Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

DESKOMVIS is committed to maintaining the integrity, reliability, transparency, and accountability of the scholarly record. Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher are expected to act responsibly throughout submission, review, publication, and post-publication.

Responsibilities of Authors

  • submit original work that is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere;
  • accurately report methods, materials, data, analysis, and findings;
  • cite and attribute prior work appropriately and avoid plagiarism or misleading text reuse;
  • ensure that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and that qualifying contributors are not improperly omitted;
  • disclose funding, competing interests, and applicable AI use;
  • provide Data Availability and Ethical Approval / Ethical Compliance statements where applicable;
  • obtain permissions for copyrighted or restricted third-party material where necessary; and
  • promptly inform the journal if a significant error or integrity concern is discovered before or after publication.

Responsibilities of Editors

  • make decisions based on scholarly merit, relevance, integrity, and ethical considerations;
  • preserve manuscript confidentiality;
  • manage conflicts of interest and recuse themselves when appropriate;
  • select qualified and independent reviewers;
  • ensure that editorial decisions are not influenced by fees, sponsorship, status, institutional affiliation, or other inappropriate interests; and
  • investigate credible concerns fairly and proportionately.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

  • provide objective, substantive, constructive, and timely review;
  • maintain confidentiality and not use unpublished information for personal advantage;
  • disclose conflicts of interest;
  • avoid coercive citation and inappropriate personal comments;
  • not use generative AI or AI-assisted systems in the peer-review process; and
  • report credible integrity concerns to the editor for verification.

Academic and Publication Misconduct

Misconduct may include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, misleading text reuse, duplicate or redundant publication, simultaneous submission, citation manipulation, inappropriate authorship, image or data manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, unethical research conduct, identity falsification, peer-review manipulation, paper-mill activity, and other serious departures from accepted scholarly practice.

Handling Allegations and Corrective Actions

Credible allegations are handled through documented assessment, clarification, evidence review, investigation, and proportionate action. Depending on the seriousness of the issue, actions may include rejection, withdrawal before publication, correction, expression of concern, retraction, notification of relevant institutions, or other appropriate measures.

Retracted articles remain part of the scholarly record and are clearly marked and linked to the relevant retraction notice rather than silently removed.

Letter of Acceptance

A Letter of Acceptance may be issued only after a manuscript has formally received an Accepted editorial decision. DESKOMVIS does not sell acceptance, guarantee publication, or provide services that bypass scholarly and ethical assessment.