SciArt Press is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and accountability in scholarly publishing. We recognize that the reliability of academic literature depends on the responsible conduct of research, independent editorial judgment, rigorous peer review, and the accurate presentation of scientific and educational knowledge.
As a scholarly publisher, SciArt Press considers research integrity a fundamental responsibility shared by authors, editors, reviewers, and publishing personnel. Our policies are intended to protect the credibility of published research, uphold the rights and responsibilities of scholarly contributors, and maintain public confidence in academic communication.
SciArt Press currently publishes Journal of Materials Education (Electronic), an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to materials science and engineering education. The journal maintains its own publication ethics policy, which provides detailed requirements for manuscript submission, peer review, ethical oversight, and post-publication procedures.
Our ethical principles are informed by internationally recognized standards of responsible scholarly publishing, including the recommendations and guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). These principles inform our approach to research integrity, editorial independence, conflicts of interest, authorship, responsible use of technology, and the management of concerns regarding published research.
We believe that ethical publishing requires more than adherence to formal procedures. It requires a continuing commitment to honesty, fairness, accountability, professional conduct, and the responsible preservation of the scholarly record.
Ethical standards and responsibilities of authors
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts represent original, accurate, and ethically conducted scholarly work. Research findings, experimental observations, educational assessments, technical analyses, and other academic contributions must be reported honestly, with sufficient information to support appropriate evaluation by editors, reviewers, and readers.
SciArt Press does not support plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of research data, inappropriate image manipulation, duplicate publication, misleading presentation of findings, citation manipulation, or other practices that compromise the reliability of scholarly research.
All sources of information, intellectual contributions, methods, data, and previously published materials must be acknowledged appropriately. Authors must ensure that quotations, references, figures, tables, illustrations, and supplementary materials are accurately attributed and used in accordance with applicable copyright and licensing requirements.
Manuscripts must not be submitted simultaneously to multiple journals. Authors should disclose any relevant previous dissemination of their work, including preprints, conference papers, theses, institutional repositories, or other publications, so that the editorial team can evaluate potential overlap and originality.
Authorship must accurately reflect scholarly contributions. Individuals listed as authors should have made meaningful contributions to the research or manuscript and should accept responsibility for their respective contributions. Guest authorship, honorary authorship, and the omission of individuals who qualify for authorship are inconsistent with responsible publishing practices. All authors must approve the final submitted manuscript and agree to its submission and publication.
Authors must disclose relevant financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, their work. Funding sources, sponsorship arrangements, institutional assistance, and other material support should also be acknowledged where applicable.
Research ethics and the responsible use of data are particularly important for manuscripts involving human participants, students, educators, classroom observations, surveys, interviews, educational interventions, or identifiable personal information. Authors must comply with relevant institutional and legal requirements concerning ethical approval, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, and data protection.
Where research involves animals, plants, biological materials, environmental samples, or other regulated research activities, appropriate permissions, ethical approvals, and reporting standards must be observed. Authors should provide sufficient information to establish that their work was conducted responsibly and in accordance with applicable requirements.
Research data, statistical analyses, figures, and experimental results must be presented without deliberate distortion or misleading omission. Authors should maintain appropriate research records and provide reasonable clarification concerning the methods and evidence supporting their findings when requested during editorial evaluation or an investigation.
SciArt Press also recognizes the increasing use of artificial intelligence and automated technologies in academic research and writing. Such tools may support appropriate activities, including language editing, translation, data analysis, and manuscript preparation, but their use must not compromise originality, accuracy, confidentiality, or accountability.
Artificial intelligence systems cannot be designated as authors. Authors remain responsible for verifying all AI-assisted content, including references, calculations, images, interpretations, and conclusions. Material use of AI tools must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's requirements. Fabricated citations, manipulated findings, misleading images, and AI-generated content presented as verified research are unacceptable.
Authors who identify significant errors in their submitted or published work are expected to notify the editorial office promptly and cooperate with appropriate corrective action.
Editorial independence and peer-review integrity
SciArt Press recognizes editorial independence as an essential condition of credible academic publishing. Decisions concerning manuscript acceptance, revision, and rejection must be guided by scholarly merit, methodological quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal's established scope.
Editorial decisions must not be influenced by inappropriate financial considerations, institutional pressure, personal relationships, commercial interests, or discriminatory treatment. Authors should be evaluated fairly, regardless of nationality, gender, ethnicity, religion, institutional affiliation, political views, or other characteristics unrelated to the academic quality of their work.
The editors of Journal of Materials Education (Electronic) are responsible for overseeing manuscript evaluation, selecting suitably qualified reviewers, considering reviewer recommendations, and making publication decisions in accordance with the journal's established editorial policies.
The journal operates a single-blind peer-review process, in which reviewers are informed of authors' identities while reviewers' identities remain confidential. This process is intended to support expert evaluation, constructive academic criticism, and informed editorial decision-making.
Reviewers are expected to assess manuscripts objectively, professionally, and within their areas of expertise. Their reports should address scholarly relevance, methodological soundness, clarity, originality, accuracy, and the contribution of the manuscript to its field. Review comments should be constructive, evidence-based, and free from personal criticism.
Confidentiality must be maintained throughout manuscript submission and peer review. Editors, reviewers, and publishing personnel must not disclose unpublished research, confidential correspondence, reviewer reports, or manuscript information to unauthorized individuals. Unpublished material must not be used for personal research, commercial benefit, professional advantage, or other unauthorized purposes.
Reviewers and editors must disclose potential conflicts of interest and withdraw from manuscript handling when their impartiality could reasonably be compromised. Where an editor has a significant conflict concerning a submission, responsibility for the manuscript should be transferred to another suitably qualified individual whenever practicable.
Editors and reviewers should exercise particular caution when using external digital platforms or artificial intelligence systems that could expose confidential manuscript content or unpublished research data. Such materials must not be uploaded to external services in violation of confidentiality, copyright, privacy, or journal policies.
SciArt Press supports the principle that editorial decisions should be based on the quality and integrity of scholarly work rather than financial considerations. Journal of Materials Education (Electronic) operates under a Diamond Open Access model from 2024 onward, without mandatory submission or publication fees for authors.
The absence of publication charges must not weaken editorial scrutiny, and decisions regarding scholarly publication must remain independent of financial or commercial influence.
Research misconduct and ethical oversight
SciArt Press takes allegations of research misconduct and publication malpractice seriously. Concerns may arise before publication, during manuscript evaluation, after acceptance, or following the release of an article. Each concern should be considered according to its nature, seriousness, available evidence, and potential implications for the scholarly record.
Possible ethical violations include plagiarism, substantial undisclosed duplication, fabricated or falsified data, manipulated images, inaccurate attribution, inappropriate authorship practices, citation manipulation, compromised peer review, undeclared conflicts of interest, unethical research practices, and intentional misrepresentation of scholarly findings.
Suspected misconduct should be examined fairly, responsibly, and without predetermined conclusions. Individuals involved should be given an appropriate opportunity to respond to relevant concerns, and confidentiality should be maintained to the extent compatible with a proper investigation and the need to protect the scholarly record.
Depending on the circumstances, the journal may request clarification from authors, reviewers, editors, research institutions, ethics committees, funding organizations, or other relevant parties. When a matter concerns possible institutional research misconduct, the responsible institution may need to conduct its own investigation.
A manuscript under consideration may be returned for clarification, referred for additional review, or rejected if serious ethical concerns cannot be resolved. Where concerns arise after publication, the editorial team must assess whether the published record requires clarification or correction.
SciArt Press recognizes that honest mistakes and deliberate misconduct are not equivalent. Editorial responses should be proportionate to the available evidence and the effect of the problem on the reliability of the publication.
We also support responsible handling of complaints and editorial appeals. Authors who believe that an editorial decision was based on a factual misunderstanding, procedural irregularity, or other substantial concern may submit a reasoned appeal to the journal's editorial office.
Complaints concerning editorial conduct, reviewer behavior, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, or published content should be accompanied by relevant information and supporting evidence wherever possible. Such matters should be reviewed objectively, with arrangements to manage conflicts of interest involving the individuals concerned.
The purpose of ethical oversight is to promote responsible research conduct, protect the rights of participants in scholarly publishing, and preserve the credibility of academic knowledge.
Corrections, retractions, and protection of the scholarly record
SciArt Press is committed to maintaining the accuracy, reliability, and transparency of published academic literature. Responsibility for scholarly publishing continues after an article has been released, and significant problems identified in published work must be addressed appropriately.
When an error is discovered, its nature and effect on the research findings should be assessed. Errors that can be corrected without invalidating the principal findings may be addressed through a formal correction notice. Such notices should identify the relevant article and explain the changes necessary to ensure accurate interpretation.
Where substantial concerns exist but the available evidence does not yet justify a definitive conclusion, an expression of concern may be appropriate while further clarification or investigation is undertaken.
A published article may require retraction when its findings are no longer reliable because of serious methodological errors, fabricated or falsified information, significant research misconduct, compromised peer review, unethical research practices, or other fundamental problems affecting the integrity of the work.
Retraction is intended primarily to protect the scholarly record and inform readers that the affected findings should not be relied upon. It is not intended simply as a punitive measure against authors.
Retraction notices should clearly identify the affected publication, explain the grounds for the editorial action, and remain accessible to readers. The original article should ordinarily remain identifiable as part of the scholarly record, with its retracted status made clear, except where removal is required for compelling legal, ethical, privacy, or safety reasons.
SciArt Press also recognizes the importance of responsible post-publication discussion. Substantive concerns raised by researchers, readers, or other interested parties should receive appropriate consideration, and authors should have a reasonable opportunity to respond when their published work is questioned.
Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions should be handled with transparency and consistency, taking account of relevant publication ethics guidance and the responsibilities of the journal's editorial leadership.
Our commitment to publishing integrity extends to accurate bibliographic records, proper attribution, preservation of published information, respect for intellectual property, and clear communication of publication status.
Articles published in Journal of Materials Education (Electronic) from 2024 onward are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This licensing arrangement supports the sharing and reuse of scholarly work with appropriate attribution while maintaining the rights and responsibilities established under the journal's copyright policy.
SciArt Press believes that transparent editorial practice, responsible correction of the literature, and respect for scholarly contributions are essential to maintaining confidence in academic publishing.
Further information and ethical concerns
For detailed journal-specific policies concerning authorship, peer review, artificial intelligence, research ethics, conflicts of interest, corrections, retractions, and editorial appeals, please consult the official Publication Ethics page of Journal of Materials Education (Electronic).
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SciArt Press remains committed to responsible scholarly communication, independent editorial judgment, academic integrity, and the continued reliability of the published scientific record.