Purpose and Scope
The Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Technology (JNAMT) is committed to promoting integrity, transparency, and responsible conduct in research and publishing. This policy applies to all manuscripts submitted to JNAMT and outlines the ethical obligations of authors, reviewers, and editors to ensure high-quality, trustworthy, and environmentally responsible scientific contributions.
Ethical Conduct in Research
Integrity and Accuracy: Research findings must be reported honestly and without fabrication, falsification, or selective omission of data.
Reproducibility: Methods, materials, and analyses must be described with sufficient clarity to allow independent verification.
Responsible Engineering Practice: Studies must comply with international engineering safety standards and applicable maritime regulations.
Environmental Protection: Research involving marine and coastal environments must be performed in a manner that prevents environmental harm and aligns with international environmental protocols (e.g., IMO, MARPOL).
Industrial Collaboration and Conflicts of Interest
All financial, industrial, or institutional relationships that may influence the research must be disclosed at the time of submission.
Sponsored or collaborative research with shipbuilding, marine technology, or related industries must be reported transparently.
Editors and reviewers must declare any conflicts of interest that may affect their impartiality in handling manuscripts.
Data Management and Availability
Authors are encouraged to make datasets, engineering test results, and simulation codes available in appropriate repositories while respecting confidentiality and intellectual property rights.
Misuse or manipulation of data, figures, or experimental findings is strictly prohibited.
Publication Ethics and Misconduct
The journal does not tolerate:
Plagiarism or duplicate submissions
Data fabrication, falsification, or image manipulation
Salami slicing (inappropriately fragmented publications)
Unacknowledged conflicts of interest
All suspected cases of misconduct will be investigated in line with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines. Sanctions may include manuscript rejection, published article retraction, formal notices to institutions, or banning future submissions.
Authorship and Acknowledgments
Authorship must reflect substantial intellectual contributions to the research (e.g., conceptualization, methodology, analysis, or writing).
Guest or honorary authorship and omission of contributors are unethical.
Contributions that do not meet authorship criteria (technical support, funding acquisition, data collection) should be recognized in the Acknowledgments section.
Peer Review and Editorial Responsibilities
JNAMT follows a double-blind peer review process to ensure unbiased and objective manuscript evaluations.
Reviewers must:
Maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts
Provide fair and constructive feedback
Avoid personal or professional conflicts of interest
Editors are responsible for safeguarding ethical standards, ensuring transparency, and making final publication decisions based solely on scholarly merit.
Engineering Experimentation and Safety Compliance
Experimental studies (e.g., model testing, hydrodynamic analysis, offshore structure evaluation) must comply with recognized laboratory safety protocols and engineering regulations.
Authors must detail risk assessments and safety measures taken during research to prevent harm to individuals, property, and the marine environment.
Commitment to Ethical Standards
By submitting to JNAMT, authors, reviewers, and editors affirm their commitment to uphold these research ethics principles. Preserving scientific integrity and environmental responsibility is essential to advancing the field of naval architecture and marine technology.
For questions related to research ethics, please contact: info@jnamt.org
