PMN Guidelines for Article Types

Plant Management Network
Journal Ethics Policy

The editors of PMN journals support commonly held standards of ethics and principles shared by scholarly professional publishers. Authors who submit manuscripts to PMN journals must agree to the Author’s Declaration confirming the following:

• The manuscript, either in its entirety or portions of the manuscript, is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere. PMN will not publish a paper that contains data that have been or will be published elsewhere. An exception is the publication of review or retrospective articles, where the source of previously published data is credited and published figures or tables are used with permission.

• The results presented are the authors’ original work and accurately and completely represent the results of the research performed. Plagiarism, data fabrication, selective reporting of data, or inclusion of data from other, uncredited sources are unethical and not acceptable.

• The authors credit and cite the relevant previously published work that influences or impacts the methods used or the interpretation of results and conclusions.

• The authors have acknowledged the source of funding for the research and disclosed to the editor(s) any perceived conflicts of interest with funding sources.

Authorship

Those who submit papers to PMN journals should respect the value of the research of their peers by not devaluing authorship. Each author should have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the design, conduct, analysis, or interpretation of the study. Each author must approve the article before it is submitted for review, as well as the final version of the article to be published, and be willing to take public responsibility for his or her contribution to the paper. In addition, the first author and the corresponding author are expected to take public responsibility for the entire paper.

Corresponding authors must confirm the following:

• All authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved its submission.

• All contributors who deserve authorship have been included.

Editorial and Review Process

Reviewers of manuscripts must abide by the confidentiality rules specified in the instructions for reviewers that accompany the manuscript. Reviewers may not:

• cite or refer to the work prior to publication

• use information from the work to advance their research

• share the manuscript or its findings with others

• save a copy of the manuscript or any portion of the manuscript following completion of the review