Allegation of Research Misconduct

Policy Statement

Nation State: Journal of International Studies (NSJIS) adopts this policy to prevent and manage allegations of research misconduct. All allegations of research misconduct are strictly, transparently, and objectively investigated in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Scope of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct includes practices that violate the principles of originality, accuracy, and academic responsibility in research and scholarly publication for peer-reviewed or published articles, such as: plagiarism, data fabrication and falsification, duplicate or redundant publication, authorship misconduct, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, violations of research ethics, misuse of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI).

Reporting Research Misconduct

Authors, peer reviewers, readers, editors, academic institutions, or other parties are encouraged to report if there is any allegation of research misconduct. The report should be submitted to the official NSJIS Contact by including the manuscript or published article’s identity, a description of research misconduct, and any supporting evidence.

The Editorial Team will conduct a preliminary assessment to determine whether further investigation is required. The author will have an opportunity to respond before the decision is made based on the investigation’s findings. The manuscripts or published articles found and verified to have misconduct will be subject to sanctions such as rejection, retraction, or other measures, as decided by the Editorial Team.