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The names and email addresses entered in the website of the Journal of Animal Diversity (JAD) will be used exaclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL DIVERSITY PUBLICATION ETHICS

Ethical standards for publication exist to ensure high-quality scientific publications, public trust in scientific findings,and that people receive credit for their work and ideas.

The Journal of animal Diversity (JAD) is committed to maintaining  hig standards through a rigorous peer-review process together with strict ethical policies.Any infringements of professional ethical codes, such as plagiarism, fraudulent use of data ,bogus claims of authorship,or infringement of animal rights will be taken very seriously by the editors with zero tolerance.

JAD follows the Code of Conduct ( http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct ) of the committee  on Publication Ethics (COPE)(http://publicationethics.org),and follws the COPE Flowcharts(http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts) for Resolving Cases of Suspected Misconduct.

Submission

The submission of a manuscript having multiple authors constitutes a representation that all listed authors concur with the submission and have approved the version being submitted.Authors are expected to include  the following statements in the cover latter:

1)All authors agree to its submission and the Corresponding author has been authorized by co-authors;

2)The submitted article has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere;

3)This Article does not violate any copiyright or other personal proprietary right of any person or entity and it contains no abusive, defamatory, obscene or fraudulent statements, nor any other statements that are unlawful in any way.

4)The author(s) agree not to withdraw from the publication process unless the article is rejected by the journal.

5)Authors are invited to suggest qualified reviewers of their article; edittors may not utilize these suggestions.

Authors need to complete and return an Assignment of copyright form when paper is accepted for pablication.