Publication ethics

Peer review

Every submission is peer-reviewed by members of the scientific committee, and every author receives the decision by e-mail as soon as the review is complete.

Science in Quality Accreditation by Prof. Dr. Erol Kurt

ECRES 2027 papers are reviewed according to the Science in Quality criteria: seven integrity gates and twenty criteria for scientific quality and presentation.

Science in Quality is a set of criteria, a scoring method and a review procedure that describes what a sound, well-reported scientific paper looks like, from research integrity to presentation. It is not an institution, an index or a publisher. Seven gatekeeping requirements are pass or fail. Ten scientific quality criteria and ten presentation criteria then decide how strong the paper is: whether it adds reliable new knowledge, and whether readers and reviewers can understand, check and cite it.

The seven integrity gates are the publication ethics part of the criteria:

G1 Originality

Similarity at or below the limit (20% overall, 5% from any single source, references excluded); no duplicate or redundant publication.

G2 Research ethics

Ethics committee approval for studies on humans or animals; informed consent where people take part.

G3 Data and image integrity

No fabrication, falsification or inappropriate image manipulation; raw data available on request.

G4 Authorship

Every author meets the ICMJE criteria; no guest or ghost authors.

G5 Conflicts of interest and funding

All financial and personal interests and all funding sources declared.

G6 Use of generative AI

Any AI use in writing, analysis or images is disclosed; AI is never listed as an author; authors take full responsibility.

G7 Citation integrity

No citation manipulation or coerced citations; self-citation limited to what the work needs.

How ECRES 2027 applies it:

A Declarations section in every full paper

Full papers end with a Declarations section, just before the references: author contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, data availability and the use of generative AI. The ECRES 2027 full paper template already has it; if you started from an older template, add the section yourself with these five headings.

Confirmations when you submit

In Microsoft CMT you confirm that the paper is original and not under review elsewhere, that its data and images are genuine and, for studies with people or animals, that it has ethics approval.

A review according to the criteria

Reviewers use the Science in Quality criteria for scientific quality and presentation as the basis of their review, and do not review a paper when they have a conflict of interest.

Science in Quality builds on COPE publication ethics, ICMJE authorship, CRediT contributor roles, EQUATOR reporting guidelines and FAIR data principles. It is a quality framework: it does not index, rank or award levels to ECRES papers.

Originality

Submit original work that is not published or under review elsewhere. Papers with substantial unattributed overlap with published work, including the authors' own, are rejected. Extended versions for partner journals add at least 40% new content, and each journal applies its own checks.

Generative AI

AI tools cannot be authors. Describe any use beyond language editing — the tool, its version and what it was used for — in the Declarations section of the paper. Authors are responsible for every statement, figure and reference in their paper. Reviewers do not upload submissions to public AI tools.

Authorship

Everyone listed as an author has contributed to the work and agrees to the submission. Changes to the author list after acceptance need the written agreement of all authors. At least one author registers for each paper and presents it, in person or online.

Misconduct

Plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data and duplicate submission lead to rejection, or to removal from the proceedings after publication. Report a concern to ecres.conference@gmail.com; reports are handled confidentially.

Conflicts of interest

Some of our partner journals are edited by members of the ECRES organizing committee; papers are handled under each journal's own editorial policy. Each journal decides independently; an invitation is not an acceptance. Reviewers with a conflict of interest, such as co-authors or colleagues at the same institution, do not review the paper. Journal recommendations are made by the scientific committee after the conference, and an invited author can always decline.

ECRES is organized by VintEight Conference Organization, a private organizer in Ankara; registration fees pay for the conference.

Last updated: October 2026.