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Publication Ethics Policy

  1. IJAB has a stringent publication ethics policy. Every submitted paper is checked for similarity index using www.turnitin.com
  2. The authors transfer copyrights to the Journal under the following terms and conditions:
    1. the paper presents original work not previously published in similar form and not currently under consideration by another journal
    2. each author has seen and approved the content of the submitted manuscript
    3. exclusive permission has been obtained from the author(s)/publisher(s) of the material/ information/data contained/used in any other form that is the intellectual property right of any person(s) other than the Author(s). The copyright material has clearly identified and acknowledged/referenced in the text of the paper. The author(s) are responsible for any violation/breech of the Copyright Law
    4. there is no conflict of interest among the authors for the publication of paper, and that all the authors have significantly contributed in the paper
    5. the paper once published will not be withdrawn or retracted unless very serious question(s) arise(s) on the data or originality of the text, and that will be done in concurrence with the Friend Science Publishers
    6. once the copyrights are transferred, the published matter will be the sole property of Friends Science Publishers, and exclusive permission will be sought for partial or full reproductionof the text/graphics/numeric data. However, the author(s) will retain the intellectual property rights
  3. The complaints of plagiarism of papers (if any) are strictly dealt under Plagiarism Policy of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, available at:


http://www.hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/QADivision/Pages/Plagiarism.aspx