Editorial Integrity Statement
IAD follows internationally recognized principles of publication ethics,
editorial independence, transparent peer review, responsible authorship,
conflict-of-interest management, persistent researcher identification,
and preservation of the scholarly record. Ethical concerns are handled
confidentially, fairly, and in accordance with established scholarly
publishing practices.
Publishing Ethics & Research Integrity References
IAD uses these references to support transparent publication practices,
responsible editorial management, persistent scholarly metadata,
researcher identity, and clear post-publication update policies.
Any official membership, signatory, or registration status should only
be displayed when it has been formally verified.
IAD Publishing Standards
Our editorial workflow is designed to support professional article preparation,
accurate author identification, transparent editorial decisions, responsible
metadata management, and long-term trust in the published scholarly record.
ORCID Identification
Authors, reviewers, and editors are encouraged to use verified ORCID iDs.
Professional Typesetting
Accepted manuscripts are prepared with structured formatting and quality control.
Editorial Timeline
Copyediting, layout, proofreading, and validation require careful processing time.
Continuous Improvement
IAD continuously improves editorial workflows, technology, and author services.
- Accountability: Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of submitted work.
- Disclosure: Any substantive use of AI tools in research, analysis, image generation, or manuscript writing must be disclosed.
- Human Oversight: Editorial decisions, peer-review judgments, and publication decisions are made by humans.
- Confidentiality: Reviewers and editors must not upload confidential manuscripts to external AI systems without permission.
- Zero Tolerance: Manuscripts suspected to originate from paper mills may be rejected or investigated.
- Screening: Submissions may be checked for plagiarism, image manipulation, fabricated data, citation irregularities, and peer-review manipulation.
- Escalation: Serious concerns may be referred to institutions, ethics bodies, or relevant publishing organizations.
- Transparent Policies: Author guidelines, peer-review policies, fees, licensing terms, and publication procedures should be clearly stated.
- Editorial Responsibility: Editors are responsible for maintaining the academic integrity of the journal.
- Process Review: Policies are periodically reviewed to improve quality, fairness, and compliance.
- Disclosure: Authors, reviewers, and editors must declare relevant conflicts of interest.
- Recusal: Editors or reviewers should not handle manuscripts where a significant conflict exists.
- Independence: Acceptance decisions are based on academic quality, relevance, originality, and ethical compliance.
- Selection: Guest editors are selected based on expertise, integrity, and absence of unmanaged conflicts.
- Peer Review: Guest edited submissions follow the same review standards as regular submissions.
- Editorial Oversight: Journal editors retain final responsibility for publication decisions.
- Inclusive Language: Academic communication should avoid bias and respect diversity.
- Author Support: Authors may be encouraged to improve clarity through editing or language support.
- Respectful Review: Reviewers should assess scholarly contribution and provide constructive feedback.
- Corrections: Errors that affect interpretation or metadata may be corrected transparently.
- Retractions: Serious ethical or reliability concerns may lead to retraction following investigation.
- Crossmark Updates: Article update status may be communicated through Crossmark when applicable.
- Similarity Screening: Manuscripts may be checked using similarity detection tools.
- Misconduct Review: Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and manipulation are investigated seriously.
- Editorial Action: Confirmed misconduct may result in rejection, correction, retraction, or institutional notification.
