Editorial Policies

These policies apply to every volume of Conference Proceedings in Science and Management (CPSM), every conference whose proceedings the series accepts, and every paper in those proceedings. They follow the COPE Core Principles, the ICMJE Recommendations, and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The duties of each participant are summarized on the Publication Ethics page.

Peer Review

Peer review is conducted by the conference organizing committee under standards set by the series, independently cross-checked by the CPSM Editorial Advisory Board and the Editor-in-Chief, who hold final authority over acceptance. The model, the minimum standards, and the cross-check are set out on the Peer Review Process page.

Originality and Prior Publication

A paper must be original and must not have been published, or be under consideration, elsewhere. Redundant or duplicate publication is not accepted.

Preprints. A version posted on a preprint server or in an institutional repository before submission does not count as prior publication. The authors should disclose it and, after publication, link it to the CPSM DOI.
Theses. Material from the authors' own thesis may be used if the thesis is cited.
Extended versions. Authors may later publish an extended version of a CPSM paper in a journal, provided it adds substantial new material and cites the CPSM paper, as advised in COPE's position on material previously published in conference proceedings. The CPSM paper stays the version of record of the conference paper.
Republication. CPSM does not republish papers that have already appeared in other proceedings or journals.

Authorship

CPSM follows the ICMJE criteria. Each author must have contributed substantially to the conception, design, data, or analysis of the work, helped draft or critically revise it, approved the final version, and agreed to be accountable for it. Funding, supervision, or technical help alone does not qualify, and should be recorded in the Acknowledgment.

Gift, guest, ghost, and purchased authorship are forbidden. Generative AI tools cannot be authors. After a paper is accepted, any change to its author list or author order needs a written request signed by every author, including anyone added or removed, with the reason, and the approval of the volume editors and the Editor-in-Chief. Authorship disputes are handled under COPE guidance and, where needed, referred to the authors' institutions.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, volume editors, and board members must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationship that could reasonably be seen to affect their work or judgment, including employment, consultancy, shareholdings, patents, grants, and close personal ties. Every paper prints a conflict of interest declaration.

A volume editor must not handle a paper by a current or former student, a co-author from the past five years, or a colleague at the same institution. Such a paper is handled by another volume editor, and if none is free of conflict, by a member of the Editorial Advisory Board.

Research Ethics and Consent

Research on human participants, identifiable personal data, or animals must have approval from an appropriate ethics committee, and the paper must name the committee and the approval number. Human participants must have given informed consent. A photograph or other identifying detail of a person may be published only with that person's written consent, and additional care is required for minors and vulnerable groups. The volume editors confirm these points at acceptance, and the office may ask to see the approval.

Data and Reproducibility

Authors are encouraged to deposit data and code in a recognized public repository and to cite it in the paper. Every paper prints a data availability statement. Where data cannot be shared for legal or ethical reasons, the statement says so and explains how qualified researchers can request access.

Generative AI

Authors may use generative AI for language editing and for help with code or figures, provided they check the output and take responsibility for it. Every paper prints a declaration naming any tool used and its purpose. AI must not be used to create or alter data, images, or results, or to generate references.
Reviewers must not upload manuscripts or reports to generative AI tools, and must write their assessments themselves.
Editors make every acceptance and rejection decision themselves. AI is never the basis of an editorial decision.

The policy draws on the STM recommendations on AI in manuscript preparation and the WAME recommendations on chatbots and scholarly manuscripts, and will be revised as practice develops.

Plagiarism, Paper Mills, and Citation Manipulation

Plagiarism, including unattributed reuse of the authors' own earlier text, fabrication or falsification of data or images, manipulated peer review, paper-mill production, and citation stacking are research misconduct. Every paper is screened for similarity before acceptance, and every reference is checked against its source during copyediting. Suspected misconduct is investigated by the Editor-in-Chief with the Editorial Advisory Board, following the COPE flowcharts. Confirmed misconduct leads to rejection, or to retraction if the paper is published, and the authors' institutions are informed.

Copyright and License

Authors keep the copyright in their papers. Every paper is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), and the copyright holder and the license are printed on the paper and shown on its landing page. Authors must obtain permission for any third-party material that is not covered by an open license, and credit its source.

Post-Publication Discussion and Corrections

Comments and questions about a published paper may be sent to info@shoramedits.com and are passed to the authors where appropriate. Errors are corrected, and papers retracted, under the Corrections, Retractions, and Errata policy. Complaints and appeals follow the Complaints and Appeals procedure.

Archiving and Access

Preservation and indexing are covered on the Archiving and Indexing page, and fees and access on the Open Access and APC page.

Policy Review

These policies are reviewed at least once a year. Every change is posted on the Announcements page with its effective date. Changes apply to volumes accepted after that date.

Last revised: 27 September 2026.