Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement

COPE Guidelines Compliance

For promoting integrity in research and scholarly publication, JALIS strictly follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) available at https://publicationethics.org/.

Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism & Fabrication

Plagiarism involves authors presenting someone else's work, language, or ideas as their own.
Duplicate publication or self-plagiarism occurs when an author reuses significant portions of their own past work without appropriate referencing and citations.
Similarity Threshold: Manuscripts with less than 10% similarity, as identified by authenticated anti-plagiarism screening software, may undergo peer review.
Authors must obtain explicit permission to reuse copyrighted figures, charts, and tables, ensuring all cited unpublished data is properly credited.
Reviewers are required to be vigilant about unauthorized use of appropriated data and notify the editorial office of any concerns immediately.

Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The journal promotes the ethical use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in scholarly publishing. Full compliance with principles of transparency, originality, confidentiality, and academic integrity is mandatory.

Permitted AI Uses

Language editing and grammar correction.
Improving clarity, syntax, and readability.
Assistance with formatting and typesetting.

Prohibited AI Uses

Generating fabricated empirical data.
Creating false references or fake citations.
Altering research images or analytical graphs.
Automatic generation of scientific conclusions.

Authorship & Disclosure: Generative AI tools cannot be designated as authors or co-authors. Authors must explicitly acknowledge the use of AI tools and their precise purpose in the manuscript disclosures. Reviewers must never upload or share unpublished manuscripts with AI services.

Correction and Retraction Protocols

Publishable amendments to scientific publications are communicated through formal online notices categorized into three standard types:

1. Erratum: Issued to notify readers of significant errors made by the journal that impact the integrity of the publication or credibility.

2. Corrigendum: Addresses critical errors made by the authors that affect scientific accuracy or author affiliations.

3. Retraction: Serves to invalidate fraudulent or irreproducible results, requiring signed concurrence or independent committee review in accordance with COPE guidelines.

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