Security, Surveillance & Artificial Intelligence

Responsibilities of Authors

• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors are responsible for making sure their writing is unique and hasn't been published anywhere else. The words and works of others must be properly acknowledged and cited.
• Authorship of the Paper: Only individuals who have significantly influenced the idea, planning, execution, or interpretation of the published study should be able to claim authorship. Every contributor needs to be identified as a co-author.
• Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: It is not advisable for authors to simultaneously submit the same work to multiple journals or conferences. It is unethical and improper to submit the same study to several journals.
• Acknowledgment of Sources: The effort of others must be properly acknowledged by authors. Private information exchanged through chat, email, or discussions with other people cannot be utilised or reported without the source's express written consent.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors should disclose any financial or other conflicts of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
• Data Access and Retention: In connection with a publication for editorial review, authors may be required to submit the raw data; if feasible, they should be ready to make the data available to the public.

Responsibilities of Editors

• Fair Play: Editors are required to evaluate manuscripts only on the basis of their intellectual merit, without taking into account the authors' political beliefs, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or place of citizenship.
• Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Without the author's express written authorisation, unpublished materials described in a submitted manuscript may not be used by an editor in their own research.
• Decision on the Publication of Articles: Selecting which of the articles submitted for the conference should be published is the editor's responsibility. The decision should be limited by applicable laws and directed by the Conference's editorial board policies.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review helps editors make editorial decisions, and it may also help authors improve their work through editorial contacts with them.
• Promptness: If a peer reviewer is chosen and feels unfit to examine the research presented in a paper or if they know it will not be reviewed promptly, they should inform the editor and withdraw from the review process.
• Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
• Standards of Objectivity: Evaluations have to be carried out impartially. The author should not be subjected to personal criticism. Officials are expected to articulate their opinions with clarity and logic.
• Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Peer review should ensure confidential and non-personally beneficial use of privileged information or ideas, and reviewers should avoid manuscripts with conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative, or other connections with authors, companies, or institutions.

Ethical Oversight

The conference follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines for publication ethics and malpractice issues, investigating suspected misconduct and taking appropriate action, including retraction of published papers, to ensure ethical publication practices.

Handling of Misconduct

Conference organizers will address scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism by publishing an erratum, retraction, or legal action if necessary.

The International Conference on Security, Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence (ICSSAI-2023) is committed to upholding ethical principles and maintaining academic integrity, requiring cooperation from all involved parties to uphold these standards.