Bonjour

Pourquoi pas

Si l'honnêteté scientifique est respecté

This is quite a rare occurrence, but their may be a distinct conflict of interest, though the editor-in-chief can do as he sees fit!

Hello Vincent Tang

I agree with Rodney Duffett that this is a very rare occurrence. As for a possible conflict of interest, rather than as Rodney says they can do as they see fit, I would actually ask them before I even send to see what they think. If they tell you not to send, then do not need to spend your time on it. On the other hand, if they say that is ok, then you do not have to worry.

Personally, I think it is ok because sa Djahoudi Abdelghani says, the most important part is scientific honesty. So I agree... why not?

It is not ethical to submit paper

Hi,

in this situations no have problens!

Firstly, the fact that him is your supervisor not garanted that your articles will be accepted. The article after the analisy done for the editor (that is your supervisor by chance), will be analyzed by reviewers.

If the editor compel the reviewers, he will be anti ethical, soon, in this case have a problen.

In the second, the editor have a presumption of innocence. Is not correct believe that him will be accepted your article, only he's you supervisor.

Of course, you can. Editors-in-chief can even submit to their own journal. It is all a matter of ethics: how the editor and the editorial office handles the situation.

I see no problem with that. One can absolutely submit a paper in a journal where his superviser is Editor-in-Chief. It is up to the editorial office to hundle it correctly according to the rules of the journal without being influenced.

I will not submit to the journal

Basically we can send articles wherever we want. There is a blind review from the reviewer, and if the paper is considered worthy, then the paper is legitimate to be published. However, ethically it is a bit disturbing because the editor determines whether a paper is accepted or not.

• Be sure it is unethical. For long years we have forgotten that the goal of science is advancement of human, nature and Reducing human suffering. That is why we think of publications. The root of the problem is "publish or perish" and there is a race in the world of Academia, it is a "Paper Rush"....
• There are a lot of journals in any academic fields. Why we go after the ones that we have or my have "power" over them? or might be able to get help for publishing our paper(s) such as editor in chief, editorial boards, friends or colleagues in editorial boards and things like these? This is a "big issue" and has gained a lot of attention in recent years, so I kindly encourage you, and others to read these papers (while there are a lot more)
• Do scientific publications by editorial board members have shorter publication delays and then higher influence? Scientometrics (2021) 126:6697–6713 DOI 10.1007/s11192-021-04067-x
• Do Editorial Board Members in Library and Information Science Publish Disproportionately in the Journals for Which They Serve as Board Members? Journal of Scholarly Publishing DOI: 10.3138/jsp.46.4.03
• An analysis of editorial board members’ publication output in agricultural economics and policy journals. Scientometrics DOI 10.1007/s11192-018-2881-9
• Where and what do they publish? Editors’ and editorial board members’ affiliated institutions and the citation counts of their endogenous publications in the field of communication. Scientometrics DOI 10.1007/s11192-019-03169-x
• Editorial Board Self-Publishing Rates in Czech Economic Journals. Sci Eng Ethics DOI 10.1007/s11948-017-9922-2
• Scientific misconduct: the dark side of science. DOI 10.1007/s12210-015-0415-4

• I myself started several discussions in 2021, if you are interested, find them here:
• https://www.researchgate.net/post/Questionable_but_yet_powerful_phenomena_in_scientific_journals_even_top_ones_is_I_publish_where_I_edit_Obviously_we_can_not_ask_them_why_and_how
• https://www.researchgate.net/post/Bibliometrics_Scientometrics_and_the_like_are_more_harmful_than_useful_in_styles_and_methods_that_are_practiced_now
• https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_any_one_to_defend_Honorary_forced_authorship_if_not_why_we_practice_it

The answer of Prof. Rahim Alijani is very powerful and contains very useful information!

So, "Be sure it is unethical" as long as "There are a lot of journals in any academic field"!

Furthermore, the scientific world is wide open and not closed for this journal!

• Dear Professor Nidhal Kamel Taha El-Omari I am grateful for your positive opinion and mention to my answer.
• I think if we (all of us in the world of academia) stay away from those phenomena that can have bad meanings and bad reputation in doing science and research all will benefit. All of us around the world.
• A small example, a paper which has been published by abusing power in a journal, impact all of us,. We cite, cite and rely on it/them, that is why there are too many retracted articles in top international journals, but still are cited by researchers. So we ourselves become a means to disseminate disinformation completely unintentionally.
• The phenomena that mainly in recent decades have formed I personally call them 3G+H (gift, guest, ghost and honorary authorship) of course there are many others with bad reputation and destructive, like the one which is the topic of this discussion. .
• What I am sure about is that, due to the decentralized nature of the science system. Science never forgets or forgives. That is why we have books such as The Great Betrayal, Fraud in Science (see the attachment). In this book, other books and many articles, we see and read the story of fraud by great names in sciences, that shock us.

So is it worth?

Best Regards

• Also I kindly suggest these two related discussions to followers and readers of the current discussion,
• https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_a_postgraduate_in_Linguistics_and_ELT_do_research_in_different_fields
• https://www.researchgate.net/post/Give_me_your_skills

Dear Prof. Rahim Alijani,

Thank you all very much for making valuable reply! Please have a look at the following fraudulent plagiarism case:

Have you ever seen others taking your research work, and publishing it with their names after excluding you?

https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_Fraudulent_Plagiarism_Case_Have_you_ever_seen_others_taking_your_research_work_and_publishing_it_with_their_names_after_excluding_you

I think it is a work based on personal interests and not aimed at spreading science and knowledge

Farah Sameer you are right. It Subsequently kills creativity, skepticism, and critical thinking, the "so called" triangle of skills, one needs to move in science and academic research and more importantly MOVE THE SCIENCE.

Those who have found the ways and the means to publish so many papers in journals that they are a part of it/them, work for them, and the like, while at the same time unable to publish in other journals, simply do not need to think deeply about the problems, they even do not see the problems.

But as by somethings like citations, H index, number of publications, could be SEEN fast at the top of pages in citation databases/indices/engines, they gain reputation, and are asked by scientific bodies to join for SCIENTIFIC DECISION MAKING.

IN next steps Matthew effect, do the job for them nicely. People and young researchers or to be researchers come to him/her to get help and may be a future gift or honorary author and really this will continue with no end. One of the worst outcomes is that those people who surround such a person, think and come to conclusion that they have found the right person in science and research. Try to imitate him/her and breach of science continue by them. It is simple, they think the problem is to be published, and they have the power, so there is no need to think about real problems...

Thanks

Hi All

In another related discussion, some researchers believe that Editors don't do the things that harm their journals or breach science. But we have evidence contrary.

As an example you may like to read this page from newsroom of BMJ (British Medical Journal),about the retraction of Editorial by former Editor of British Journal of Sports Medicine over plagiarism concerns. Notice that the misconduct had happened in 2005, revealed 2022. (first attachment).

Also may you like to read the full story by the researcher that discovered this misconduct, it is in second attachment

• I am personally concerned, this is a case of misconduct in A MEDICAL JOURNAL, that has its own implications!
• Wish all honest researchers the best

There is two answers for this question.

One is the research scholar has interest on the Journal to publish with the advice of his PhD supervisor since his advisor is the Editor-in-Chief to get published the article.

The second one how many articles will be in the same Journal even if your research supervisor is the Editor-in-Chief of the particular Journal.

It may be added advantage to publish with familiar people and took advantage of being your research supervisor is a Editor-in-chief of the Journal.

If your research supervisor is outstanding academic personality in the particular that will be gaining momentum for you to publish your article with the help of your research supervisor.

Moreover, whether it is Scopus Indexed Journal or not that is the main concern of the research scholar now a day.

Merely publishing an article is not the main concern now but it must be Scopus Indexed Journals are mainly taken into consideration for publication.

Ideally you should not. It is a case of conflict of interest. People may later raise this issue.

The key position that may afford the potential to exhibit favoritism is that of the scientifically adept and experienced (for the particular Journal) Reviewer and not that of the Chief Editor. And favoritism must be manifested before submission when a reviewer can transform the manuscript making it virtually bulletproof and during the reviewing process when assistance may be provided in eradicating negative comments from other Reviewers. That is the reason why Reviewers have to declare beforehand whether they have any form of relationship with the authors of the manuscript as is done e.g. in MDPI journals.

There is no way the Chief Editor can manipulate Reviewers unless a special relationship between them exists, and even then the Editor and Academic Editor for the particular must be in the know as well.

It is not a cause for rejection to the Journal. Maybe it is optimal to advise your University's Ph.D. studies guide for any rejection clauses.

No

Bonjour,

pourquoi pas cela facilitera surtout les corrections éventuelles.