Publication Ethics

Public Governance and Constitutional Order Review is committed to high standards of publication ethics and research integrity and follows principles inspired by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are expected to:

  • submit original work that has not been previously published;
  • avoid simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to multiple journals;
  • properly acknowledge and cite all sources;
  • ensure the accuracy of legal texts, judicial decisions, institutional documents, data, and references;
  • avoid fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of evidence or data;
  • disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal conflicts of interest;
  • disclose relevant sources of research funding where applicable;
  • ensure that authorship is limited to individuals who made genuine scholarly contributions;
  • respect intellectual property rights;
  • obtain ethical approval and informed consent when required by the nature of the research.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers are expected to:

  • provide objective, impartial, and constructive assessments;
  • maintain strict confidentiality regarding submitted manuscripts;
  • refrain from using unpublished information for personal or professional benefit;
  • disclose any potential conflict of interest;
  • report suspected plagiarism, duplication, data manipulation, or other ethical concerns;
  • evaluate manuscripts according to academic standards rather than political, ideological, personal, or institutional considerations.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are expected to:

  • ensure fairness and transparency throughout the editorial process;
  • make decisions based solely on scholarly merit and relevance;
  • protect the confidentiality of authors and reviewers;
    • avoid conflicts of interest;
    • investigate allegations of research or publication misconduct;
    • issue corrections, retractions, or other appropriate notices where necessary.

    Scientific misconduct, including plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data, duplicate publication, inappropriate self-plagiarism, authorship manipulation, citation manipulation, or interference with the peer-review process, may result in manuscript rejection, restrictions on future submissions, or retraction of published articles.