Research Ethics

The International Journal of Energy Systems and Mechanical Engineering is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity, transparency, and responsible conduct in research. Authors are expected to conduct and report their research honestly, accurately, and in accordance with applicable ethical and professional standards.

Authors must ensure that:

• Research findings are reported accurately without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation of data.
• All sources, ideas, methods, and previous research used in the manuscript are properly acknowledged and cited.
• Authorship is limited to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to the research.
• Any financial, professional, or personal conflicts of interest are disclosed.
• Research involving human participants, personal data, or other ethically sensitive materials has appropriate ethical approval and informed consent, where applicable.
• Research involving animals must comply with relevant institutional and national ethical requirements.
• Data, methods, models, simulations, and research procedures should be presented transparently to support reproducibility and verification.
• Authors must not submit substantially the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.
• Any suspected research misconduct or ethical violation may be investigated by the editorial team, and appropriate corrective actions may be taken.

The journal reserves the right to request supporting documentation concerning ethical approval, research data, methodology, or other aspects of research integrity when necessary.