Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

(JAIS) Journal of Applied Intelligent System

 

#### **1. Introduction**

The Journal of Applied Intelligent Systems is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the act of publishing (the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, and the publisher) agree to the following standards of ethical behavior. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

#### **2. Duties of Authors**

1. **Reporting Standards**
Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

2. **Data Access and Retention**
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if possible, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

3. **Originality and Plagiarism**
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

4. **Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication**
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

5. **Acknowledgment of Sources**
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

6. **Authorship of the Paper**
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

7. **Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest**
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

8. **Fundamental Errors in Published Works**
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.

#### **3. Duties of Reviewers**

1. **Contribution to Editorial Decisions**
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

2. **Promptness**
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.

3. **Confidentiality**
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

4. **Standards of Objectivity**
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

5. **Acknowledgment of Sources**
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

6. **Disclosure and Conflict of Interest**
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

#### **4. Duties of Editors**

1. **Fair Play**
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

2. **Confidentiality**
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

3. **Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest**
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

4. **Publication Decisions**
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

5. **Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations**
An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies.

#### **5. Duties of the Publisher**

1. **Handling of Unethical Publishing Behavior**
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification, or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work.

2. **Access to Journal Content**
The publisher is committed to ensuring that the journal's content is preserved and remains accessible to readers.

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