Publication ethics ensure the trustworthiness of research and maintain academic integrity across the publication process. All scholars collaborating with IJGTSS must adhere to these values.
COPE Standard: We encourage authors, reviewers, and editors to follow
COPE's publication ethics and recommended best practices.
Authors
- Authors must disclose conflicts of interest.
- Provide accurate supporting data and methods for validation.
- Plagiarism or duplicate submission is strictly prohibited.
- All referenced work must be properly cited.
Editors
- Editors must remain impartial in their decisions.
- Manuscript confidentiality must be strictly maintained.
- Final publication approval lies with the chief editor.
- Editors should address ethical concerns transparently.
Reviewers
- Reviewers must keep manuscript content confidential.
- Potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed.
- Feedback should be objective, constructive, and unbiased.
- Reviewers must follow COPE peer-review integrity guidelines.