, may be able to judge the legitimacy of this journal. COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, practices by Engineering International are shown below.
Peer review process
Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers experts in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff. This process, as well as any policies related to this journal’s peer review procedures, is clearly described on the journal’s Web site.
Governing Body
This journal has an editorial board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors are clearly shown on the Editorial Board page.
Editorial office contact information
Full names and affiliations of the editors are written in the journal’s Editorial Board Page as well as contact information for the editorial office is written on the Contact page.
Author fees
Fees and charges that are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in this journal are clearly stated on the Fees page for our potential authors to find prior to submitting their manuscripts.
Copyright
Copyright and licensing information are clearly described in the journal’s OJS Archives, and licensing terms are indicated on all published articles, both Web URL and PDFs.
Identification and dealing with allegations
Managing Editor's office shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others.
Ownership and management
Engineering International is patronized and published by Asian Business Consortium. Asian Business Consortium is a self-supporting and not-for-profit organization and does not receive funding from any institution/government.
Web site
Engineering International Web site demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.
Name of journal
The Journal name 'Engineering International' is unique and not be one that is easily confused with another journal. This journal has ISSN (online) from ISSN International Centre, 45 rue de Turbigo, 75003 Paris, France & included in the Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources. Abbreviated key title from ISSN is: Eng. int. (Dhaka)
Conflicts of interest
This journal has clear policies on handling potential conflicts of interest of editors, authors, and reviewers, and the policies are clearly stated here.
Access
It is Open Access journal and fully accessible for free on the Internet. We guarantee that no university library or individual reader will ever have to buy a subscription or pay any pay-per-view fees to access articles in the electronic version of the journal.
Revenue sources
Business models or revenue sources (eg, author fees) are clearly stated on the Fees page.
Advertising
As the ideal media for engineering information exchange and as a new journal, right now this journal does not accept advertising and sponsorship for its website.
Publishing schedule
Engineering International is published 2 issues a year. The periodicity at which a journal publishes is clearly indicated here.
Archiving
The Journal’s plan for electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event this is no longer published is clearly indicated here.
Direct marketing
Direct marketing activities, including the call for paper, the announcement of article publication that is conducted on behalf of the journal, are appropriate, well-targeted, and unobtrusive. We dispense email to only our Google Group members and Ready Graph members.
