Policy Center
The Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications is committed to maintaining high standards of editorial integrity, publication ethics, transparency, and scholarly quality. The journal follows internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing, including the COPE Core Practices , where applicable to the journal's scope and publishing model.
The policies listed below describe the responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher throughout the submission, peer review, publication, and post-publication process. These policies are intended to ensure a fair, transparent, and rigorous editorial workflow for all manuscripts submitted to the journal.
Peer Review Policy
Describes the journal's editorial screening, blind peer-review process, reviewer selection, confidentiality rules, conflicts of interest in review, and editorial decision-making.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Sets out the journal's ethical standards regarding research integrity, plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, citation manipulation, and other forms of publication misconduct.
Authorship and Conflicts of Interest
Defines authorship responsibilities, contributorship expectations, corresponding author duties, author changes, and disclosure of financial, academic, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest.
Corrections, Retractions and Appeals
Explains how the journal handles corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, article withdrawal requests, complaints, and appeals against editorial decisions.
Copyright, Licensing and Open Access
Describes the journal's open access model, author copyright retention, License to Publish agreement, and publication under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Article Processing Charges, Waivers and Refunds
Provides information about article processing charges, the absence of submission fees, payment timing, waiver or discount requests, and refund conditions.
Data, AI and Research Integrity
Covers data availability statements, reproducibility, code or supplementary material where applicable, and the responsible use and disclosure of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies.
Editorial Independence and Journal Management
Describes the journal's editorial independence, roles of editors and the publisher, confidentiality obligations, special issue oversight, and safeguards against inappropriate influence on editorial decisions.
Archiving and Digital Preservation
Outlines the journal's approach to long-term access, article preservation, indexing, metadata availability, and maintenance of the scholarly record.
Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to read and follow the relevant policies before participating in the journal's editorial and publication process. Questions about these policies may be directed to the editorial office at info@jacodesmath.com.
