Publishing Ethics & Malpractice Statement
1. Duties of Editors
The Editor-in-Chief and editorial board evaluate manuscripts purely on academic merit, theoretical rigor, methodological soundness, and thematic alignment with PIJCACE, without regard to authors' nationality, race, institutional affiliation, or political worldview.
2. Duties of Authors & Originality
Authors must guarantee that submitted works are completely original, have not been published previously, and are not currently under simultaneous review elsewhere. Any attempt at duplicate submission, data fabrication, improper authorship attribution (gift or ghost authorship), or plagiarism will result in immediate rejection and formal notice to the author's institution.
3. Conflict of Interest & Disclosure
Authors must disclose any financial, academic, or personal conflicts of interest that could influence the interpretation of their research. All sources of external research funding must be acknowledged in the manuscript.
4. Research Data Availability & Reproducibility
In alignment with open science charters, PIJCACE encourages authors of empirical and computational studies to state where supporting data, survey instruments, or code are located. Authors may deposit datasets in trusted public repositories (such as Zenodo, OSF, or GitHub) with permanent DOIs, or state that data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
5. Author Name Change Policy (Inclusive COPE Guidelines)
Authors who change their names due to marriage, divorce, gender transition, or religious conversion may request updates to their published papers and Crossref DOIs. In accordance with COPE best practices, these changes are executed discretely without requiring a public erratum or retraction notice to protect author dignity.