Publications Ethics

CRSL Innovation Journal is committed to following the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). It is a duty of our editors to follow Cope Guidance for Editors and our peer-reviewers must follow COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

  • Responsibilities of Editors: The editors have the responsibility and the duty to guarantee the originality of the manuscript and to verify the typology of the article, and the correspondence to the aims and scopes of the journal. The editors have to evaluate carefully the assignment of the article to reviewers with an adequate scientific experience regarding the article topic. The editors also have the responsibility to assure the greatest transparency towards the authors during the whole evaluation process.
  • Responsibilities of Reviewers: The reviewers must treat the papers respectfully, honestly and confidentially. They should inform the editors of any possible conflict of interest with the research or its sponsors. Reviewers should provide honest and constructive evaluation of the papers and should not use the results and data of the papers in any unethical way.
  • Responsibilities of Authors: original works will be considered for publication with the understanding that the same work has not been published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In particular, the authors have the following responsibilities:
  • To produce an original manuscript regarding text, figures, graphics, and data;
  • To cite appropriately all works of other authors used in the paper;
  • To adhere to the journal guidelines.
  • Corresponding Author: For articles with more than one author, a corresponding author should be nominated. The corresponding author will be responsible for the manuscript during the whole processing of the paper. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
  • Co-authors: Each co-author is responsible for the correct presentation of the article and its contents, assuring the research originality and the fact that the article has not been published in any other journal.
  • Ethical violations: Journal of Innovative Technology will immediately reject papers leading to the following ethical violations, Data fabrication and falsification Plagiarism, Self-plagiarism, Simultaneous submissions, Duplicate publication, Overlapping publications, Redundant publications, Selective reporting, Misleading reporting, Improper author contribution or attribution, Gift authorship, Citation manipulation, Impact factor manipulation, Index/influence measure manipulation, Undeclared/fake financial support for publication, Undisclosed conflicts of interest

In addition to the immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript, CRSL Innovation Journal will not consider any other papers submitted to any of our journals by the same authors (individually or in combination with other authors). The authors of the infringing manuscript will be dismissed from serving on the Editorial Board of any journal published by CRSL Innovation Journal.

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest exists when judgement regarding the research is influenced by factors such as financial gain or personal relationships. All authors are required to disclose any financial, personal or other associations that may influence or be perceived to influence their work.

Plagiarism

CRSL Innovation Journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Corrections of errors

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to notify the publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. Retraction of a paper is applied in the following cases:

  • The paper leads to ethical violations (plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, simultaneous submissions, duplicate publications).
  • The paper contains errors which couldn't be corrected in a subsequent erratum notice.

When a reader discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a paper or book published by CRSL Innovation Journal, or have any other complaint about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate papers, etc.), he/she should make a complaint by e-mail to: info@innovationjournal.science. We welcome complaints as they provide an opportunity for improvement, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.

Independence of editorial decisions

CRSL Innovation Journal is committed to ensure that commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.