Publication Malpractice
- Fabricated community service reports.
- Falsified participant numbers.
- Manipulated evaluation outcomes.
- Misleading claims of community impact.
- Fake peer review.
- Citation cartels or coercive citations.
- Authorship manipulation.
- Duplicate or simultaneous submissions.
- Undisclosed commercial influence.
- Misrepresentation of journal indexing or accreditation.
- Improper editorial intervention.
- Concealment of publication-related conflicts of interest.
The editorial team should respond to suspected misconduct using documented and proportionate procedures.
