GOTEJ adopted the Committee on Publication Ethics to abide by its best practices. As such, we expect Editor in Chief, editors, authors and reviewers to strictly abide by the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines. In the case of manipulation of figures, dual submissions, fabricated results, ghost authorship, gift authorship, guest authorship and other publication malpractice GOTEJ will invoke the Committee on Publication Ethics guidelines. In case of suspected plagiarism, GOTEJ will treat the case according to Committee on Publication Ethics flowchart on dealing with plagiarism