Publication Ethics

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication. The journal follows internationally accepted principles of ethical publishing and expects all authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to act in accordance with these standards throughout the publication process.

Publication Malpractice Statement

The journal does not tolerate any form of publication malpractice. This includes plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate submission, redundant publication, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research involving human or animal subjects, citation manipulation, peer review manipulation, and any attempt to mislead editors, reviewers, readers, or indexing services.

All submitted manuscripts are evaluated for originality, relevance, ethical compliance, methodological clarity, and academic contribution. If ethical concerns arise before or after publication, the editorial office may request clarification, supporting documentation, raw data, ethics approval information, authorship statements, or institutional confirmation from the authors.

If publication misconduct is confirmed, the journal may reject the manuscript, request corrections, publish an expression of concern, retract the article, notify the authors’ institution, or take other appropriate editorial action.

Plagiarism and Originality

Authors must submit only original work. Any use of previously published material, whether by the same author or by others, must be properly cited. Text recycling, unattributed paraphrasing, translation plagiarism, and duplicate publication are considered forms of academic misconduct.

The journal may use plagiarism detection tools during the editorial process. A manuscript may be rejected if the level or nature of textual similarity raises ethical concerns.

Authorship Ethics

Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made a substantial scholarly contribution to the conception, design, writing, analysis, interpretation, or revision of the manuscript. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission.

Guest authorship, honorary authorship, ghost authorship, and the exclusion of legitimate contributors are unacceptable. Any change in authorship after submission must be explained in writing and approved by all authors.

Conflict of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, academic, or professional relationship that could influence, or appear to influence, the publication process. Conflicts of interest do not necessarily prevent publication, but they must be transparently declared.

Examples include employment relationships, consultancy, funding, personal relationships, institutional affiliations, academic rivalry, paid expert work, political or ideological interests, and financial benefits related to the subject of the article.

Human Subjects Policy

Research involving human participants must comply with relevant ethical standards, including informed consent, confidentiality, voluntary participation, privacy protection, and respect for human dignity. Where applicable, authors must state that ethics committee or institutional review board approval was obtained.

For studies involving interviews, surveys, experiments, clinical data, minors, vulnerable groups, personal data, or identifiable information, authors must clearly explain the ethical safeguards used.

If a study does not require ethics approval, authors should state the reason clearly in the manuscript.

Informed Consent

Authors are responsible for obtaining informed consent from research participants when required. Any identifiable personal information, images, case details, interview extracts, or sensitive data must be used only with appropriate consent and ethical justification.

Animal Ethics Policy

Research involving animals must comply with relevant animal welfare regulations and institutional ethical standards. Authors must state whether animal ethics approval was obtained and must describe measures taken to minimize harm, distress, and unnecessary suffering.

The journal reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet accepted ethical standards for animal research.

Research Integrity

The journal expects all research to be conducted honestly, transparently, and responsibly. Authors must not fabricate data, manipulate results, selectively report findings in a misleading way, or conceal relevant limitations.

Editors and reviewers are expected to evaluate manuscripts objectively, confidentially, and without discrimination.

Artificial Intelligence Use

Artificial intelligence tools may be used for language improvement, formatting support, or limited technical assistance, provided that such use is transparent and does not replace human authorship, scholarly judgment, originality, accountability, or critical analysis.

AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for all content, claims, references, interpretations, and ethical declarations in their manuscripts.

Ethical Oversight

If ethical concerns are raised, the editorial office will assess the issue carefully and may consult reviewers, editorial board members, independent experts, institutions, or relevant ethical guidelines. The journal aims to handle all ethical matters fairly, proportionately, and transparently.