Publication Ethics

FJI Press is committed to upholding the integrity of the scholarly record. These principles apply to authors, reviewers and editors across all FJI Press journals, proceedings and books.

Originality and plagiarism

Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. All submissions are screened for textual overlap; substantial overlap with published work without proper attribution leads to rejection.

Authors must cite the sources of all ideas, data and text passages taken from other works, including their own previously published work.

Authorship

Authorship is limited to those who made a substantial contribution to the conception, execution or interpretation of the work and who approve the final manuscript. Contributors who do not meet authorship criteria should be listed in the acknowledgements.

Changes to the author list after submission require the written agreement of all authors.

Competing interests

Authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be seen as influencing the work. Reviewers and editors must recuse themselves when a competing interest exists.

Research involving humans and animals

Research involving human participants requires a statement of ethics committee approval, or an exemption where applicable, and informed consent procedures must be described. Animal research must follow recognised welfare standards and institutional approval.

Corrections and retractions

Errors discovered after publication are corrected through published errata. Articles are retracted when findings are unreliable due to misconduct or honest error, or when the work constitutes plagiarism or duplicate publication. Retraction notices are linked to the original article and remain part of the public record.