Duties of Authors

• Originality: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. If authors have used the work of others, appropriate citations must be provided.
• Multiple Submissions: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.
• Authorship: All persons listed as authors must have made significant contributions to the research. All contributors must be listed as authors.
• Disclosure: Authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence the research.
• Data Access: Authors should be prepared to provide raw data related to the paper for editorial review and should retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
• Errors: When authors discover significant errors in their published work, they must promptly notify the editor.

Duties of Editors

• Fair Play: Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Confidentiality: The editor and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, and the publisher.
• Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by the editor for personal research without written consent of the author.
• Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding which submitted articles are published based on validation of the work, its importance, and relevance to the journal's scope.

Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may help authors improve their manuscripts.
• Promptness: Reviewers who feel unqualified or unable to complete a review in a timely manner should notify the editor.
• Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review are confidential documents and must not be shared with or discussed with others.
• Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
• Source Acknowledgement: Reviewers should identify relevant published work not cited by the authors.

Plagiarism Policy

TAFFD's Journal has a zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism. All submissions are screened for plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected, the manuscript will be immediately rejected. If plagiarism is found after publication, the article will be retracted and the author's institution will be notified.

Open Access & Licensing

All articles published in TAFFD's Journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). This permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors retain copyright of their work.

Corrections & Retractions

If significant errors are identified in published articles, TAFFD's Journal will issue an erratum or corrigendum. In cases of serious misconduct, fabrication, or plagiarism, articles may be retracted in accordance with COPE retraction guidelines.

Complaints & Appeals

Authors who wish to appeal an editorial decision or lodge a complaint should contact the Editor-in-Chief at editor@taffdsjournal.org. All complaints and appeals will be investigated promptly and fairly.