The Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Technology (JNAMT) maintains rigorous peer review standards guided by internationally recognized ethical publishing guidelines. The policy ensures fairness, transparency, confidentiality, and integrity throughout the assessment and publication of submitted manuscripts.
Ethical Standards
All submissions must be original, unpublished works and must not be under consideration by any other journal.
Authors are required to disclose all competing interests and confirm adherence to internationally accepted ethical standards, including those of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and recognized best practices in engineering research.
Where applicable (e.g., research involving human subjects in ergonomic or safety studies), authors must obtain relevant institutional approvals and provide documentation upon submission.
Confidentiality and Integrity
JNAMT operates a double-blind peer review process, ensuring confidentiality and impartial evaluation.
Reviewer and author identities are not disclosed to each other.
Reviewers must treat submitted manuscripts as confidential and must not disclose or use any part of the content prior to publication.
Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest to the Editor and recuse themselves when necessary.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editors are responsible for ensuring that peer review is unbiased, comprehensive, and compliant with ethical standards.
Editorial decisions regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection are based solely on the manuscript’s technical quality, originality, relevance to naval architecture and marine technology, and ethical compliance.
Suspected ethical breaches, including plagiarism or data fabrication, will be investigated according to COPE guidelines.
Reviewer Responsibilities
Reviewers must provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations of manuscripts.
Ethical issues such as plagiarism, duplication, or data manipulation must be clearly identified and reported.
Reviews must be detailed, fair, and aimed at improving the clarity, accuracy, and technical rigor of the manuscript.
Author Responsibilities
Authors must ensure that research is reported accurately, with clear descriptions of methodologies, data, results, and conclusions.
Conflicts of interest must be transparently declared.
All prior relevant engineering research must be properly cited.
Authors must cooperate fully with editors and reviewers by addressing comments and revision requests respectfully and comprehensively.
By adhering to these policies, JNAMT ensures that all published research meets the highest standards of technical excellence, reliability, and ethical scholarly communication in naval architecture and marine engineering.
