Publication Ethics
Journal of Integrative and Innovative Humanities operates to maintain the standards of the journal and publication ethics in accordance with the practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all aspects as follows:
Responsibility of the Authors
1. Authors must thoroughly review the journal’s details and guidelines, ensuring their submission is correct and complete, and they must adhere to the journal's requirements for submission to Journal of Integrative and Innovative Humanities.
2. Authors must not engage in unethical practices such as plagiarism or duplicate publication.
3. While submitting an article for consideration in Journal of Integrative and Innovative Humanities, authors must not submit the same article for review elsewhere.
4. Authors must not fabricate or distort any data in their submitted articles.
5. Authors must check for self-plagiarism and proper citation before submitting their article, ensuring all references are complete and accurate.
6. For articles based on research involving human or animal subjects, authors are not required to submit ethical approval documentation with the journal but are responsible for keeping the ethical approval certificate in case it needs to be presented.
7. Authors must make necessary revisions based on the review and suggestions from the reviewers and editorial board within the specified timeframe. Failure to do so may result in the delay of publication or withdrawal of the article from the journal.
8. Authors should clearly acknowledge any funding sources for their research (if applicable) and disclose any conflicts of interest (if applicable).
9. Authors are prohibited from modifying, reproducing, or translating articles published in the Journal into another language for submission to other journals, or presenting them in other formats or making further modifications.
Responsibility of the Reviewers
1. Reviewers must uphold ethical standards in reviewing articles, ensuring they have expertise in the relevant field and evaluating articles based on quality, correctness, and academic reasoning, free from any bias.
2. Reviewers must justify their evaluation by referencing principles and works relevant to the article, even if not cited in the submission. If plagiarism or duplicate publication is detected, reviewers must report it to the editorial board with verifiable evidence.
3. Reviewers must not disclose confidential information from articles under review before they are published and must not engage in any behavior that could reveal their identity through the review process.
4. Reviewers must have no conflicts of interest with the authors or the editorial board, either directly or indirectly. If a conflict of interest is identified, the reviewer must inform the editor and decline to review the article.
5. Reviewers must adhere to the journal’s timelines and complete their evaluations within the prescribed period.
Responsibility of the Editor and Editorial Board
1. The editor and editorial board are responsible for managing the journal's operations to ensure correctness, orderliness, and suitability in accordance with the journal's objectives, ethics, and the operational guidelines under DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals.
2. The editor and editorial board are responsible for reviewing and verifying the submitted articles sequentially, considering the quality, academic value, and relevance of the content to the scope of the journal, as well as ensuring the quality of the articles after the quality assessment process and necessary revisions before publication.
3. The editor and editorial board must make decisions about articles fairly, without bias or favoritism.
4. The editor and editorial board must monitor articles to prevent duplicate publication or plagiarism, which would constitute unethical behavior.
5. The editor and editorial board must strictly adhere to the journal’s procedures, maintaining its standards and managing the journal to ensure quality within the specified timeframe.
6. The editor and editorial board must not disclose information about reviewers or authors during the journal’s review process or before the article is published, under any circumstances.
Note: The journal does not allow changes to funding sources after an article has been published.
The Journal is committed to maintaining integrity, transparency, and accountability in all aspects of scholarly publishing. To this end, we set out the following policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and malpractice.
Responsibility of the Authors
1. Authors must disclose any use of AI tools in the creation of text, data analysis, or figure generation. The specific tools and extent of their use should be clearly described in the methods or acknowledgments section.
2. AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Human authors are fully responsible for the content, accuracy, and integrity of the work.
3. Authors must ensure that all AI-generated content is accurate, original, and free from plagiarism. Peer reviewers should be informed of any AI use to assess the work appropriately.
4. AI must not be used to fabricate data, manipulate results, or mislead readers. Any limitations or potential biases introduced by AI should be acknowledged.
5. Submitting AI-generated text, figures, or data as original scholarship without disclosure constitutes malpractice.
Responsibility of the Reviewers
1. Reviewers must not delegate peer review to AI systems or share manuscripts with AI tools that compromise confidentiality.
2. Reviewers may use AI for language support but remain fully responsible for the originality and confidentiality of their assessments.
3. Reviews generated primarily by AI, without critical human judgment, are not acceptable.
Responsibility of the Editors
1. Editors must not rely on AI systems to make editorial decisions.
2. AI tools may assist with administrative or language tasks but cannot replace editorial judgment.
3. Editors are responsible for ensuring that AI use within the editorial process upholds transparency, confidentiality, and fairness.
Competing Interests
All authors are required to provide a declaration of competing interests on the title page. This statement will be reviewed by the editors and may be published alongside the article.
Competing interests are circumstances that could be seen as influencing the objectivity or integrity of an author’s work. These may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual, or personal relationships or commitments.
For manuscripts with multiple authors, the submitting author must include declarations covering all contributors.
An example of appropriate wording is:
“Competing interests: Author 1 is employed by Organisation A. Author 2 serves on the Board of Company B and is a member of Organisation C. Author 3 has received research funding from Company D.”
If no competing interests exist, the declaration should read:
“Competing interests: The author(s) declare none.”
Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism
Submissions must be original and properly referenced. Plagiarism, including unattributed use of others’ work, is not allowed. Self-plagiarism, or reusing substantial parts of one’s own published work without citation, is likewise prohibited. Manuscripts with overlapping or plagiarized content may be rejected or retracted.
Journal of Integrative and Innovative Humanities takes instances of plagiarism very seriously. Submissions are randomly reviewed using anti-plagiarism software. Please refer to our Ethical Guidelines.
Malpractice
1. Undisclosed or inappropriate use of AI tools, plagiarism, data fabrication, duplicate publication, or breach of confidentiality are considered forms of malpractice.
2. The Journal will investigate suspected cases of malpractice in accordance with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/).
