Publication Ethics & Misconduct

Praksis is committed to maintaining scientific integrity and adheres to publication ethics standards based on the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors, editors, and reviewers each have specific responsibilities in ensuring an honest, transparent, and ethically sound publication process.

Authors' Responsibilities: Authors must submit original manuscripts and refrain from plagiarism, data fabrication, or data manipulation. All sources must be properly cited, and the same manuscript must not be submitted to more than one journal simultaneously (duplicate submission).

Editors' Responsibilities: Editors must ensure a fair and objective peer review process, maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts throughout the review process, and make publication decisions based on the manuscript's scholarly quality without being influenced by commercial interests or personal relationships.

Reviewers' Responsibilities: Reviewers must provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations while maintaining the confidentiality of the manuscripts they review.

Violations of publication ethics, including plagiarism, data fabrication, unauthorized authorship, and undisclosed conflicts of interest, will be addressed in accordance with COPE guidelines. Possible actions include manuscript rejection or retraction of articles that have already been published.