Publication Ethics

TJMPS is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. The journal’s policies are guided by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and apply to all parties involved in the publication process — authors, reviewers, and editors.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors must ensure that their submitted work is entirely original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere. All sources must be properly cited. Any form of plagiarism — including self-plagiarism, paraphrasing without attribution, and data fabrication or falsification — is strictly prohibited. All persons listed as authors must have made a substantive intellectual contribution to the work, and all contributors who meet authorship criteria must be included. Authors must disclose all financial and non-financial conflicts of interest that may have influenced the research. Where human participants are involved, authors must confirm that informed consent was obtained and that the study received approval from a recognised institutional ethics committee.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential documents. They should provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based assessments and must declare any conflicts of interest that could compromise their impartiality. Reviewers who feel unqualified to evaluate a particular manuscript or who cannot complete a review within the agreed timeframe should notify the editor promptly.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for ensuring a fair, unbiased, and timely review process. Editorial decisions are based on the manuscript’s scholarly merit, relevance, and adherence to ethical standards — without regard to the authors’ race, gender, nationality, institutional affiliation, or political views. Editors must maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must recuse themselves from handling submissions where a conflict of interest exists.

Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts submitted to TJMPS are screened for plagiarism using industry-standard detection software. Manuscripts with a similarity index exceeding acceptable thresholds will be returned to the author for revision or rejected outright, depending on the severity of the overlap. Confirmed cases of plagiarism after publication will result in retraction and notification to the authors’ institution.

Data Integrity & Reproducibility

TJMPS encourages authors to make their data, code, and study materials available in a public repository whenever possible. The journal supports the principles of open science and welcomes preregistered studies and registered reports. Authors may be asked to provide raw data or additional materials during the review process if concerns arise about the integrity of the reported findings.

Corrections & Retractions

If significant errors are discovered after publication, TJMPS will publish an Erratum or Corrigendum. In cases of serious ethical violations — including plagiarism, data fabrication, or undisclosed conflicts of interest — the journal reserves the right to retract the article in accordance with COPE retraction guidelines. The retraction notice will be linked to the original article and will remain permanently accessible.