Privacy Statement

Plagiarism and Ethics statement

IJDSCR subscribes to many of the recommendations of COPE, and the Directory of Open Access Journals regarding publication ethics.                                                                                                                                                              

Though a form need not be submitted, it is assumed that the authors affirm the following:     

           

1. Originality, Authorship & Redundant Publication

 

Original work – The manuscript is entirely own work, has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by any other journal.

Authorship – All listed authors made substantial contributions, approve the final version, and agree to be accountable for its accuracy and integrity. They are free to use the affiliation they deem most appropriate, and IJDSCR upholds the intellectual primacy of authors in deciding the use of affiliation(s).

Plagiarism check – A similarity scan (e.g., iThenticate or similar) shows < 20 % overlap (or < 5% from any single source), and the report is available to editors upon request. The journal currently checks each submitted ms with iThenticate.  Similarity reports are interpreted by an editor.

AI check - Authors should declare upfront the usage of AI tools in generating the text of the manuscript,

as well as the references. The editors reserve the right to reject submissions that do not make such a statement. IJDSCR currently checks for AI in all submissions and decisions on manuscripts with substantial AI content is made by the Chief Editor. 

AI-check on revised manuscript - All revised manuscripts submitted will be again subjected to AI usage check, and if AI usage exceeds the prescribed threshold the manuscript is liable to be rejected.

Citation Pollution: Authors must ensure that each paper they cite exists. Any DOI included in the references must resolve to the paper and match the cited title, authors, year and journal. Use of LLMs for drafting, literature survey, or reference generation must be disclosed at submission. Manuscripts with several fictitious LLM-generated references or fabricated DOIs or wrongly pointing DOIs will be rejected on research-integrity grounds. This note appears in the home page because of the additional time, effort that is often wasted by 1. the authors themselves, 2. the editors, 3. the reviewers, and finally 4. the whole universe of knowledge (if these polluted citations slip into print) in trying to determine citation integrity.

 

The following statement should be part of the manuscript:

 

The authors declare that (no generative AI / the following generative AI tools) were used in the preparation of this manuscript. If used, the tool(s) were used only for (language editing / improving clarity / summarizing author-written text / formatting) and not to generate original scientific content, analyses, conclusions, citations or references. All authors reviewed and edited any AI-assisted output and take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript, including verification of facts, citations, and references.                            

                                    

2. Ethical Approval & Informed Consent

Aspect	Statement
Human participants	The study was approved by (Name of Institutional Review Board / Ethics            Committee) (Approval No. ______, Date ______). All participants provided written      informed consent.
Vulnerable populations / minors	Consent was obtained from parents/guardians and assent from minors, in              accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Animal research	Procedures complied with (Name of Institutional Animal Care & Use                    Committee) guidelines (Approval No. ______).
No human or animal subjects	The research did not involve human participants or live animals, thus ethical           approval was not required.

3. Data Availability

Data deposition – the underlying data in (name of repository) with DOI/URL or included all necessary data within the manuscript / supplementary files or will share data upon reasonable request.                      

 

4. Conflicts of Interest

None declared – The authors have no competing financial or non-financial interests.

Conflicts exist – Details.

                                                                                                                                      

5. Funding

This work was funded by (Funding Agency), Grant No. __________. (If unfunded, write “None.”)

                

6. Acknowledgement of Journal Policies

I have read and agree to IJDSCR’s policies on research integrity, peer review, and article processing. Should issues arise, I/we will cooperate fully with the journal, providing raw data, ethics approvals, or participant consent forms if requested.

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.