The International Conference on Sustainable Innovation in Business: Integrating Academia, Industry, and AI for Future Resilience (ICSIB-2026) is committed to the highest standards of integrity, transparency and ethical conduct in all stages of the publication process. This policy applies to all authors, reviewers, editors and members of the organizing and publication committees.
All submissions must reflect original, accurate and honest research. Any form of unethical behaviour or publication malpractice is unacceptable and will be addressed with appropriate corrective measures.
Authors must ensure that their manuscripts represent original work. Any use of the ideas, words, data, figures or methods of others must be clearly acknowledged and properly cited.
Plagiarism in any form, including verbatim copying, close paraphrasing without citation and self plagiarism, is considered unethical. The maximum acceptable overall similarity level is less than ten percent, excluding references and clearly marked quotations.
Authorship is limited to individuals who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the study.
All such contributors must be listed as coauthors. Individuals who contributed in a more limited manner, for example through technical support, data collection or general supervision, should be acknowledged appropriately.
Guest, gift, honorary and ghost authorship are considered malpractice and are not permitted.
Authors must not submit the same or substantially similar manuscripts to more than one conference or journal at the same time. Redundant publication, including splitting one study into several overlapping manuscripts, is discouraged.
Authors should cite all relevant work that has influenced their research. References must be accurate and complete.
Citation manipulation, such as adding irrelevant citations to increase the visibility of particular authors or journals, is considered malpractice.
Authors must disclose any financial, institutional or personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing the results or interpretation of the manuscript. All sources of financial support must be clearly mentioned.
Authors may use artificial intelligence based tools for language support and formatting. However, the core research design, analysis, interpretation and conclusions must be developed and verified by the authors.
Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the content and must ensure that generated material does not introduce plagiarism, bias or incorrect information.
Reviewers support the quality of the conference proceedings by providing independent and objective evaluations of submitted manuscripts.
Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not share, discuss or use the content for any purpose other than the review itself.
Reviews should be fair, constructive and free from personal criticism. Reviewers should clearly express their opinions and support their comments with appropriate reasoning.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited and should inform the editor of any suspected plagiarism, duplication or other ethical concerns.
Reviewers must declare any conflict of interest that could influence their evaluation and should decline the review if such a conflict exists.
Editors are responsible for making decisions on which manuscripts will be accepted or rejected for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
Decisions must be based on the scholarly merit of the work, including originality, clarity, methodological rigour and relevance to the theme of ICEBM 2026.
Editors must handle all submissions in a fair and impartial manner, without discrimination based on the authors personal characteristics or affiliations.
Editors and editorial staff must maintain confidentiality regarding submitted manuscripts and must not use unpublished material in their own research without the explicit written consent of the authors.
The following practices are considered serious forms of publication malpractice.
Allegations of ethical breaches may be raised by authors, reviewers, editors or third parties at any time.
The editorial committee will examine all credible allegations in a careful and confidential manner. Authors may be asked to provide explanations, raw data or supporting documentation.
When misconduct or serious errors are confirmed, actions may include rejection of the manuscript, withdrawal or retraction of a published paper, notification to the authors institution and funding agencies and restriction of future submissions to the conference.
If significant errors or inaccuracies are discovered after publication, the editors may issue a correction or, when necessary, a retraction.
Authors who believe their manuscript was treated unfairly may submit a written appeal. The appeal will be reviewed by the editorial committee, and a final decision will be communicated to the authors.
Through this policy ICSIB-2026 aims to maintain a culture of trust, respect and academic excellence and to ensure that its proceedings reflect the highest standards of scholarly integrity.
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