Ethic Statement

Ethics Statement

ICGSB is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards throughout its editorial process. The ICGSB Editorial Board strives to ensure that peer review and editorial decision-making are conducted fairly, objectively, and transparently.

To support and safeguard integrity in scholarly publishing, ICGSB fully adopts the ethical statements and guidelines issued by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). This ethics statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which manuscripts are suitable for publication. These decisions follow the policies of the editorial board and comply with applicable legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may consult other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

Fair Play
The editor evaluates manuscripts solely on their intellectual content, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political views.

Confidentiality
The editor and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, editorial advisers, and the publisher, as required by the editorial process.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials or data disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in the editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through communication with the author, helps the author improve the manuscript.

Promptness
Any reviewer who feels unqualified to review a manuscript, or who knows that a timely review will not be possible, should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality
All manuscripts received for review are confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others without the editor’s authorization.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is not acceptable. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, method, or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the appropriate citation. Reviewers should also inform the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published work of which they are aware.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and must not be used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors or institutions connected to the manuscript.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards
Authors should present an accurate and objective account of their research. Underlying data should be represented accurately. A manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior.

Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that their manuscript is entirely original work. Where the work or words of others have been used, they must be appropriately cited.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication
Authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgement and citation must always be given to the work of others that has influenced the reported research.

Authorship
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Others who have contributed to certain aspects of the work should be recognized in the acknowledgements section.

The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its submission to ICGSB.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their research. All sources of financial support must be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works
When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they are obliged to notify the editor promptly and cooperate with the editor to correct or retract the article.