Overview
Research integrity procedures address misconduct allegations and protect confidence in published content.
Concerns covered
Editors may investigate issues raised before publication, during review, or after publication.
- Plagiarism, text recycling, duplicate submission, and redundant publication.
- Fabricated or falsified data, manipulated images, unsupported claims, and inappropriate statistics.
- Authorship disputes, undisclosed conflicts, reviewer manipulation, and citation manipulation.
- Ethics approval, consent, privacy, or trial registration concerns.
Editorial response
Responses depend on severity, evidence, author explanation, and whether the article has been published.
- Request clarification, source files, raw data, or institutional documentation.
- Reject submissions when integrity concerns are unresolved.
- Publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions when necessary.
- Keep records of decisions and correspondence.
How this page is used
This information supports authors, reviewers, editors, conference contributors, and readers by making the Sciencevio publishing route clear before submission and consistent after publication.
Use the policy to prepare declarations, files, permissions, ethics details, and journal or conference fit.
Editors and reviewers use the policy to keep decisions consistent, documented, confidential, and independent.
Corrections, reuse, metadata, archiving, complaints, and record updates are handled according to the published policy route.