Authorship and Conflict of Interest Policy

The Journal of Techniques is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, transparency, accountability, and scholarly integrity in accordance with internationally recognized editorial and ethical publishing principles.

SECTION I

Authorship & Contributorship Policy

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF AUTHORSHIP

Authorship is a means of assigning both credit and responsibility for published scholarly work. Credit and accountability are inseparable. The guiding principle for authorship decisions is to provide an honest and transparent representation of individual scientific contributions to the work.

All listed authors share collective responsibility for the integrity, originality, and scientific validity of the submitted work.

CRITERIA FOR AUTHORSHIP

Only individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript should be listed as authors.

Conceptualization of the research;
Study design and methodology development;
Data collection, analysis, or interpretation;
Software development or computational modeling;
Experimental validation or investigation;
Preparation or critical revision of the manuscript;
Scientific supervision or project leadership.

Technical assistance, funding support, language editing, administrative supervision, or routine data collection alone do not justify authorship.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT

The Journal of Techniques encourages transparency regarding individual author contributions. Authors may be requested to provide a detailed contribution statement describing each author's role in the submitted work.

The editorial office may request clarification where authorship attribution appears inconsistent with the nature or complexity of the research.

NUMBER OF AUTHORS

The Journal of Techniques does not impose arbitrary limitations on the number of authors associated with a manuscript. Multi-disciplinary and collaborative research projects may legitimately involve numerous contributors.

ORDER OF AUTHORSHIP

The order of authorship should be determined collectively by the authors themselves according to their relative scientific contributions and mutual agreement.

AI AND AUTHORSHIP

Artificial intelligence systems, generative AI tools, and automated content-generation technologies cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for published scholarly work.

Authors remain fully responsible for the integrity, originality, and scientific validity of all submitted content, including material generated or assisted by AI technologies.

AUTHORSHIP DISPUTES

Authorship disputes should preferably be resolved among the involved parties and affiliated institutions prior to manuscript submission.

Requests for changes in authorship are addressed in the Authorship Changes Policy

SECTION II

Conflict of Interest & Disclosure Policy

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Public trust in scientific publishing depends on transparency regarding relationships, interests, and activities that could influence or appear to influence scholarly judgment.

Conflicts of interest may arise from financial relationships, institutional affiliations, personal relationships, academic competition, intellectual beliefs, or other circumstances that could affect objectivity.

AUTHOR DISCLOSURE RESPONSIBILITIES

Authors are required to disclose all financial, institutional, personal, professional, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work.

A conflict of interest declaration statement must be included within the submitted manuscript.

REVIEWER RESPONSIBILITIES

Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest that could affect their ability to provide an objective and impartial evaluation of a manuscript.

Reviewers should decline review assignments where conflicts may compromise neutrality or confidentiality.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Editors and editorial board members must recuse themselves from editorial decisions involving manuscripts where conflicts of interest or competing relationships exist.

Editorial decisions must remain independent of commercial, institutional, political, or personal influence.

FUNDING DISCLOSURE

Authors must disclose all financial support associated with the submitted research, including grants, institutional funding, commercial sponsorship, equipment support, or material assistance.

The role of the funding source in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, and publication decisions should be clearly stated.

REPORTING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Published articles may include disclosure statements describing conflicts of interest, funding sources, sponsor involvement, and access to research data where applicable.

The editorial office may request supporting documentation or clarification regarding disclosed relationships or competing interests.