The IJEEE Journal adheres to a high standard of publication ethics and takes any misconduct or alleged fraud seriously. Following the guidelines set out by COPE, the journal will conduct an investigation in cases of suspected ethical violations. If, upon investigation, legitimate concerns arise, the journal will contact the relevant authors via their registered email address to address the identified issues. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, the journal may take actions as follows:
1) The manuscript may be rejected and returned to the author if it is still under review or publication process.
2) If the article has already been published online, the journal may take:
The rationale and details of any actions will be outlined in a notice associated with the marked article as “retracted” as follows:
1) Notify the author’s institution,
2) A notice of suspected breach of ethical standards may be included in the peer-review system as part of the bibliographic record for the author and article.
For authors who have changed their names and wish to have them corrected in their published work, please see the author name change policy:
1) Authors are urged to ensure that they accurately list the author group, corresponding author, and author order when submitting a manuscript. Any post-submission changes to the author list, such as changing the order, deleting, or adding authors, must be discussed and agreed upon by each author. Changes to authorship by adding or removing authors or making changes in the corresponding author and author sequence are not permitted after the acceptance of the manuscript.
The author names will be published as they appear in the accepted submission. In addition, authors should ensure that the names of all authors are spelled correctly and that titles and affiliations are current.
Adding and/or deleting authors at the review stage is generally not permitted, but this may be warranted in some cases. The reasons for these changes must be explained in the authorship. Approval of a change during revision is at the editor’s discretion.
2) An author who wishes to change his/her name for reasons like sexual or religious conversions can request correction of the name, pronoun, or other relevant biographical information in previously published papers. Corrections can be made silently without being noted in the PDF of the paper, or an official public correction can be made.
3) In cases where a co-author dies or is incapacitated during the writing, submission, or peer-review process, and the co-authors feel it is necessary to include the author, the co-authors must obtain consent from a legal representative who could be an immediate relative.
4) All correspondence with the journal, including correspondence with editorial representatives such as editors-in-chief, handling editors, or reviewers, must be treated with confidentiality, and information must be shared only with authorized personnel or after express consent is obtained from the journal.
5) In an authorship dispute during peer-review or after the acceptance and publication of the manuscript, the journal will not be in a position to investigate or adjudicate the matter. The authors will be asked to resolve the dispute themselves. The journal reserves the right to withdraw the manuscript from the editing process. Alternatively, it may raise the issue with the author’s institution, adhering to institutional guidelines.
In exceptional circumstances, IJEEE reserves the right to remove an article from the IJEEE Online Platforms. Such action can be taken when:
1) The content is deemed defamatory, infringes a third party’s intellectual or other legal rights, or is otherwise deemed unlawful.
2) A court or government order has been, or is likely to be, to remove such content.
3) In the case of immediate and severe health hazards that the content may pose, Bibliographical metadata, such as the title and authors, will be preserved and accompanied by an explanation of why the content was removed. Removal may be temporary or permanent, and the decision to remove will be taken only in exceptional circumstances, along with a statement that explains the reason behind removing the content.
IJEEE will be guided by the COPE Guidelines when dealing with post-publication corrections, revisions, or withdrawals of articles.