All
submissions to Studia Turistica must be original and free of unethical
practices.
Unethical
practices include plagiarism, data falsification, data fabrication, paper
slicing, and papers written by someone else for the authors, as well as
other practices that violate the generally accepted research ethics
principles.
Reviewers
are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence tools to draft
reviews or to upload manuscripts to any AI platform (such as ChatGPT or
comparable applications), as this would constitute a breach of copyright
and confidentiality.
The
Editor-in-Chief is responsible for investigating all alleged unethical
practices.
In
case of an alleged unethical practice, the Editor-in-Chief informs the
authors of the paper, provides the necessary evidence, and invites the
authors to provide an explanation.
Concerns
about unethical practices can be expressed by the Editor-in-Chief,
Editorial Board members, paper reviewers, authors, readers, and other
individuals who have encountered such practices.
If
an unethical practice is identified during the review process, the review
process is stopped until the case is clarified. The review process
continues if the alleged unethical practice is not substantiated.
If
an alleged unethical practice is substantiated for a paper that has not
yet been sent for review, is currently under review, or has been accepted
but not published yet, the paper is rejected.
Suppose
an alleged unethical practice is substantiated for a paper that has
already been published. In that case, the paper will be retracted, and a
retraction notice will be published in the next available volume of the
journal. For completeness of the bibliographic records, the text of the
retracted paper remains online, but with a watermark “Retracted”.
In
the case of a second substantiated unethical practice, the author will
receive a lifetime ban from publication in Studia Turistica.
