Personal Use Rights
Authors can use their articles, in full or in part, for scholarly, non-commercial purposes such as:
Using the article in their classroom teaching (including distributing hard or soft copies).
Distributing copies (including through email) to known research colleagues for their personal use (not for commercial use).
Including the article in a thesis or dissertation (provided that it is not to be published commercially).
Using the article in a subsequent compilation of the author's works.
Extending the article to book-length form.
Preparing other derivative works (not for commercial use).
Otherwise using or reusing portions or excerpts in other works.
Open Access Agreement
The journal of Emergency Management follows Open Access as a publishing model. This model provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of research articles without requiring a subscription to the articles published in this journal. In this model, the publication costs are covered by the Author / Authors Institution or Research Funds. Published material is freely available to all interested online readers. At the same time, authors who publish in JOEM retain the copyright of their article. All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0.
Competing Interest Statement
When a writer for a medical magazine has financial or other relationships that affect their decisions, work, or manuscript, it is called a conflict of interest. Competing Interest can take many different forms, including ties to money, scholastic pursuits, interpersonal connections, political or religious convictions, and institutional affiliations.
The JOEM follows the COPE guidline while handling Competing Interest. All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. If authors have no conflicts of interest, the statement should read "The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest."
The COPE guidance can be found here.
Financial Competing Interests
These interests include receiving reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that may financially benefit or suffer from the publication of the manuscript. It also includes holding stocks or shares in an organization that may be affected financially by the publication. Additionally, authors may have competing interests if they hold or are applying for patents related to the manuscript's content or if they receive reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that holds or has applied for such patents.
Non-financial competing interests
Non-financial competing interests encompass various factors, such as political affiliations, personal biases, ideological beliefs, academic rivalries, and intellectual conflicts. These interests, which are not limited to the mentioned examples, should be disclosed to ensure transparency and uphold the publication's integrity.
Allegations of Misconduct
We take all allegations of potential misconduct seriously. Our journal follows the COPE guidelines for dealing with cases of suspected misconduct. In cases of suspected research or publication misconduct, it may be necessary for the Editor to contact and share manuscripts with third parties, such as the author(s), institution(s), and ethics committee(s).
Research misconduct
All research involving humans (including human data and material) and animals must have been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is a suspicion that research has not been conducted within an appropriate ethical framework, the Editor may reject a manuscript and inform relevant parties, such as the author's institution and ethics committee.
In cases where research misconduct has been proven or where the scientific integrity of an article is significantly compromised, the article may be retracted.
Publication misconduct, especially image manipulation, is of significant concern. Our journal will adhere to COPE guidelines to address potential cases. Suspected misconduct cases will be reported to the authors. Our journal may also seek advice from COPE.
Data falsification and fabrication
Data falsification and fabrication are unethical practices that can undermine the credibility of research findings. Data falsification involves manipulating research data with the intention of giving a false impression, such as altering images, removing outliers, or fabricating data points. Data fabrication involves making up research findings entirely.
Any concerns about data integrity raised during or after the peer-review process will be referred to the Editor, who may request the author to provide anonymized underlying study data for inspection or verification. If the original data cannot be produced, the manuscript may be rejected or, in the case of a published article, retracted.
Publication misconduct
Publication misconduct is a serious offense that can undermine the credibility of the journal. Our journal adheres to the COPE guidelines for dealing with potential cases of publication misconduct.
Plagiarism Policy
The journal of Emergency Management has a very strict policy against plagiarism. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. JOEM uses iThenticate and Samim Noor software to check plagiarism of accepted articles.
If plagiarism is discovered throughout the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected. In this regard, authors of articles are required to conduct a similarity check on their article and provide a valid certificate of the similarity check result to the journal office.
If plagiarism is discovered after the manuscript has been published, the COPE rules will be followed, and a correction may be requested, or the manuscript may be withdrawn.
Corrections
Changes that have an impact on the interpretation or conclusion of an article but do not completely invalidate it will be corrected through the publication of a Correction that is indexed and connected to the original article. A Retraction will be issued if there is a major error in the methods or analysis that affects the conclusions, or if research or publication misconduct has occurred, such as the use of unapproved ethical research, fabricated data, manipulated images, plagiarism, or duplicate publication.
Retractions
The decision to retract an article will be made according to both Journal policies and COPE guidelines, following a thorough investigation by our journal editorial staff and the journal's editorial team. Authors and institutions may request a retraction if they believe their reasons meet the criteria for retraction.
Editors should consider retracting a publication if any of the ethical codes (in accordance with the COPE guideline) are not followed in the published article.
JOEM will consider retracting an article if it meets COPE's Retraction Guidelines, including:
The results are obviously inaccurate because of glaring mistakes (such as data fabrication, image manipulation, and experimental or mathematical errors);
Plagiarism
Prior release of the results without obtaining consent for replication, citing earlier references, or providing an explanation (e.g., redundant publication);
Reporting unethical research
The authors did not disclose their conflict of interest; Self-citation.
The COPE guidance can be found here.
Editorial Expressions of Concern
In certain cases, an Editor may choose to publish an Editorial Expression of Concern if they become aware of serious concerns regarding the interpretation or conclusion of a published article. This may occur in situations where the concerns have a significant and immediate impact on public health or public policy, or where the investigation of the concerns is prolonged and complex. An Editorial Expression of Concern may be superseded by a subsequent Correction or Retraction but will remain part of the permanent published record.
The COPE guidance can be found here.
Withdrawal Policy
The Withdrawal Policy grants the corresponding author the right to withdraw their submission prior to its official acceptance for publication. Once accepted, the submission can only be used for Articles in Press, which are preliminary drafts that may contain errors or have been submitted unintentionally twice. In exceptional circumstances, the articles may violate ethical codes, such as plagiarism, misuse of fraudulent data, or multiple submissions. Articles in Press that have not yet been formally released can be retracted from the journal. However, once published under an issue, the articles cannot be withdrawn.
Appeals and complaints
Definitions of 'complaint'
A complaint refers to any issue or concern related to content or a procedure that falls under the responsibility of the journal or our editorial staff. It is defined as any expression of dissatisfaction that goes beyond mere disagreement with a decision and instead identifies a perceived failure of process or a severe misjudgment. If an author believes that their article has been unfairly rejected, they should follow our appeals procedure.
The COPE guidance can be found here.
Procedures for making a complaint
To file a complaint, please email us directly at our email address, and we will handle the matter confidentially. A central team will coordinate the complaint and assign it to the most appropriate staff member. There is an option for escalation if the issue cannot be resolved at the initial level.
All the received complaints are dealt in polite and timely manner with a certainty.
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) publishes guidelines for editors of scientific, technical, and medical journals. COPE assists in resolving disputes involving member editors, journals, and publishers, but only after a journal's internal complaint procedures have been exhausted.
Corrections to Published Work
Authors are expected to inform the journal's Production Editor of any factual errors in their published articles. The journal reserves the right to publish a correction at its discretion. The correction procedure depends on the article's publication stage. In all cases, a correction notice is published promptly. If the article was published online first, the online version is considered the final version, and any corrections will be noted in a correction notice at the end of the article. The correction notice will be retained in the print version for record.
Data Sharing Policy
We encourage authors to share their data to support the publication of Research and to interlink data with their published articles. "Research data" refers to the findings of observations or experiments that confirm research findings, including but not limited to raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, models, methods, and other related materials.
Data Availability Statement
Journals mandate the submission of a Data Availability Statement for all research articles submitted for publication. These statements will be published under the header 'Data Availability Statement' within the article's footnotes section.
Availability of data in a public, open-access repository
Data repository
A repository is an online platform of content collated for archiving, preserving and dissemination. They are generally either organised at an institution level (and institutional repository) or a subject level. If any authors are publishing an article as gold open access, they must deposit the article’s Version of Record (VoR) as soon as it is published. Authors must post, share, or deposit the Final Published Version or Version of Record of articles published online in any circumstances (this includes posting it on their own Websites, posting it to sites such as ResearchGate, Mendeley, and Academia.edu, and posting it to any other websites or repositories) under a CC BY 4.0
Availability of data upon reasonable request
* If data are available upon reasonable request, authors should specify what the data are (e.g., deidentified participant data), who to contact for access (including their publishable contact details, e.g., a generic lab email address or an individual's ORCID identifier, with permission), and the conditions for reuse. Authors should also provide any additional information available (e.g., protocols, statistical analysis plans).
* If data may be obtained from a third party and are not publicly available, authors must indicate what the data are (e.g., deidentified participant data), who to contact for access (including their publishable contact details and permission), and the conditions for reuse. They should also provide any additional information available (e.g., protocols, statistical analysis plans).
All data relevant to the study should be included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. Please ensure that no identifiable patient data is included. Please state "Not applicable" if data sharing is not applicable as no datasets were generated and/or analyzed for this study. If no data are available, please state "Not applicable."
Funding
All sources of funding should be declared under the heading "Funding" at the end of the manuscript file (before the references). Authors must describe the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. If the funder(s) had no such involvement, this should be stated as well.
Archiving Policy
The journal is now being archived electronically at ISC database.
Advertisement Policy
JOEM does not accept advertisements on its website.
Page charges
There are no charges for publication in this Journal.
Direct Marketing
Our journal does not engage in any direct marketing activities.
Post-publication discussions and corrections
Post-publication discussions
We greatly appreciate any feedback on the published content, including layout, format, text, figures, and tables, as well as the subject and content of manuscript sections, especially the results and discussion, conclusions, and any other relevant sections. Your input is valuable to us, and we encourage you to share your thoughts with authors, co-authors, reviewers, and our esteemed readers. If necessary, the section editor of the published article will address your feedback with the related author and peer reviewers after reviewing it. The editor-in-chief will discuss the final findings of these investigations and determine the appropriate course of action, which could take the form of a private response to you, a journal note or brief statement about the piece, editing portions of the article with or without notifying the public, or, in extremely rare cases, removing the article from our Journal. The reviewing authors and the corresponding author will receive an email outlining all factors and standards for the ultimate judgment. The matter will be published in our Journal for public notice, if necessary.
Post-publication corrections
An erratum refers to correcting errors in a published paper by the publisher, while a corrigendum is the correction of errors in a published paper by the authors. Authors are advised to contact the journal's editor, who will determine the feasibility and importance of the changes and decide on the appropriate course of action. An addendum is a notification that includes additional information added to an article. Addenda are not meant to contradict the original publication or correct errors (which would require a separate correction notice) but rather serve as a means for authors to update or include important information. we encourages authors to make the necessary corrections before final acceptance, and some revisions can be conducted at the proof stage. After publishing, no further corrections can be made except for the necessary cases in accordance with the COPE guidelines.
Please note that correction requests may be subject to full review, and if queries are raised, you may be required to provide additional information before the correction is approved.
The COPE guidance can be found here.