If IRJPi becomes aware of breaches of our publication ethics policies, whether or not the breach occurred in a journal published byIRJP, the following sanctions may be applied across the IRJP journals:

• Rejection of the manuscript and any other manuscripts submitted by the author(s).
• Not allowing submission for 1–3 years.
• Prohibition from acting as an editor or reviewer.

IRJP may apply additional sanctions for severe ethical violations.

It is the duty of all parties (the editor-in-chief, the editor(s), the peer reviewer, the author and the publisher) involved into the process of publication to follow certain code of conducts in order to maintain publication ethics and stop any kind of unethical practice. The following statement which is based on internationally acknowledged Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors (PDF) and Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (PDF) as published in COPE’s Offical Website, explains ethical conduct of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article for journal: