Publication Ethics

Our proceeding is fully committed to the highest standards of publication ethics to ensure the quality, integrity, and transparency of all publication processes. This ethical policy applies to all parties involved in the publication process: authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

Authors' Responsibilities

  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is original and has not been previously published elsewhere, either in part or in whole. Plagiarism in any form, including self-plagiarism (duplicate publication), is unacceptable. All sources used must be properly cited.
  • Accuracy and Data: Authors must present their research findings accurately and honestly. Data manipulation, fabrication, or falsification is strictly prohibited. Authors may be asked to provide raw data related to the manuscript for editorial review.
  • Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any potential financial or personal conflicts of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: All sources used in the research, including ideas, quotations, and data, must be acknowledged and properly cited.
  • Authorship: Only individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, acquisition of data, analysis, or interpretation of data, as well as the drafting or substantive revision of the manuscript, should be listed as authors. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript before submission.
  • Multiple/Redundant Publication: Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one  primary publication. Submitting a manuscript that is currently under review by another proceeding or journal is considered unethical.
  • Errors in Published Works: If authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the editor and cooperate to retract or correct the manuscript.

Editors' Responsibilities

  • Publication Decisions: Editors are responsible for deciding which manuscripts will be published. This decision must be based on the manuscript's significance, originality, validity, scientific contribution, and its relevance to the proceeding scope.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, and the publisher.
  • Objectivity and Impartiality: Editors should evaluate manuscripts solely on their intellectual merit, without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Editors should decline to review manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions.
  • Retraction and Corrections: Editors should act promptly when ethical concerns are raised regarding a submitted manuscript or published article. Editors should work with the publisher to issue corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies as needed.

Reviewers' Responsibilities

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and can also help the author improve the manuscript.
  • Promptness: Any reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that a timely review will be impossible should notify the editor promptly and decline the review invitation.
  • Confidentiality: Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. Manuscripts must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
  • Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers should not review manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions.

Publication Ethics Violations

The proceeding will take serious action against any publication ethics violations. Such actions may include, but are not limited to:

  • Rejection of the manuscript.
  • Issuance of a formal notice of violation.
  • Retraction of published articles.
  • Notification to the authors' institutions or funding bodies.
  • Prohibition of future manuscript submissions to the proceeding.