Journal Policy

 Journal Policies

 Peer Review Process

The journal follows a rigorous double-blind review process of two to four weeks and aims to publish accepted papers within a reasonable timeframe. Our editorial team includes experts in various areas of computer science, software engineering and related disciplines who ensure that all submissions undergo a rigorous, fair and unbiased review process prior to their acceptance and publication

Authorship Policy

As per JCSA guidelines the authorship should be based on the following criteria:
1. Substantial contributions to conception & design, or acquisition of data, or analysis & interpretation of data.
2. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
3. Final approval of the version to be published. All those who meet the above three conditions are eligible to be included as Authors in the manuscript
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. When a large multicenter group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship contributor ship defined above. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, general supervision of the research group does not qualify any one to be an author. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the acknowledgment section. Those who provide technical support, writing assistance, or
department chair who provided just general support should also be mentioned in acknowledgment. It is also important that all those whose names appear in acknowledgement must have given permission to be acknowledged

  • Research Involving Human Subjects: While doing research work that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/), revised in 2013. According to point 23 of this declaration, approval from the local institutional review board (IRB) or other appropriate ethics committee must be obtained before undertaking the research to confirm the study meets national and international guidelines. As a minimum, a statement including the project identification code, date of approval, and name of the ethics committee or institutional review board must be stated in Section ‘Institutional Review Board Statement’ of the article.
  • Publication Ethics Statement: The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer-review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure high-quality scientific works in the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. The editors of JCSA take such publishing ethics issues very seriously and are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero-tolerance policy.

Authors wishing to publish their work in JCSA must abide by the following:

  • Any facts that might be perceived as a possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be disclosed in the paper before submission.
  • Authors should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.
  • Data and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail in the paper so that other researchers can replicate the work.
  • Raw data should preferably be publicly deposited by the authors before submission of their manuscript. Authors need to at least have the raw data readily available for presentation to the journal’s referees and editors (if requested). Authors need to ensure appropriate measures are taken so that raw data is retained in full for a reasonable time after publication. 
  • The journal accepts exact translations of previously published work. All submissions of translations must conform to our policies by the editorial board of JCSA on translations.
  • If errors and inaccuracies are found by the authors after the publication of their work, they need to be promptly communicated to the editors of this journal so that appropriate actions can be taken. Please refer to our policy regarding Updating Published Papers.
  • If you include already published figures or images, please obtain the necessary permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY license.

Plagiarism Policy

  • Plagiarism is not acceptable in the JCSA
  • Plagiarism includes copying text, ideas, images, or data from another source, even from your own publications, without giving any credit to the actual source.
  • Reuse of text that is copied from another source must be between quotes and the original source must be cited. If a study's design or the manuscript's structure or language has been inspired by previous works, these works must be explicitly cited.
    • If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected.
    • If plagiarism is detected after publication, an investigation will take place, and action will be taken in accordance with our policies.
    • Citation Policy: Authors should ensure that where the material is taken from other sources (including their own published writing) the source is clearly cited and that where appropriate permission is obtained.

Authors should Not:

  • Engage in excessive self-citation of their own work.
  • Copy references from other publications if they have not read the cited work.
  • Preferentially cite their own or their friends, peers, or institution’s publications.
  • Cite advertisements or advertorial material.

Conflict of Interests

A sample definition by WAME states that conflict of interest “exists when a participant in the publication process (author, peer reviewer, or editor) has a competing interest that could unduly influence (or be reasonably seen to do so) his or her responsibilities in the publication process."

Any conflict of interest should be declared by all authors. This may include grants or honorarium, credits and promotions, memberships or any personal or professional relationships which may appear to influence the manuscript. Such competing interests are not unethical but should be declared.

Authors should state the conflict of interest clearly in the submission form. This statement should also appear at the end of the text before the references. If there are no conflicts of interests, the authors should state, “none to declare.”

All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state: