Publication Ethics

INTEGRA is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and follows internationally accepted ethical publishing principles.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors must:

• Submit original work.

• Ensure data accuracy and authenticity.

• Properly acknowledge all sources.

• Avoid plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and duplicate submission.

• Disclose conflicts of interest.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors must:

• Evaluate manuscripts fairly and objectively.

• Maintain confidentiality.

• Avoid conflicts of interest.

• Make publication decisions based solely on academic merit.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must:

• Conduct objective and constructive reviews.

• Maintain confidentiality.

• Identify relevant uncited work.

• Disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Publication Malpractice

The following are considered unethical:

• Plagiarism

• Data fabrication

• Data falsification

• Duplicate publication

• Citation manipulation

• Undisclosed conflicts of interest

Any proven ethical violation may result in manuscript rejection, publication correction, retraction, or notification to the author's institution.