Ethical Code

Ethical Code of the journal  

Enki & Ptah. Journal of Technology and Trade in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia is a double blind peer-reviewed scientific journal that is inspired by the ethical code of publication worked out by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics, Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors). 

Editors responsibilities 

The Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board of Enki & Ptah. Journal of Technology and Trade in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia are in charge of the decision of publishing the articles submitted to the Journal. In their decisions, they have to follow the policy of the Journal. 

The articles accepted will be submitted to the evaluation of two reviewers; however, their acceptance is subordinated to the implementation of possible modifications required and to the definitive opinion of the Editorial Board. 

The Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board are in charge of evaluating the manuscripts on the basis of their scientific content, without discrimination of race, sex, gender identity, creed, ethnic origin, citizenship, or scientific, academic and political position of the Authors. 

If the Editorial Board notices or receives notifications on mistakes or inaccuracies, conflict of interest or plagiarism in a published article, it will make a prompt communication to the Author and the Publisher and will undertake the necessary actions to clear up the matter; moreover, if necessary, it will withdraw the article or will publish a recantation.

Authors Responsibilities 

The Authors are obliged to declare the originality of their work in all its parts and that all the works consulted have been properly quoted. If the works of other Authors are used, they must be properly paraphrased or duly quoted. 

The Authors must indicate any financing agency related to their research or the project the article derives from.  

The authorship of the work must be correctly attributed; in particular, the Authors are required to explicitly indicate any co-authors who gave a meaningful contribution to the conceiving, organization, accomplishment and revision of the research the article is based on. 

The manuscripts under evaluation must not be submitted to other journals for publication. 

All the Authors are obliged to declare unequivocally that there is no conflict of interest which could have influenced the results obtained or the interpretations suggested.  

All the Authors must send an English abstract of the papers they submit to the journal. 

The protocols of the original works must be authorized in advance by the ethical committee the Authors refer to; the researches must be carried out according to ethical rules, with express reference to the Helsinki declaration. 

Reviewers responsibilities 

The Reviewers play an important role in supporting the Editorial Board. By means of the peer-review procedure, the Reviewers contribute to maintain the journal’s quality at a high level. They can, moreover, suggest to the Authors some adjustments or expedients aimed to improve their contribution. 

Each work to be read has to be considered confidential; therefore, the works must not be discussed with or passed on to third parties. The Reviewers are obliged to report to the Editorial Board of the journal the existence of possible conflicts of interest with the research from which the article arises. 

The editing must be carried out from an objective point of view. The reviewers are obliged to state grounds for their evaluation. 

The Reviewers should report any similarity or overlapping of the work received with other works known to them.