Publication Ethics

 
Policy & Standards

Publication Ethics

Commitment to integrity, transparency, and malpractice prevention.

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Core Principles

Advances Psychology Innovation (APSY) is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in academic publishing. This policy aligns with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows international best practices to ensure transparency, integrity, accountability, and quality in the dissemination of psychological research.

"All parties involved in the publication process—authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher—must adhere to these ethical standards to uphold the credibility, reliability, and academic value of scientific work."

Duties of Authors

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. APSY employs similarity screening tools to identify overlap and maintain academic integrity. All citations and references must be presented accurately and consistently in accordance with the journal’s required style.

Authorship Criteria

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made a substantial scholarly contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the study. All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript before submission. Ghost authorship, honorary authorship, and guest authorship are strictly prohibited.

Data Integrity and Research Ethics

Fabrication, falsification, or selective manipulation of data is strictly forbidden. Research involving human participants must comply with accepted ethical standards and, where applicable, must be supported by approval from an ethics committee or institutional review board. Authors should be prepared to provide supporting data when requested for editorial or review purposes.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships that could be perceived to influence the interpretation or presentation of their findings. Sources of funding and other forms of support must be declared transparently.

Duties of Editors

  • Fair Play: Editorial decisions are based solely on academic merit, including originality, significance, validity, clarity, and relevance to the journal’s scope, without discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, or institutional affiliation.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and authorized editorial participants.
  • Conflict of Interest: Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts when conflicts of interest arise from collaborative, competitive, institutional, or personal relationships with authors or related parties.

Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution: Reviewers assist editors in making editorial decisions and support authors in improving manuscripts through constructive, evidence-based feedback.
  • Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents and must not be shared, circulated, or discussed without editorial authorization.
  • Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively and professionally. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should present their views clearly and support them with reasoned arguments.
  • Promptness: Reviewers who feel unqualified to assess a manuscript or unable to complete the review within the required timeframe should inform the editor promptly.

Digital Preservation & Archiving

The publisher is committed to ensuring long-term preservation, discoverability, and accessibility of published content through multiple reliable digital systems and scholarly infrastructures:

LOCKSS

Distributed archiving system via LOCKSS to safeguard content against data loss.

Portico

Trusted preservation through Portico to ensure long-term digital continuity.

DOI / Crossref

Persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) assigned to all published articles.

OJS System

Hosted through Open Journal Systems to support transparent editorial management and stable access.

Open Access & Licensing

CC BY-SA

Published under CC BY-SA 4.0. Authors retain copyright of their work. The journal supports broad dissemination, responsible reuse, and the advancement of knowledge through open scholarly communication.

Handling Misconduct

Allegations of misconduct, including plagiarism, duplicate submission, image manipulation, authorship misconduct, or data falsification, are handled rigorously and in accordance with ethical publishing standards. If misconduct is confirmed, actions may include correction, retraction, formal notification to the relevant institution, or rejection of the manuscript.

Serious ethical violations may result in authors being restricted from future submissions.

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