JCOM-Journal of Science Communication

AI use beyond basic tools must be reported in Acknowledgment or Methods; generative AI cannot be considered as authors. 模型摘要

In submitting their work authors should be aware of the possible shortcomings of AI generated material. The journal's policy on AI use is guided by the principles of ethical use, transparency and accountability, inclusivity and diversity, fairness and intellectual property protection. Aside from the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references, etc., authors should report the use …

All those who have made a significant contribution to a manuscript must be cited as co-authors. According to JCOM policy, authorship is based on the following 4 criteria: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND Fina…

JCOM strongly encourages posting data files and similar supplementary material to publicly-accessible, discipline-specific, community-recognised repositories that comply with the FAIR principles as much as possible.In cases where a suitable discipline-specific resource does not exist, such files may be submitted to a generalist repository (for example, Zenodo), including any such repositories prov…

Any potential conflicts of interest should be declared by the authors when submitting their article, either in the acknowledgments section or in a separate cover letter. Examples of conflicts of interest that must be disclosed are: direct or indirect sources of funding (employment, grants, patents, sponsorships, consulting fees, equipment supplies); unpaid advisory affiliations and memberships of …

Data/Software/Code availability encouraged via FAIR-compliant repositories. 模型摘要

JCOM strongly encourages posting data files and similar supplementary material to publicly-accessible, discipline-specific, community-recognised repositories that comply with the FAIR principles as much as possible.

Manuscripts submitted to JCOM must not have been published or be under consideration for publication in other refereed journals, nor should they be sent to other journals while still being considered for publication in JCOM. Cases of misconduct are seriously considered and investigated and anonymity of whistleblowers is protected. JCOM reserves the right to refuse to publish any content that, in i…

Content licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 模型摘要

JCOM is a Diamond Open Access journal, charging no fees to either authors or readers and fully funded by SISSA Medialab. Authors retain the copyright of their work. To improve its open access characteristics, JCOM has adopted a Creative Commons licensing policy, giving the community the opportunity to freely spread published contributions under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC …

Double-anonymous peer review; authors must remove personal information from manuscripts. 模型摘要

The whole process - from submission to publication - is carried out electronically. All users involved in a manuscript have personal web pages to monitor the process, take action and communicate according to their role. The JCOM refereeing procedure is based on the traditional double-anonymous peer-review system. An Editor in charge is automatically assigned the newly submitted manuscript and will…

Plagiarism constitutes unethical scientific behaviour and is never acceptable. Duplicate publication (production of multiple papers with essentially the same content by the same authors) is also considered unacceptable.

Preprint submission allowed if copyright and licence permit. 模型摘要

Manuscripts posted to preprint repositories can be submitted to JCOM, as long as the copyright and licence allow for it.

Version of Record may be uploaded to repositories starting 1 week after publication with required credit. 模型摘要

Authors are allowed to upload the Version of Record (VoR) of their manuscript published in JCOM to an institutional and/or subject repository starting from 1 week after publication.