The Diyala Journal for Veterinary Sciences (DJVS) is committed to maintaining transparency, fairness, objectivity, and integrity in all stages of the submission, peer-review, editorial decision-making, and publication processes.
A conflict of interest exists when financial, personal, academic, institutional, professional, or other relationships may influence, or appear to influence, the judgment, objectivity, or integrity of authors, reviewers, editors, or editorial staff.
All authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members are required to disclose any potential conflict of interest related to manuscripts submitted to DJVS.
Authors must disclose any financial or non-financial conflicts of interest that could influence, or be perceived to influence, the research, interpretation of results, or presentation of the manuscript.
Potential conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited to:
Financial support, grants, sponsorship, or funding related to the study.
Employment, consultancies, paid expert testimony, honoraria, or advisory roles.
Personal or professional relationships that may affect the work.
Institutional affiliations or academic competition.
Patent applications, intellectual property rights, or commercial interests.
Relationships with companies, organizations, or individuals that may benefit from the publication of the work.
Authors must include a conflict of interest statement in the manuscript. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state:
“The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.”
Authors must disclose all sources of financial support received for the research or manuscript preparation.
The funding statement should clearly indicate the role of the funder, if any, in study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, manuscript preparation, and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
If the study received no funding, authors should state:
“This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Reviewers must declare any potential conflict of interest before accepting a review invitation.
Reviewers should decline the review invitation if they have any relationship or circumstance that may affect their ability to provide an objective and independent evaluation.
Potential reviewer conflicts may include:
Recent collaboration with any of the authors.
Current or recent affiliation with the same institution as any of the authors.
Personal, academic, or professional relationships with the authors.
Financial or commercial interests related to the manuscript topic.
Direct academic competition or strong personal disagreement with the authors or their work.
If a conflict of interest becomes apparent after accepting the review invitation, the reviewer must promptly inform the editorial office and withdraw from the review when appropriate.
Editors, including the Editor-in-Chief, handling editors, and editorial board members, must avoid handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Editorial conflicts may include:
Authorship or co-authorship of the submitted manuscript.
Recent collaboration with any of the authors.
Current or recent institutional affiliation with any of the authors.
Personal, financial, academic, or professional relationships with the authors.
Any circumstance that may affect, or appear to affect, editorial independence and objectivity.
When an editor has a conflict of interest, the manuscript must be assigned to another qualified editor who has no such conflict.
Editorial decisions must be based solely on the scientific quality, originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, clarity, and relevance of the manuscript to the aims and scope of DJVS.
Editorial decisions must not be influenced by financial interests, personal relationships, institutional pressure, nationality, gender, religion, political views, or payment of Article Processing Charges.
Payment of publication fees has no influence on peer review, editorial evaluation, or acceptance decisions.
If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified before publication, DJVS may request clarification, require disclosure, seek further review, or reject the manuscript, depending on the nature and severity of the case.
If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified after publication, DJVS may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction, depending on whether the conflict affects the reliability, interpretation, or integrity of the published work.
Where appropriate, the authors’ institution, funding body, or relevant authority may be notified.
Authors, reviewers, and editors are responsible for providing complete and accurate conflict of interest disclosures.
Disclosure of a conflict of interest does not automatically prevent publication, review, or editorial participation. However, undisclosed conflicts may compromise trust in the editorial process and the scholarly record.
DJVS will handle all disclosed conflicts of interest transparently, fairly, and in accordance with recognized standards of publication ethics.
Note: The author must complete the Statement of Copyright Transfer, Financial Disclosure, Use of AI, and Authorship Responsibility form (attached below) and upload it along with the submitted manuscript.
Statement of Copyright Transfer, Financial Disclosure, Use of AI, and Authorship Responsibility
DJVS will be publishing 4 issues per year (quarterly).
First decision | 2-5 Days
Review Process up to | 30 Days
Submission to acceptance and publishing | 30-90 Days
Email: djvs@uodiyala.edu.iq
Phone: 009647901254572
