Scholarly Summit is committed to maintaining ethical, transparent, and responsible publishing practices across its journals. We aim to protect the integrity of the scholarly record and promote fairness, accountability, and trust throughout the research publication process.
Authors must submit original work, acknowledge all sources appropriately, and disclose any relevant prior publication or overlapping submissions. Plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, falsification, and other forms of research misconduct are unacceptable. Manuscripts may be screened for originality and assessed for potential ethical concerns.
Authorship must accurately reflect scholarly contributions, and all listed authors must approve the final manuscript. Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose relevant competing interests that could influence their work, assessments, or editorial decisions.
Manuscripts are evaluated according to the relevant journal's peer review policy. Editors and reviewers are expected to assess submissions objectively, maintain confidentiality, and disclose conflicts of interest. Editorial decisions should be based on scholarly merit, originality, relevance, and methodological quality, without inappropriate commercial or personal influence.
Research involving human participants or animals must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements. Authors must provide ethical approval, informed consent, and supporting documentation where required. Authors are responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and appropriate reporting of their research data and findings.
Scholarly Summit supports open-access publishing to make scholarly research freely accessible and reusable. Articles published by Scholarly Summit are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).
This license permits others to share, redistribute, and adapt published articles for any purpose, including commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the license is provided, and any changes are indicated.
Authors retain copyright of their published articles and grant Scholarly Summit the non-exclusive rights necessary to publish and distribute their work, subject to the applicable publishing agreement.
The applicable license must be clearly identified on each published article and its associated publication information. Third-party material may be subject to separate copyright and licensing terms, and authors are responsible for obtaining permissions where required.
Full license terms are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Scholarly Summit takes allegations of publication misconduct seriously. Concerns involving plagiarism, authorship, research integrity, or editorial conduct are assessed fairly and based on available evidence. Authors and other relevant parties may raise complaints or appeal editorial decisions in accordance with the applicable procedures.
Scholarly Summit seeks to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record. Where significant errors or ethical concerns are identified, appropriate action may include a correction, an expression of concern, or retraction, depending on the circumstances and supporting evidence.
Authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher share responsibility for upholding ethical standards throughout the publication process. Scholarly Summit aims to address ethical concerns consistently, protect the integrity of published research, and support responsible scholarly communication.