PoG (Journal of Physics of Gases) enforces strict ethical policies and standards and aims to contribute high-quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. The editorial office takes publishing ethics into very serious consideration. The editors are trained to deal with academic misconduct behavior (i.e., plagiarism, data falsification, manipulation, etc.) with a zero-tolerance policy.

For Authors

1. Repetition Detection: Plagiarism, multiple submission and redundant publishing is strictly prohibited. All submitted articles shall be tested by the Academic Misconduct Literature Check (AMLC) system developed by CNKI. The overall repetition rate shall be less than 25%. Should any plagiarism/multiple submission/redundant publishing be found, the manuscript shall be rejected at any stage of the review or publishing process, or be retracted if the manuscript has already been published. In case of serious misconduct, a notice will be sent to the authors’ institution and other journals within the discipline.

2. Authorship: The order of authors shall be determined before submission and shall not be changed thereafter. The change of order could be made only if a consent letter from all authors is provided. Other contributors for the manuscript should be listed in acknowledgement. “Gift author” is strictly prohibited. The Authors Contribution Form should be signed and provided when making submission.

3. Disclosure of Competing Interests: All authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest, i.e., when the financing / personal status / affiliation of the authors (or the authors' organization / employer) may affect the authors' decision, work or manuscript. When a product is involved, the author should also disclose whether there is a conflict of interest against competitive products. Authors should also submit Statement of Competing Interests along with the manuscript.

4. Forgery: Forgery refers to data or conclusions that are not obtained from experiments or research, but are forged and tampered by authors. Date forgery is strictly prohibited.

5. Confidentiality Review: Manuscripts should not breach any confidentiality issues. Authors should submit Confidentiality Review Form along with the manuscript.

For Reviewers

1. Reviewers shall guarantee that they review the manuscripts accurately, objectively and fairly on the basis of scientific quality. They should use their professional knowledge and ability to review the innovation, scientificity and practicability of manuscripts, and give a fair evaluation on whether the research method is appropriate, whether the scientific research design is reasonable, whether the results and conclusions are accurate, and whether confidential issues is involved, so as to help editors select manuscripts. They should put forward detailed comments for problems of manuscripts to help authors make revision.

2. Reviewers should respect the research achievements of authors and avoid reviewing manuscripts with competing interests. The review will only be based on academical standards instead of personal reasons. The selection of manuscripts shall not be affected by authors’ race, gender, religion, belief, social status, qualifications and authority. The review result should be clearly stated with sufficient arguments and facts.

3. Reviewers shall complete comments on the manuscripts and feed back to the editorial office within specified time. In case of any difficulty, the editorial office should be informed in time.

4. Reviewers shall keep confidential the content of the manuscripts strictly, and shall not release to or discuss the manuscripts with other people, nor use/publish the data, opinions and conclusions from the manuscripts.

5. All review comments and information must be kept confidential and not used for personal purposes.

6. Reviewers should avoid processing manuscripts for which they have competing interests.

For Editors

1. Editors shall strictly implement laws and national regulations, follow academic and publishing ethical standards, and maintain research integrity. Editors should process manuscripts in a timely and fair manner to keep publishing plan and article quality.

2. Editors shall respect the research results of authors and comments of reviewers, maintain the authentic records of the review, and keep confidential the data in all aspects during review and revision. Editors and editorial staff shall not disclose any information related to the submitted manuscripts except for providing necessary information to correspondence authors, reviewers and editorial committee members as appropriate.

3. Editors shall select articles fairly, and the acceptance or rejection of articles can only be based on originality, significance, clarity of the article and whether it conforms to the aim and scope of the journal.

4. Editors should encourage academic debate and are obliged to answer questions raised by authors against review comments and results.

5. Editors shall have obligation to investigate academic misconduct and communicate with authors. Once there is an appeal from authors, editors shall process the case timely. If necessary, editors shall publish corrections, clarifications, withdrawals or apologies in a timely manner.

6. Editors shall protect the information submitted by authors and the identity information of reviewers and other relevant personnel in the editorial office during blind review process.

7. Editors should avoid processing manuscripts for which they have competing interests.