Publication Ethics Policy

Overview

Publication ethics policies support accuracy, transparency, accountability, and correction of the scholarly record.

Core expectations

Authors, reviewers, editors, and conference contributors share responsibility for ethical scholarly communication.

• Submit original work and cite sources accurately.
• Disclose funding, conflicts, authorship contributions, and AI tool use where relevant.
• Provide ethics approval, consent, trial registration, and data information when applicable.
• Avoid fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, citation manipulation, and misleading reporting.

Concern handling

When concerns arise, editors assess evidence and may request documentation before taking action.

• Authors may be asked for source data, approvals, or explanations.
• Institutions or ethics bodies may be contacted for serious concerns.
• Published articles may receive corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions.
• Readers and authors may use complaint and appeal routes for documented concerns.