1- Privacy Policy

The intentions of The Egyptian Phytopathological Society (EPS) are to respect and secure the information privacy of its subscribers and others that register on the EJP Publications Online site. User or Subscriber data will not be subjected to second parties for promotional use. Problems or questions should be directed to …………… اسم موقع الجمعية 

2- Ethics & disclosures

• The EJP is committed to maintaining a high level of integrity in the content published.
• The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen the submissions.
• A peer-reviewed process (Semi Blind) will be applied to the content published in this journal.
• Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with author may also help in improving the paper.
• Peer review is a mandatory component of formal scholarly communication, and lies as cornerstone of the scientific method.
• In addition to the specific ethics-related duties described above, reviewers are obliged to treat authors and their data as they would like to be treated themselves and follow the best reviewing etiquette.
• Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research/manuscript shall notify the editor and refuse to go through the reviewing process. 

3- Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal and the professionalism of scientific authorship as follows:

• The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full).
• The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
• No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’).
• Results should be presented clearly, in integrity, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image-based manipulation).
• Upon plagiarism-detection software utilization, authors should avoid incorrect statements about an entity (who can be an individual person or a company) or descriptions of their behavior or actions that could potentially be seen as personal attacks or allegations about that person.
• Concerning changes to authorship, authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final list of authors at the time of initial submission. Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names or orders in the authorship list should be made only prior to the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal editor.