The International Journal of AI and Multidisciplinary Research (IJAIMDR) operates under a set of policies designed to ensure fair, transparent, and ethical publishing. This page brings together our key editorial policies in one place. Some of these are covered in more detail elsewhere on the IJAIMDR site, but here's the overview.

How Editorial Decisions Are Made: When a manuscript arrives, it's assigned to an Editor. The editor evaluates whether the work has merit and fits our scope. If it does, they identify appropriate reviewers, sometimes from our existing database, sometimes by reaching out to new experts in the field.

After peer review and any subsequent revisions, the handling editor forms a recommendation about whether to publish. The final call rests with the Editor-in-Chief, who considers the editor's recommendation, the reviewers' comments, and the overall fit with the journal.

We use double-blind review throughout this process; authors don't know who reviewed their paper, and reviewers don't know whose paper they're reviewing.

Open Access Policy: International Journal of AI and Multidisciplinary Research (IJAIMDR) is a gold open access journal. Everything we publish is freely available to anyone with an internet connection, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no registration required. We believe research should be accessible to everyone who might benefit from it, whether they're at a major university or a small college or elsewhere.

Open access also means our articles are fully citable. You can reference, share, and build upon published work, provided you give proper credit to the original authors and publication.

Content Reuse: Material published in International Journal of AI and Multidisciplinary Research (IJAIMDR) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). In plain terms, this means: You can share and adapt our content for academic and non-commercial purposes, as long as you cite the original work and apply the same license to anything you create from it. You cannot republish articles in whole or in part without permission from the publisher. And authors themselves should avoid recycling their published text in new submissions, as this constitutes self-plagiarism.

Publication Ethics: International Journal of AI and Multidisciplinary Research (IJAIMDR)  will apply for membership of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). So, it tries to follow COPE guidelines carefully. Before accepting any manuscript, we require authors to confirm that the work is original, hasn't been published elsewhere, and isn't under consideration at another journal. Authors sign a copyright form that includes statements about originality and proper citation of all referenced work. This form also makes all listed authors accountable for any ethical issues that may arise.

Plagiarism: We have zero tolerance for plagiarism, including text recycling. Manuscripts that pass initial screening undergo plagiarism checks before moving forward. We also rely on our reviewers who are experts in their fields to flag anything that looks borrowed or familiar.

If plagiarism is detected at any stage of the publication cycle, we take action. Before publication, the manuscript is rejected. After publication, the article may be retracted. We may also notify the authors' institutions.

Authorship: We follow ICMJE authorship criteria. To qualify as an author, a person must have:

• Made substantial contributions to conception, design, data acquisition, or analysis AND

• Drafted or critically revised the manuscript AND

• Approved the final version AND

• Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Everyone listed as an author should meet all four criteria. We discourage "gift" or "guest" authorship by adding names of people who didn't meaningfully contribute. The positions of first author, last author, and corresponding author should reflect actual roles and contributions.

Changes to the author list after submission require agreement from all originally listed authors and a clear explanation. We don't make these changes lightly.

Conflicts of Interest: We require conflict of interest declarations from everyone involved in the publication process: authors, reviewers, and editors. If an editor or reviewer has a potential conflict with a particular manuscript, they must step aside and let someone else handle it.

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, or personal relationships that could be seen as influencing their work. Funding sources and sponsorships must be stated clearly. Our separate Conflict of Interest Policy provides more detail.

Human and Animal Research: All research involving human subjects or animals must have appropriate ethical approval. For human studies, this means clearance from an Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee. We may ask to see documentation of this approval.

Clinical trials involving human participants should be registered prospectively at the National Guidelines for studies conducted in the appropriate registry for other countries.

Informed consent is mandatory for clinical trials, case reports, and case series. Authors must state clearly that consent was obtained. Personal details that could identify participants should never be disclosed, and we're especially careful about photographs that might reveal someone's identity.

Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern: Mistakes happen. When errors are discovered after publication, whether by us, the authors, or readers, we publish corrections (errata or corrigenda) promptly. Minor errors that don't affect the scientific conclusions get corrected; the original article is updated with a link to the correction notice.

Serious problems, ethical violations, data fabrication, fundamental errors that invalidate the findings may require retraction. Retracted articles remain accessible but are clearly marked, with a notice explaining why the retraction occurred.

In some cases, we may issue an Expression of Concern while an investigation is ongoing. This alerts readers to potential problems without making a final judgment before the facts are clear.

Post-Publication Commentary: Science doesn't stop when a paper is published. We welcome post-publication commentary and debate. If you have substantive comments on a published article, criticisms, alternative interpretations, or additional data, you can submit them as a Letter to the Editor. If your comments have merit, we'll publish them in a subsequent issue and may invite the original authors to respond.

Further Resources: For more detailed guidance on publication ethics, we recommend the resources available at COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors). International Journal of AI and Multidisciplinary Research tries to adhere to the ethical standards recommended by both organizations.

Questions? If you have questions about any of these policies, or encounter a situation that isn't clearly addressed here, contact us at editorijaimdr@gmail.com. We're here to help.

Privacy Statement

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

This journal follows the guidelines of the ‘Committee on Publication Ethics’ (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org). This journal follows the ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors’ and the ‘Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers’ as mentioned in COPE website (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines and https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts).

 Duties of authors

1. Reporting standards

Authors documenting the findings of the original research should include an accurate description of the work done and an objective analysis of its importance. The underlying data should be correctly reflected in the manuscript. The paper should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to reproduce the work. Fraudulent or intentionally false claims represent unethical behaviour and are not permissible.

2. Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written completely original works, and if the authors have used the works and/or the words of others, that they have been properly referenced or quoted. Plagiarism takes several types, from "passing" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing large sections of another's paper (without attribution) to claiming findings from studies by others. Plagiarism, in all its forms, constitutes an unethical behaviour in publishing and is unacceptable.

3. Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

In general, the author should not publish papers presenting fundamentally the same study in more than one journal or primary publication. At the same time, the submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes an unethical publishing activity and is unacceptable.

4. Acknowledgement of sources

Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be provided. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.< /p>

5. Authorship of the manuscript

Authorship should be restricted to those who have made an important contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made major contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

6. Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

7. Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors must disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

8. Peer review

Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, and proof of ethics approval, patient consents, and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and promptly, revising and resubmitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline given.

9. Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review.

10. Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to either correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the authors’ obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the paper.

B. Duties of Editors

1.1 Fair play

The submitted manuscripts are assessed for their academic content regardless of the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. Decisions to edit and publish are not controlled by government regulations or by any other entity outside the journal itself.

1.2 Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff will not reveal any details about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher, as necessary.

1.3 Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials contained in a submitted manuscript must not be used in the own research of an Editor without explicit written permission of the author(s). Privileged information or ideas that editors receive as a result of manuscript handling would be kept confidential and not used for their personal benefit. Editors will refuse to act as an editor for manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest arising from financial, competitive, collaborative or other relationships/association with any of the authors, companies or organisations linked to the papers; instead, they will ask another board member to handle the manuscript.

1.4 Publication decisions

The journal's editor is responsible for determining which of the submitted papers should be published. The editor may be guided by the policy of the Editorial Board of the journal and limited by such legal provisions as are then in place in respect of libel, violation of copyright and plagiarism. When making this decision, the handling editor can consult with other editors or reviewers.

C. Duties of Peer Reviewers

2.1 Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review helps the editor to make editorial decisions and, through editorial correspondence with the author, can also assist the author in the refinement of the manuscript.

2.2 Promptness

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research contained in a manuscript or who knows that its timely review would be extremely difficult/impossible should immediately inform the editors and refuse the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

2.3 Confidentiality

Manuscripts submitted for review must be considered as confidential documents. Except where approved by the editor, they must not be shown or shared with others. This policy is also applicable for the invited reviewers who refuse the invitation to review.

2.4 Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be carried out objectively, and suggestions should be clearly articulated with supporting reasons, so that authors may use them to refine the manuscript. Personal criticism of the author(s) is inappropriate and must be avoided. Referees should clearly express their opinions with suitable and reasonable supporting arguments.

2.5 Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should also identify relevant published work which the authors have not cited. Every statement that is an observation, derivation, or argument that has been published in previous publications should be followed by the relevant citation. The reviewer should also inform the editors of any apparent resemblance or similarity between the manuscript under consideration and any other manuscripts (published or unpublished) about which they have personal knowledge.

2.6 Disclosure and conflict of interest

Privileged information or concepts gained through peer review must be held confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers must not consider reviewing manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest as a result of a financial, competitive, collaborative or other relationship or association with any of the authors, companies or organisations involved in the submission.

D. Duties of the Publisher

Handling of unethical publishing behaviour

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editor, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.

Access to journal content

The publisher is committed to the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by maintaining its own digital archive.

Fair play

The Publisher and the Journal do not discriminate based on age, colour, religion, creed, disability, marital status, veteran status, national origin, race, gender, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or sexual orientation in its publishing programs, services and activities.