Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Journal of Privacy-Aware Computing Systems is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics. Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher are expected to follow ethical practices throughout the submission, review, publication, and post-publication process.

Author Responsibilities

Authors must submit original work, present accurate results, cite sources properly, disclose conflicts of interest, identify all contributors appropriately, and ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted or published elsewhere in substantially the same form.

Editorial Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for fair and objective evaluation of manuscripts. Editorial decisions should be based on scholarly merit, relevance, originality, technical quality, security significance, privacy relevance, and ethical compliance. Editors should maintain confidentiality during the review process.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers should provide objective, constructive, and timely feedback. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and should declare any conflict of interest that may affect their ability to review the manuscript fairly.

Privacy and Security Ethics

Authors should avoid publishing material that enables harmful misuse. Manuscripts involving security testing, user data, sensitive datasets, vulnerabilities, or privacy-related experiments should describe safeguards, permissions, limitations, and responsible disclosure practices where applicable.

Research and Technical Integrity

Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, manipulated results, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and misrepresentation of privacy or security claims are considered unethical practices.

Corrections and Retractions

If a significant error or ethical concern is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction depending on the nature and severity of the issue.

Conflict of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors should disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that may influence the manuscript or review process.