Publication Ethics

The manuscript published in Journal of Digital and Information Computing is aligned with the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Core Practices and is designed to ensure the highest standards of integrity for authors, reviewers, and the editorial team.

1. Duties of the Editorial Board

  • Publication Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. These decisions are guided by the journal’s editorial policies and constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

  • Fair Play: We evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

  • Confidentiality: The editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and other editorial advisers.

  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

2. Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may also assist the author in improving the paper.

  • Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the process.

  • 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.

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

  • Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has 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.

     

3. Duties of Authors

  • Reporting Standards: Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper.

  • 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 if practicable.

  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

  • Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior.

  • 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.

  • 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.

4. Handling Misconduct and Post-Publication

  • Allegations of Misconduct: In cases of suspected or alleged misconduct (pre-publication or post-publication), the journal follows the COPE Flowcharts. We take all allegations of research gaps, data fabrication, or gift authorship seriously.

  • Corrections and Retractions: The journal is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. If an error is discovered, we will issue a correction (erratum/corrigendum). If the work is found to be fraudulent or fundamentally flawed, we will issue a retraction in accordance with COPE Retraction Guidelines.

  • Post-Publication Discussion: We encourage post-publication debate through letters to the editor or online commentary. We provide a mechanism for authors to respond to criticisms.