IJAR is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and research integrity, following COPE guidelines.
All parties involved in publishing — authors, editors and reviewers — must observe these ethical principles.
Submit original, unpublished work; disclose conflicts of interest; acknowledge all sources and co-authors.
Ensure fair, unbiased review; maintain confidentiality; make decisions based solely on merit.
Provide objective, constructive feedback; respect confidentiality; declare any conflicts.
All submissions are screened using industry-standard plagiarism-detection software. Manuscripts with a similarity index above 15% are returned to authors. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism and data fabrication, results in immediate rejection.
Authors retain copyright of their work. All articles are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence, allowing reuse with proper attribution.
Where significant errors are identified post-publication, the journal will issue a correction, expression of concern or retraction in line with COPE guidelines, preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
All authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be perceived to influence their work. Reviewers and editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict exists.
Our rigorous ethical framework ensures every paper published in IJAR meets the highest standards of integrity.