Editorial Policies

Editor’s responsibilities:

• The editor should acknowledge receipt of submitted manuscripts within ten working days of receipt and ensure an efficient, fair, and timely review process.
• The editor should ensure that submitted manuscripts are processed in a confidential manner, and that no content of the manuscripts will be disclosed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
• The editor should recuse himself or herself from processing manuscripts if he or she has any conflict of interest with any of the authors or institutions related to the manuscripts.
• The editor should not disclose the names and other details of the reviewers to a third party without the permission of the reviewers.
• The editor has the right to make the final decision on whether to accept or reject a manuscript with reference to the significance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript and its relevance to the journal.
• The editor should by no means make any effort to oblige the authors to cite his or her journal either as an implied or explicit condition of accepting their manuscripts for publication.
• The editor should not use for his or her own research any part of any data or work reported in submitted and as yet unpublished articles.
• The editor should respond promptly and take reasonable measures when an ethical complaint occurs concerning a submitted manuscript or a published paper, and the editor should immediately contact and consult with the author. In this case, a written formal retraction or correction may also be required.

Corrections

• General: Articles published online or in print are considered final. The journal generally does not make corrections or retract published articles. In cases where it is necessary (as described below), the journal may also make changes or retract articles.
• Corrections: If there are unintentional scientific errors in the article and they do not significantly affect the results and conclusions of the article, the editorial office will publish a correction notice in the journal as soon as possible, detailing the changes made to the original article and indicating the source of the article. The journal will publish a new version of the corrected paper, detailing the changes to the original article in the new version and indicating the update date. The version before the change will also be archived and readers can directly obtain it, but when citing, the latest version of the article should be cited.

Retraction Policy

Global Academic Frontiers should consider retracting a publication if:

• Editors have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error.
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
• It constitutes plagiarism.
• It reports unethical research.