Publication Ethics

This Conference follows the guidelines set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all aspects of publication ethics, in particular, protocols of research and publication misconduct.

Maintaining Research Results

The results of research should be recorded and maintained in a form that allows analysis and review, both by collaborators before publication and by other scientists for a reasonable period after publication. Exceptions may be appropriate in certain circumstances to preserve privacy, to assure patent protection, or for similar reasons.

Fabrication of data is an egregious departure from the expected norms of scientific conduct, as is the selective reporting of data with the intent to mislead or deceive, as well as the theft of data or research results from others.

Publication and Authorship

Authors have the responsibility to provide an accurate and concise account of their research, including its significance. Sufficient detail and references to public sources should be included for reproducibility. Proper acknowledgment of others’ work is essential, with citations to influential publications. Private information obtained from conversations or correspondence requires explicit permission from the source. Information from confidential services cannot be used without permission from the author. Authors must obtain permission and include credit lines for previously published materials. Authors deriving a journal article from proceedings must obtain copyright permission if reusing figures/tables and cite the proceedings paper.

Author Obligations

• The corresponding author must have the approval of all other listed authors for the submission and publication of all versions of the manuscript.
• Anyone who has made independent contributions to the manuscript should be invited to become a coauthor.
• The submitted manuscript must contain unpublished original work and not be under consideration for publication by any other journal, other than in oral, poster or abstract formats. Duplicate publications are never acceptable.
• The authors’ central obligation is to present a concise, accurate account of the research and an objective discussion of its significance. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to public sources of information to permit others to repeat the work.
• Plagiarism or self-plagiarism constitutes unethical scientific behavior and is never acceptable.
• Any part of the submitted manuscript that derives from prior published work, including work by the same authors, must be properly cited.
• Fragmentation of research papers is not acceptable. Publications should be organized so that each paper gives a complete account of a particular aspect of the research.
• Criticism of a paper in either a Comment or article must be professional, substantive, and free of polemics.
• If any of the preceding guidelines ceases to be true, the authors have a duty to notify the Editor as soon as possible so that corrective action can be taken.