Ethics & Disclosures
AcademicProceeding.org, under the publishing framework of the Society of Integrated Academic Research and Education (SIARE), is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the research it publishes. Authors, reviewers, editors, and contributors are expected to act in accordance with recognized principles of responsible research and publication ethics, including honest reporting, appropriate disclosure, respect for research participants, and clear accountability for the scholarly record.
Research Integrity
Research must be conducted, reported, and presented honestly, accurately, and transparently.
Ethics Compliance
Studies involving humans, animals, data, or sensitive materials must follow applicable ethical standards.
Disclosure Obligations
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose relevant competing interests and funding relationships.
Accountability
All participants in the publication process share responsibility for protecting the integrity of the scholarly record.
1 Research Integrity
Submissions must be conducted and reported honestly, accurately, and transparently. Research should be designed and described in a way that protects the dignity, rights, and welfare of participants, minimizes risk, and makes responsibility and accountability clear throughout the research and publication process.
Ethical review and oversight should be proportionate to the nature and level of risk involved in the work.
2 Ethics Approval for Research Involving Humans or Animals
Where research involves human participants, human data, human biological material, animals, or other sensitive materials, authors must confirm that the work was conducted in accordance with applicable institutional, national, and international ethical standards.
Where approval was required, the manuscript must state the name of the approving ethics committee or review board and provide the approval or reference number where available.
For research involving people, authors must confirm that participation was voluntary where applicable, that appropriate safeguards were in place, and that participants’ rights, dignity, privacy, and autonomy were respected throughout the study.
3 Informed Consent and Privacy
Authors must obtain informed consent when required for participation, collection of personal data, publication of identifiable information, images, case details, or any other material that could reasonably identify an individual.
If identifying information is included, authors must confirm that explicit permission for publication was obtained. Personal data should be handled carefully and included only when scientifically necessary and ethically justified.
4 Authorship and Contribution Disclosure
Authorship should be limited to individuals who made a substantial intellectual contribution to the work and who can take public responsibility for its content.
Contributors who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately rather than listed as authors. Guest, gift, and ghost authorship are not acceptable.
Changes to authorship after submission should be exceptional and must be supported by a clear explanation and written agreement from all affected authors.
5 Competing Interests and Conflicts of Interest
All authors must disclose any competing interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence the work, its interpretation, or its presentation. These may include financial, professional, institutional, personal, academic, or intellectual relationships.
A competing interest does not automatically invalidate a submission. The key requirement is full and timely disclosure so that editors, reviewers, and readers can assess the work appropriately. If no competing interests exist, authors should state that explicitly.
6 Funding and Sponsor Disclosure
All sources of funding, financial support, and material support must be disclosed in the manuscript. Authors should identify who funded the work and, where relevant, describe the role of the funder in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, or the decision to submit the manuscript.
7 Disclosure Responsibilities of Reviewers and Editors
Reviewers and editors must also disclose any competing interests that could compromise, or appear to compromise, their impartiality.
Individuals with relevant conflicts should recuse themselves from handling or evaluating a manuscript.
8 Transparency in Reporting
Authors should present methods, data, results, and interpretations as clearly and accurately as possible. Relevant ethical approvals, consent statements, funding information, and disclosure statements should appear in the manuscript in a clear and visible form.
Transparency, objectivity, and accountability are essential to trust in the scholarly record.
9 Investigation of Ethical Concerns
If concerns are raised about undisclosed conflicts, improper authorship, missing ethics approval, consent issues, or other ethical matters, the journal may request clarification, documentation, institutional confirmation, or corrections to the record.
Where appropriate, concerns may be investigated in accordance with recognized ethics guidance and established editorial procedures.
10 Author Declarations
At submission, authors may be required to confirm, as applicable, that:
- The work complies with relevant ethical standards;
- Required ethics approval was obtained;
- Informed consent was secured where necessary;
- All authors meet authorship criteria and approve the submission;
- All funding sources have been disclosed; and
- All competing interests have been declared.
Contact
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