Research Misconduct

Jurnal AVICENNA

AVICENNA takes allegations seriously, whether they arise before or after publication.

Potential misconduct includes:

• ✗Fabrication or falsification of data, cases, respondents, documents, images, statistics, or results;
• ✗Plagiarism or substantial reuse without attribution;
• ✗Duplicate submission, redundant publication, or deceptive salami slicing;
• ✗Citation manipulation or coerced citation;
• ✗Peer review manipulation or fake reviewer identity;
• ✗Fake affiliations, fake credentials, purchased manuscripts, paper mill activity, or fraudulent submissions;
• ✗Inappropriate authorship or undisclosed conflicts of interest; and
• ✗Unethical research, including the lack of necessary ethics approval or permissions.

Concerns may be submitted through the journal's official contact channels and must specify the manuscript/article in question, explain the allegation, and provide supporting information where possible.

The Editor-in-Chief or a designated independent editor evaluates whether the concern is specific, credible, relevant, and requires investigation. Editors with a conflict of interest must recuse themselves.

The journal may request explanations, raw data, research records, ethical documentation, contribution statements, or other evidence. If necessary, AVICENNA may contact affiliated institutions, research integrity offices, or funders.

Possible outcomes that may be taken include: no further action, revision, rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, authorship correction, notification to institutions, or other proportionate actions.

The journal handles allegations confidentially as much as possible, avoids hasty conclusions, and provides an opportunity for the involved parties to respond.