The Diyala Journal for Veterinary Sciences (DJVS) is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity, transparency, reliability, fairness, and ethical conduct in scholarly publishing. This policy outlines the responsibilities of authors, editors, reviewers, and the journal’s editorial office in order to support trust and accountability at all stages of the submission, peer-review, publication, and post-publication processes.
DJVS expects all parties involved in the publication process to act in accordance with recognized principles of publication ethics and responsible research conduct.
Authors submitting manuscripts to DJVS are responsible for ensuring that their work complies with scientific, ethical, and publication standards.
Authors must:
Ensure that the submitted manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.
Properly acknowledge and cite the work, ideas, data, methods, figures, tables, and images of others.
Avoid plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate text recycling, and redundant publication.
Report data accurately and honestly, without fabrication, falsification, inappropriate manipulation, or selective reporting.
Ensure that images, figures, clinical photographs, and laboratory results are presented accurately and are not manipulated in a misleading way.
Provide raw data or supporting information upon reasonable editorial request, where ethically and legally appropriate.
Disclose all financial and non-financial conflicts of interest that could influence, or be perceived to influence, the research or its interpretation.
Disclose all sources of funding and clearly state the role of funders, if any, in study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, and publication decisions.
Ensure that all listed authors have made substantial contributions to the work and have approved the final version of the manuscript.
Obtain written approval from all authors for any change in authorship after submission, including addition, removal, or change in author order.
Include appropriate ethical approval, informed consent, animal owner consent, and data availability statements where applicable.
The Editor-in-Chief, handling editors, and editorial board members are responsible for maintaining the integrity, fairness, and quality of the editorial process.
Editors must:
Make editorial decisions based on the manuscript’s scientific quality, originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, clarity, relevance to the journal’s scope, and contribution to the field.
Ensure that editorial decisions are not influenced by the authors’ nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, political views, institutional affiliation, or personal relationships.
Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer identities, author information, and editorial communications.
Avoid handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Select qualified and independent reviewers with appropriate expertise.
Ensure that the peer-review process is fair, objective, constructive, and timely.
Take appropriate action when ethical concerns or allegations of misconduct are raised before or after publication.
Protect the integrity of the scholarly record by issuing corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary.
Reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the scientific quality and credibility of DJVS publications.
Reviewers must:
Provide objective, constructive, evidence-based, and timely evaluations of submitted manuscripts.
Assess the originality, methodology, ethical compliance, data analysis, interpretation of results, clarity, and scientific contribution of the manuscript.
Maintain strict confidentiality regarding the manuscript and all related materials.
Not use unpublished information, data, methods, or ideas obtained during peer review for personal, professional, research, financial, or competitive advantage.
Declare any potential conflict of interest and decline the review invitation when an objective assessment cannot be provided.
Inform the editorial office of any suspected ethical concerns, including plagiarism, duplicate publication, data manipulation, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship, undeclared conflicts of interest, or lack of required ethical approval.
Avoid personal, hostile, or unsupported comments in reviewer reports.
Not request unnecessary citations to their own work, to DJVS articles, or to any other source unless the suggested references are directly relevant and scientifically justified.
Reviewers must not upload submitted manuscripts or related materials to artificial intelligence tools, online platforms, or third-party services that may compromise confidentiality, data protection, or intellectual property rights.
DJVS does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, image manipulation, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or any other form of research or publication misconduct.
All submitted manuscripts may be screened using reliable similarity-detection software.
A manuscript with a similarity index above the journal’s acceptable threshold may be returned for revision, investigated further, or rejected, depending on the nature, source, and severity of the similarity.
The similarity percentage is not the only criterion for editorial judgment. The editorial office also considers whether the similarity involves properly cited material, standard methodology, technical terminology, references, or inappropriate textual overlap.
Confirmed cases of serious misconduct may result in rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, and notification of the authors’ institution, funding body, or relevant authority where appropriate.
Research involving animals must comply with recognized institutional, national, and international standards for animal care, welfare, and ethical research.
Authors must include an ethical approval statement in the manuscript when animal research is involved. This statement should identify the approving ethics committee or institutional review body, where applicable.
Authors should describe the ethical procedures followed during the study, including animal handling, housing, sampling, treatment, anesthesia, analgesia, euthanasia, and welfare considerations where relevant.
Studies involving client-owned animals must confirm that appropriate owner consent was obtained where required.
If ethical approval was not required for a particular study, authors must clearly state the reason in the manuscript.
When research involves human participants, questionnaires, interviews, personal data, clinical records, biological samples, or identifiable information, authors must comply with applicable ethical and legal requirements.
Authors must include a statement confirming ethical approval and informed consent where applicable.
Personal or identifying information must not be published unless necessary for scientific purposes and accompanied by appropriate consent.
Authors are responsible for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the data presented in their manuscripts.
DJVS encourages transparency in reporting methods, data, statistical analysis, and results.
Authors should be prepared to provide underlying data, images, laboratory results, or other supporting materials upon reasonable editorial request, provided that sharing such materials does not violate confidentiality, privacy, ethical approval conditions, animal owner rights, or legal requirements.
Where data cannot be shared, authors should provide a clear explanation.
DJVS is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record.
If an error or concern is identified after publication, the journal will evaluate the matter carefully and take appropriate editorial action.
Minor errors that do not affect the scientific conclusions may be corrected through a correction notice.
Serious concerns that require further investigation may lead to an expression of concern.
Articles may be retracted when the findings are unreliable due to misconduct, honest error, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research, or other serious breaches of publication ethics.
All correction, expression of concern, and retraction notices will be linked to the original article and will provide a clear explanation of the reason for the action.
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any conflict of interest that could influence, or be perceived to influence, the submission, review, editorial decision, or interpretation of the work.
Conflicts of interest may be financial, personal, academic, institutional, professional, or commercial.
When a conflict of interest is identified, DJVS will take appropriate steps to ensure fairness, transparency, and independence in the editorial process.
Editorial decisions are made independently and are based on scholarly merit, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.
The payment of article processing charges has no influence on editorial decisions, peer review, or acceptance of manuscripts.
Reviewer recommendations are advisory. Final editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief or the designated handling editor in accordance with journal policies and ethical standards.
Concerns regarding publication ethics, research integrity, reviewer conduct, editorial conduct, or published content may be submitted to the editorial office.
DJVS will handle ethical concerns and complaints fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with recognized publication ethics guidance where applicable.
Possible outcomes may include clarification, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or notification of relevant institutions or authorities, depending on the nature and severity of the case.
DJVS expects all authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial staff to uphold honesty, accountability, confidentiality, transparency, and respect throughout the publication process.
The journal is committed to promoting responsible research and ethical scholarly communication in veterinary medicine, animal health, public veterinary health, zoonotic diseases, and related disciplines.
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
