Journal of Neurosurgery Academy

The Journal of Neurosurgery Academy is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and research integrity. The journal follows the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in handling allegations of research and publication misconduct.

Definition of Misconduct

Research and publication misconduct refers to practices that compromise the integrity, reliability, or trustworthiness of scholarly research and publishing. Misconduct may involve authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, or any other individuals participating in the publication process.

Misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

• Fabrication: Making up data, results, or research findings and recording or reporting them as genuine.
• Falsification: Manipulating research materials, equipment, processes, data, images, or results such that the research is not accurately represented.
• Plagiarism: Using another person's ideas, data, processes, results, or words without proper acknowledgment or permission.
• Duplicate or Redundant Publication: Publishing substantially similar work in more than one journal without proper disclosure or justification.
• Authorship Misconduct: Improper attribution of authorship, including guest, gift, or ghost authorship.
• Peer Review Manipulation: Interfering with or compromising the integrity of the peer-review process.
• Citation Manipulation: Inappropriate citation practices intended to artificially increase citations.
• Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: Failure to disclose relationships or interests that could influence the research or publication process.
• Ethical Violations: Failure to obtain required ethical approvals, participant consent, or comply with relevant research ethics standards.
• Breach of Confidentiality: Unauthorized disclosure or misuse of confidential information obtained through research, editorial, or peer-review activities.

Honest errors, differences in scientific opinion, or reasonable disagreements in interpretation do not constitute misconduct.

Reporting Allegations

Allegations of misconduct may be raised by authors, reviewers, editors, readers, institutions, or any other concerned party at any stage before or after publication.

Allegations should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief through the journal's official contact email. All allegations will be treated seriously, fairly, confidentially, and consistently, regardless of the source of the complaint.