Open Access Journal
Our commitment to integrity, transparency, and ethical publishing practices
The International Journal of Sigma Studies is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and follows the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in the publishing process—authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher—are expected to adhere to these ethical principles.
Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. All sources must be properly cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical behavior and is unacceptable.
Note: All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software. Manuscripts with similarity index above 20% will be rejected without review.
Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All co-authors must have reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
Authors may be asked to provide raw data supporting their manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make such data publicly available if requested. Authors should retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
Editors are responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. Decisions are based on the validity of the work, its importance to researchers and readers, and adherence to journal standards.
Manuscripts are evaluated solely on their intellectual merit, without regard to authors race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.
Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and the publisher.
Editors will not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts for their own research without written consent. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.
Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and may aid authors in improving their manuscripts. Reviewers should provide constructive, objective feedback.
Reviewers who feel unqualified or unable to complete a review in a timely manner should notify the editor and decline to participate in the review process.
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
If the work involves human subjects or animals, authors must ensure that the work was conducted in accordance with the appropriate institutional and international guidelines. Approval from relevant ethics committees must be obtained and stated in the manuscript.
Authors should obtain informed consent from all human research participants and protect their privacy and confidentiality.
If misconduct is suspected or alleged, either before or after publication, the journal will follow COPE guidelines to investigate and address the issue appropriately.
If you have concerns about potential publication misconduct, please contact the editorial office in confidence. All allegations will be investigated thoroughly and impartially.
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