Publication Ethics and Research Integrity

Commitment

JRISA is committed to transparent and responsible scholarly publishing. Authors, editors, and reviewers share responsibility for protecting the integrity of the scholarly record. The journal takes concerns involving research misconduct, plagiarism, fabricated data, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, inappropriate authorship, duplicate publication, and unethical research seriously.

Originality and plagiarism

Submitted manuscripts must represent the authors’ own scholarly work. Authors must appropriately cite ideas, language, data, images, and other material originating from other sources. JRISA may use similarity-detection or other integrity-screening tools as part of editorial review. Similarity scores are not interpreted automatically; editors consider the nature and context of overlapping material.

Duplicate submission and prior publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to JRISA and another journal. Substantially identical work that has already been formally published is generally not eligible for publication as an original JRISA article. Posting a manuscript as a preprint does not automatically prevent submission, but authors should disclose the preprint during submission.

Conference presentations, posters, theses, dissertations, and research reports may be developed into journal manuscripts when publication rights permit and the relationship to the earlier version is disclosed.

Research involving human participants

Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical, institutional, and legal requirements. Authors may be required to provide information concerning institutional review or ethics approval, exemption determinations, informed consent or assent, parent or guardian consent where applicable, protection of confidential information, privacy, and data security.

The absence of formal institutional review does not automatically establish whether research is ethical or unethical. Authors are responsible for demonstrating compliance with the requirements applicable to their institution, jurisdiction, and research context. Editors may decline research when ethical protections are unclear or insufficient.

Animal research

Research involving animals must comply with applicable institutional and legal requirements governing animal welfare and research ethics. Relevant approvals should be described in the manuscript.

Research misconduct

Research misconduct may include fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, manipulated or misleading data, fabricated citations, intentional misrepresentation of research procedures, unethical treatment of research participants, or inappropriate manipulation of images or results.

When credible concerns arise, JRISA may request clarification, supporting documentation, raw data, ethics records, or other relevant information. Depending on the circumstances, the journal may reject, correct, withdraw, or retract a manuscript or published article.