Publish with integrity and ethical responsibility
Essential ethics guidance covering authorship, originality, conflicts of interest, copyright, and research integrity.
Learning topics in this section
Each topic is written for practical use, with emphasis on transparency, responsible authorship, accurate attribution, publication ethics, and open access publishing standards.
Guidance is prepared to support ethical publishing practice: clear journal information, transparent fees where applicable, responsible peer review, proper citation, licensing awareness, data integrity, and accountable AI use.
Plagiarism
Explains originality, proper citation, quotation, paraphrasing, similarity checks, and consequences of copied work.
Authorship Criteria
Covers meaningful contribution, approval of final manuscript, accountability, acknowledgements, and avoiding guest or ghost authorship.
Duplicate Publication
Explains why submitting or publishing substantially the same work in multiple places breaches publication ethics.
Conflicts of Interest
Guidance for declaring financial, personal, institutional, or academic interests that may affect interpretation.
Copyright
Explains copyright, author rights, publisher permissions, licenses, reuse conditions, and responsible sharing.
Research Integrity
Covers honest data reporting, ethical approvals, corrections, transparency, reproducibility, and accountability.
Ethical Guidelines
Introduces journal policies, consent, approvals, human and animal research requirements, and publication ethics standards.