Ethical Guidelines
1. The Wrights’ Ethical Guidelines
The wrights ethical guidleines are given here to all those who intend to publish their work in this journal. The guidelines are as follows:
- The manuscript you submit to THE WRIGHTS must not be forwarded to any other journal until the decision of the editorial board is communicated to you.
- The manuscript should not contain any illicit material nor contravene any existing copyright unless with due permission.
- The author should have permission from another manuscript holder(s) to reconstruct their manuscript not owned by the author.
- "Proof of Consent" regarding the use of names of people and organizations must be given.
- The author who submits the final draft of the manuscript is responsible for the material concur to publication and the order of the other authors listed on the paper.
- All persons making significant contributions to the research should be listed as author(s). Minor contributions may be acknowledged in the Acknowledgement section.
- It is the responsibility of the author(s) to announce any potential conflict of interest in the paper. Any support from the third party must be mentioned in the Acknowledgement section.
- The author should not deposit the final version of the manuscript into an organizational repository until The Wrights has published the manuscript. The paper will be deposited in the repository by the editor(s) of The Wrights after publishing.
- The author should not allow others to gather and save his paper to a separate server electronically.
- All authors must submit a Consent Form and a Contribution Form mentioning their contribution to the research paper submitted. The consent form should have the signatures of all the authors showing that they have reviewed the article and agree to take responsibility for the content.
The corresponding author who submits the manuscript to the wrights should practice and follow the authors' guidelines as mentioned, as all manuscripts which are not according to the guidelines will not be processed. Furthermore, the author should also accept that, in severe cases of misconduct, which the editorial board will finally decide, they may be barred from publishing in the wrights.
2. HEC’s Ethical Guidelines
The Wrights also adheres to the Ethical Guidelines provided by the Higher Education Commission-HEC of Pakistan. These ethical guidelines can be downloaded using the following link:
www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/SSAH/Documents/JCR/HEC%20Approved%20Ethical%20Guidelines.pdf
3. COPE’s Ethical Guidelines
The Wrights also considers the Ethical Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics while solving ethical issues of publication in the journal. These guidelines can be downloaded using the following link:
