Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement
Journal of Current Research in Blockchain is a peer-reviewed open-access journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer, and the publisher (Department of Information System, Universitas Amikom Purwokerto, Indonesia; Faculty of Computing and Information Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; and Bright Publisher). This statement is based on the previous COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the current COPE's Core Practices.
Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Journal of Current Research in Blockchain is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is, therefore, important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.
Publisher and Editor
Bright Publisher, as the publisher of the Journal of Current Research in Blockchain, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Department of Information Systems, Universitas Amikom Purwokerto, Indonesia and the Faculty of Computing and Information Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.
Publication Decisions
The editor of the Journal of Current Research in Blockchain is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.
Fair Play
An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
Complaints Policy
We aim to respond to and resolve all complaints quickly and constructively. The procedures to investigate and resolve complaints followed by the Journal of Current Research in Blockchain aim to be fair and balanced for those making complaints and for those being complained about. The complaint can be made by writing an email. All complaints will be acknowledged within five working days.
Duties of Reviewers
- Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
- Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
- Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
- Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively, and referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
- Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and notify the editor of any substantial similarity with other works.
- Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information obtained through peer review must not be used for personal advantage.
Duties of Authors
- Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of their work.
- Data Access and Retention: Authors are required to provide raw data for editorial review.
- Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure their works are entirely original.
- Multiple Publications: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical.
- Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of sources is mandatory.
- Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should include all contributors who significantly influenced the study.
- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or substantive conflicts of interest.
- Fundamental Errors: Authors must cooperate in retracting or correcting papers where significant errors are found.