Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Transactions on Smart Electrical and Computational Systems is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics. Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher are expected to follow ethical practices throughout the submission, review, publication, and post-publication process.
Author Responsibilities
Authors must submit original work, present accurate results, cite sources properly, disclose conflicts of interest, identify all contributors appropriately, and ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted or published elsewhere in substantially the same form.
Editorial Responsibilities
Editors are responsible for fair and objective evaluation of manuscripts. Editorial decisions should be based on scholarly merit, relevance, originality, technical quality, methodological soundness, and ethical compliance. Editors should maintain confidentiality during the review process.
Reviewer Responsibilities
Reviewers should provide objective, constructive, and timely feedback. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and should declare any conflict of interest that may affect their ability to review the manuscript fairly.
Research and Technical Integrity
Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, manipulated results, misrepresented simulations, and undisclosed conflicts of interest are considered unethical practices.
Engineering and Computational Integrity
Authors should present models, simulations, experiments, datasets, algorithms, system designs, and implementation results accurately. Limitations, assumptions, and dependencies should be clearly stated.
Corrections and Retractions
If a significant error or ethical concern is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction depending on the nature and severity of the issue.
Conflict of Interest
Authors, reviewers, and editors should disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that may influence the manuscript or review process.