Conflict of Interest (Peer Reviewers)

• A reviewer should not, for the purpose of his/her own research, use unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript, without the approval of the editor,

• The data included in the research paper is required to be kept confidential, and the reviewer shall not be allowed to use it for his/her any personal study,

• The reviewer must declare any potentially conflicting interests (e.g., personal, financial, intellectual, professional, political, or religious). In this situation, s/he will be required to follow the journal’s policies on situations they consider representing a conflict in reviewing,

• A reviewer should be honest to declare conflicts of interest, if, the research paper under review is the same as his/her presently conducted study,

• If the reviewer feels unqualified to separate his/her bias, s/he should immediately return the manuscript to the editor without review and brief him/her about the matter.