Publication Ethics

Authors Must:

  • Submit original and unpublished research relevant to cyber operations, cybersecurity governance, cyber law, digital security, and related legal and regulatory issues.

  • Accurately cite all sources and acknowledge the contributions, ideas, data, and research of other scholars.

  • Avoid plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabrication, falsification, and other forms of academic or research misconduct.

  • Disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may affect the research or publication process.

  • Ensure that research involving cybersecurity, cyber operations, digital systems, or sensitive information complies with applicable legal, ethical, privacy, and research integrity standards.

  • Take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of their submitted work.

Reviewers Must:

  • Evaluate manuscripts fairly, objectively, independently, and confidentially, based on their scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and legal contribution.

  • Provide constructive, evidence-based, and professionally appropriate feedback to assist authors in improving their work.

  • Report suspected plagiarism, research misconduct, ethical concerns, conflicts of interest, or misuse of sensitive cybersecurity information to the editors.

  • Avoid personal, professional, institutional, or ideological bias when reviewing manuscripts.

  • Maintain strict confidentiality regarding manuscripts and any sensitive, technical, legal, or security-related information contained within them.

  • Decline a review assignment where a conflict of interest or lack of appropriate expertise may compromise impartial and effective evaluation.

Editors Must:

  • Maintain fairness, transparency, confidentiality, editorial independence, and academic integrity throughout the publication process.

  • Make publication decisions based on scholarly quality, originality, relevance, legal significance, and contribution to the fields of cyber operations and cybersecurity governance.

  • Identify and manage conflicts of interest and ensure consistent, impartial, and evidence-based editorial decisions.

  • Protect the confidentiality and integrity of the peer-review and publication process, particularly where manuscripts contain sensitive cybersecurity or cyber-operation information.

  • Ensure that submitted manuscripts are handled in accordance with established publication ethics, research integrity principles, cybersecurity standards, and applicable legal requirements.

  • Take appropriate and timely action when ethical concerns, complaints, security-related issues, or allegations of academic misconduct arise.