JAVZHS is committed to the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors

• Submit only original work, and properly acknowledge and cite the work of others.
• Do not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at a time.
• Report data honestly; fabrication, falsification, and image manipulation are misconduct.
• Promptly notify the editor of any significant error found in their published work.

Reviewers

• Treat manuscripts as confidential documents.
• Provide objective, constructive reviews and declare any competing interests.

Editors

• Evaluate manuscripts solely on their academic merit and fit with the journal's scope.
• Keep submissions confidential and recuse themselves from manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest.