Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Journal of Digital Intelligence for Industry (JDII) adheres to the highest standards of academic integrity and publication ethics. The journal strictly follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and maintains a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of publication malpractice, including plagiarism, duplicate publication, data falsification, fabrication, academic fraud, and improper authorship. All participants, including authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members, must comply with the ethical principles specified in this statement during the whole publishing process.

1. Editorial Ethics and Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for the overall academic quality and ethical standard of all published articles. Editorial decisions are based solely on the academic value, originality, technical innovation, logical rigor, and relevance to the journal’s scope. Editors shall ensure impartiality and fairness throughout the review and publication process, free from interference of commercial interests, personal preferences, or third-party pressure.
Editors must maintain the anonymity of reviewers and protect the confidentiality of manuscripts during the peer-review process. Editors should promptly investigate any suspected academic misconduct and take standardized corrective measures, including rejection, retraction, correction, and formal warning, according to the actual situation. No editorial decision shall be arbitrarily changed without valid academic reasons.

2. Reviewers’ Ethical Responsibilities

Reviewers shall conduct objective, rigorous, and impartial peer evaluations based only on the academic quality of the manuscripts. All manuscript information acquired during the review process must be kept strictly confidential and shall not be used for personal research, commercial purposes, or disclosed to any third party.
Reviewers must declare and avoid any conflicts of interest caused by competitive, cooperative, institutional, or personal relationships with the authors. Review opinions must be fully supported by reasonable arguments. Reviewers are obligated to identify academic defects, uncited references, similar published works, and potential ethical problems in the manuscripts.

3. Authors’ Ethical Responsibilities

Authors must guarantee that all submitted manuscripts are original, independent, and previously unpublished works. The manuscript shall not be simultaneously submitted to other journals for consideration, nor shall it be published in whole or in part in any other language or form without legitimate authorization.
All authors listed in the manuscript must have made substantial academic contributions to the research work. Gift authorship and ghost authorship are strictly prohibited. Authors must ensure that all research data, figures, tables, and references in the manuscript are authentic, accurate, and legally sourced. Any third-party data, pictures, or cited content must be properly attributed and authorized.
Authors must fully disclose any potential conflicts of interest and funding sources related to the research. If authors find any errors, omissions, or data problems in the published article, they shall actively cooperate with the editorial office to issue corrections or retractions in a timely manner.

4. Prohibited Academic Misconduct

The journal strictly prohibits all forms of publication malpractice, including but not limited to: plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submission, duplicate publication, data fabrication and falsification, academic fraud, improper authorship, unauthorized data quotation, concealed conflicts of interest, and malicious review interference.

5. Malpractice Handling Mechanism

Once suspected academic misconduct is reported or discovered, the editorial office will launch a formal investigation procedure, collect relevant evidence, and make a fair judgment. Confirmed misconduct will result in corresponding penalties, including immediate rejection of the manuscript, suspension of submission qualification, public correction, or official retraction of published articles. The journal will record academic misconduct behaviors and maintain long-term ethical supervision.