Policies
Publishing Ethics
Publication ethics underpin every editorial decision at OPUSARIA. These policies set out the responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors and the publisher.
Responsibilities in research and authorship
- AuthorshipCriteria for authorship, contributor roles and the responsibilities of corresponding authors.
- Conflicts of InterestDisclosure of competing interests by authors, reviewers and editors.
- Artificial Intelligence DisclosureUse of generative AI tools by authors, reviewers and editors.
- Data AvailabilityExpectations for sharing the data underlying published research.
Editorial process
Integrity of the scholarly record
- Research MisconductHow suspected fabrication, falsification, plagiarism and other misconduct are handled.
- PlagiarismStandards for originality and the screening of submissions.
- CorrectionsHow errors in published work are corrected while preserving the scholarly record.
- RetractionsCriteria and procedure for retracting published work.