Statement on Ethics

Accadere:

– Endorses the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity published by ALLEA in 2017 (https://allea.org/code-of-conduct);
– Supports the coordinated efforts of authors, editors, and reviewers to produce responsible research publications;
– Recognizes and applies the ethical codes established by COPE in its Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Key principles:

– Articles will remain confidential until accepted for publication.
– All conflicts of interest, positive or negative, must be avoided among authors, reviewers, and editorial members.

Responsibility of Authors

– Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere.
– Texts must provide sufficient information to allow reproducibility and verification.
– In co-authored works, all listed authors must:
    • be sufficiently involved to assume public responsibility;
    • have contributed to design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation;
    • have made meaningful intellectual contributions.

The editorial team may request author contribution statements, which may be published.

– When using third-party materials, proper citation and reproduction permissions are mandatory.
– Plagiarism leads to rejection. If discovered post-publication, the article will be withdrawn and replaced with a notice stating “Article withdrawn for ethical violation (plagiarism)”.
– Accadere rejects any racist, sexist, or discriminatory content.
– If an author detects errors in their published work, they must immediately notify the editorial team.

Responsibility of Reviewers

– Reviewers must adhere strictly to Accadere’s editorial policy and ethical statement.
– They assist the editor in making decisions and keep all materials confidential.
– Reviews must be objective, impartial, and provide relevant data when necessary.
– Reviewers must report any misconduct, plagiarism, or similarity to existing works.
– Reviewers must decline evaluation when lacking expertise, objectivity, or in cases of conflicts of interest.
– See also the Review Guidelines.

Responsibility of the Editorial Team

– The editorial team is responsible for the final decision to publish or not publish a manuscript.
– It carefully monitors plagiarism detection.
– Manuscripts are judged solely on intellectual merit.
– Information about manuscripts may be disclosed only to authors, never to reviewers or third parties.
– Editors may not use manuscript data for personal purposes.
– Each work must be reviewed by at least two specialized reviewers.
– The team values and acknowledges reviewers’ contributions.