Ethical guidelines for Peer reviewers

Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology (IJVST) follows and adheres to: COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.  

FUM Policy on Using AI and LLMs

In compliance with the position taken by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (link), in all FUM Press publications, including academic papers, authors may use AI (artificial intelligence) and LLMs (Large language models) tools to prepare initial drafts in the "Materials and Methods (or similar)" section of their manuscript. They may do so transparently, and only if they maintain full accountability and responsibility for the content of their work. Since these tools cannot take responsibility for submitted manuscripts, “AI tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship” at this stage. FUM Press remains strictly committed to the long-established academic standards regarding authorship, plagiarism, transparency, and accountability; authors are thus required to properly document and state their use of AI or LLMs.

Confidentiality: Manuscripts under peer review should be strictly confidential. Reviewers must not share manuscripts or discuss their content with anyone outside the peer review process.  Reviewers should not discuss the manuscript with anyone other than the IJVST Editor, nor should they discuss any information from the manuscript without permission

Conflicts of interest:  Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections.

Registration of the reviews in the Web of Science

Due to the integration of Publons and Web of Science, reviewers who wish to register their reviews can send the "Thank you"email that will be sent to them after completing the review by the journal to reviews@webofscience.com.