Publication ethics and malpractice statement

ISD 2024 conference is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. All authors, reviewers, and editors are required to follow the following ethical principles.

All articles not in accordance with these standards will be removed from the proceedings if malpractice is discovered at any time even after the publication. ISD 2024 is checking all papers in a double-blind peer review process. We also check for plagiats and research fabrication (making up research data); falsification (manipulation of existing research data, tables, or images) and improper use of humans or animals in research.

Conformance to standards of ethical behaviour is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, and Reviewers. In particular,

Authors: Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of research work as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the experiments. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive, and accurate accounts of the state of the art. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one proceeding or journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. Furthermore, the author(s) should not submit any contribution previously published anywhere to the conferences or journals for consideration. The author(s) recognise that the editors of the conference International Scientific Days have the final decision to publish the submitted, reviewed, and accepted contribution. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication.

Editors: Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. The editor(s) should be transparent with regards to the review and publication process with an appropriate care that individuals will not be identified when it is inappropriate to so do. The editor(s) should respond immediately and take reasonable action when ethical problems occur concerning a submitted or a published contribution. The editor(s) should immediately contact and consult these issues with the author(s).

Reviewers: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. The reviewer(s) should immediately notify the editor(s) of any similarities between the reviewing contribution and another manuscript either published or under consideration by another conference or journal.