Boffin Access – Ethical Publishing Policies

At Boffin Access, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in scholarly publishing. Every contributor—publishers, editors, reviewers, and authors—plays a vital role in maintaining trust and credibility within the academic community. Boffin Access fully aligns with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and ICMJE guidelines in its practices.

Publisher Responsibilities

• Safeguard the integrity of the academic record across all Boffin Access journals.
• Guarantee editorial independence and support editors in making unbiased decisions.
• Ensure transparency in peer review and editorial processes.
• Follow best practices for corrections, retractions, and clarifications when necessary.
• Reject all forms of bias—geographic, racial, gender-based, or otherwise—and ensure decisions are based solely on scientific merit.
• Promote ethical research dissemination and global accessibility through Open Access principles.

Author Responsibilities

• Submit only original, unpublished work that is not under consideration elsewhere.
• Avoid plagiarism, data manipulation, and fabrication in all forms.
• Clearly identify all authorship contributions, affiliations, and corresponding author details.
• Disclose all funding sources, conflicts of interest, and potential commercial/financial benefits.
• Provide proper attribution and citation for all borrowed material.
• Ensure ethical compliance for human/animal studies, including approval from an institutional ethics committee.
• Provide patient consent for case reports or identifiable data, when applicable.
• Submit complete manuscripts with all supporting materials, datasets, and supplementary files.

Reviewer Responsibilities

• Evaluate manuscripts objectively, based solely on scientific merit and relevance.
• Declare conflicts of interest and recuse themselves where impartiality is compromised.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of manuscripts under review.
• Provide fair, constructive, and timely feedback to improve the quality of the work.
• Adhere to a professional code of conduct and support the integrity of the peer review process.

Editor Responsibilities

• Develop and uphold ethical editorial policies, ensuring alignment with international publishing standards.
• Make fair, transparent, and timely editorial decisions based only on scholarly merit.
• Disclose any conflicts of interest and act with integrity at all times.
• Appoint reviewers and editorial board members based on expertise and academic contributions.
• Ensure confidentiality of manuscripts and communicate only with authorized parties.
• Maintain the highest standards of editorial independence, objectivity, and accountability.