Publication Ethics

JCSSE is published periodically (biannually or quarterly, depending on the final arrangement) and implements a double-blind peer review process to ensure academic rigor, originality, and contribution to knowledge.
The journal accepts manuscripts in English to promote international accessibility and scholarly exchange.

Authors’ Responsibilities

• Authors must ensure that the submitted manuscript is their original work.
• Authors must certify that the manuscript has not been previously published elsewhere.
• Authors must certify that the manuscript is not under review for publication elsewhere.
• Authors are required to participate in the peer review process.
• Authors must make retractions or corrections when errors are discovered.
• All authors listed in the manuscript must have made significant contributions to the research.
• Authors must state that all data in the manuscript are genuine and authentic.
• Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest to the Editor.
• Authors must identify all sources used in the preparation of their manuscript.
• Authors must report any errors they discover in their published article to the Editor.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities

• Reviewers must keep all information regarding the manuscript confidential and treat it as privileged information.
• Reviews should be conducted objectively, without personal criticism of the author.
• Reviewers should clearly express their opinions with supporting arguments.
• Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
• Reviewers must notify the Editor-in-Chief of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published work they are aware of.
• Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Editors’ Responsibilities

• Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
• Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication.
• Editors should consider the needs of both authors and readers in an effort to improve the quality of the publication.
• Editors must ensure the quality of papers and the integrity of the academic record.
• Editors should publish correction or errata pages when necessary.
• Editors must be aware of the funding sources of the research.
• Editorial decisions should be based solely on the importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the manuscript to the journal’s scope.
• Editors must not overturn previous decisions without serious reason.
• Editors must preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
• Editors should ensure that all published research complies with internationally accepted ethical standards.
• Editors should only accept papers when reasonably certain of their validity.
• Editors must act if they suspect misconduct, whether the paper is published or unpublished, and must make reasonable efforts to resolve the issue.
• Editors must not reject papers based solely on suspicion without proof.
• Editors must avoid conflicts of interest among staff, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members.

Plagiarism Screening Policy

Manuscripts submitted to JCSSE will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate detection tools.
The journal will immediately reject any paper that exhibits plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Before being sent to reviewers, manuscripts are checked for similarity by the editorial team.
Manuscripts accepted for review must have a similarity index of less than 15%.

Plagiarism refers to using another person’s ideas or words as one’s own without proper permission, acknowledgment, or citation.
Forms of plagiarism include:

• Literal copying: Copying text directly from another source without permission or acknowledgment.
• Substantial copying: Copying a significant portion of another author’s work without proper citation.
• Unethical paraphrasing: Rewriting someone else’s ideas without properly citing the original source.

Correction and Retraction Policy

Articles published in JCSSE may be retracted if:

• There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable (due to misconduct or honest error).
• The findings have been previously published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing or permission.
• The article contains plagiarism.
• The article reports unethical research.

The retraction mechanism follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at:
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Plagiarism Policy

Definition: Plagiarism is the use or close imitation of another author’s language or ideas and presenting them as one’s own original work.

Policy:
All manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Any direct quotation must be clearly identified by quotation marks, indentation, and proper citation.
Material from other sources that exceeds fair use (more than 2–3 sentences) must have permission from the copyright holder and must be cited appropriately.

Levels of Plagiarism:

• Minor: A small section copied without citation → Warning and revision required.
• Intermediate: A significant portion copied without proper citation → Paper rejected and authors banned from submission for one year.
• Severe: Copying original results or ideas → Paper rejected and authors banned from submission for five years.

If repeated plagiarism occurs, the Editorial Board may impose a permanent submission ban.

Manuscript Withdrawal Policy

Authors are not allowed to withdraw manuscripts once submitted, as this wastes valuable editorial and reviewer resources.
If an author insists on withdrawing a manuscript during the review process, a withdrawal fee of USD 100 per manuscript will be charged.
If withdrawal occurs after acceptance, the author must pay a withdrawal fee of USD 200.
Authors and their institutions will be blacklisted if they refuse to pay the fee, and previously published articles may be removed from the online system.

Posting Your Article Policy

Before Submission to JCSSE

Authors may post their article anywhere, including on preprint servers such as arXiv.org. This is not considered prior publication.

Upon Submission to JCSSE

Authors may share or post their submitted version (preprint) in:

• Personal or institutional websites
• Funder’s websites
• For classroom use
• Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) that are signatories to the STM Sharing Principles

A note must be added to the first page of the manuscript:

“This work has been submitted to the JCSSE for possible publication.”

Upon Acceptance in JCSSE

If the manuscript was previously posted elsewhere, the author must replace the previous version with the accepted version of the paper.

After Publication

Once published, the posted version must be updated with the complete citation and DOI of JCSSE, and must include the JCSSE copyright statement.