Misconduct Policy
Duplicate Submission
Manuscripts submitted to Arts and Science Press Pte. Ltd. should:
1) not have been published before
2) not concurrently be submitted elsewhere
If a part of a manuscript has been published or will be published elsewhere, authors must inform the editors in a cover letter. If a duplicate submission is detected during peer review, the manuscript may be rejected. If it is detected after publication, the manuscript may be retracted.
Plagiarism
Authors are advised to observe high standards in the aspect of publication ethics. Plagiarism is a strictly unacceptable practice in journals published by Arts and Science Press Pte. Ltd., including duplicate publication of the author’s work without proper citation.
Every manuscript submitted for publication is checked for plagiarism via Crossref Similarity Check (powered by iThenticate) after submission and before being sent to the editor for editorial review. Any detection of overlapping and similar texts in the manuscripts submitted will be investigated promptly and may lead to the manuscript being rejected.
Fabrication and Falsification
Fabrication involves manipulating the data or analysis to match the desired results. Falsification involves making up data and results without any research work in fact. Fabrication and falsification are both misconducts, and they can result in an unscientific record that does not reflect scientific truth. Fabrication and falsification are serious academic fraudulent behaviors, and they may have a negative impact on the authors’ affiliate, funding sponsor, and employers. Arts and Science Press Pte. Ltd. will not hesitate to reject manuscripts with suspicion of academic fraud.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or large scale language models in research publications is expanding rapidly with the rapid development of AI technology. The Arts and Science Press will continue to adapt and refine its policy on the use of AI tools in writing. According to COPE position statement on the response to AI tools:
AI tools can not be listed as authors or co-authors of papers. Because they cannot be held responsible for the submissions and do not have the ability to manage copyright and licensing agreements.
Authors who use AI tools in their submissions (including but not limited to: during the writing of the article or when collecting and analyzing data) must be transparent in disclosing in the Methods or acknowledgement section of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used.
Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, including but not limited to: sections produced by an AI tool or data analyzed using AI tools in the research process.
The editors of the Applied Chemical Engineering and the Arts and Science Press reserve the right to reject or withdraw the manuscript directly if the use of AI tools in the manuscript is concealed.