At the Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), our goal is to disseminate cutting-edge scientific research to advance the field of artificial intelligence. Our publications, including the Journal of Advanced Artificial Intelligence (JAAI) and the Journal of Applied Information Systems, are widely respected and recognized by institutions as serious contributions to research. FCS has established policies and frameworks to ensure that research papers meet the highest ethical standards and maintain scientific validity.
Authors must meticulously record their research results so that their analysis and review can be conducted before publication and by other researchers for a reasonable period afterward. Fabrication, such as reporting results that were never conducted or intended to deceive, is a form of scientific misconduct and is regarded as highly unethical. In some jurisdictions, it may even be illegal.
Authors should submit their research papers in the journal’s precise format for each publication. The information provided must be concise, authentic, and detailed, describing the research experiments performed. Authors should include recent research articles and provide comparative analyses to support their research. However, when doing so, authors should rephrase the information in their own words and present it in a way that supports their original research. Information from competitors, other researchers, or partners should be cited as references in the research papers. Publications that have significantly influenced the reported work should also be cited.
Authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to the conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; drafting the article or revising it critically for significant intellectual content; and final approval of the version to be published. An author must meet all these criteria. Individuals who contributed in other ways, such as obtaining research funding, collecting crucial data or materials, or coordinating the publication, are significant but do not qualify for authorship. These individuals can be acknowledged in the research papers. We strongly discourage inappropriate authorship practices, such as 'ghost' authors (individuals who qualify for authorship but are not listed) and 'guest' (or honorary) authors (individuals who are listed despite not qualifying for authorship, such as department heads not directly involved with the research).
The source of funding for the research project or the publication should be clearly stated.
Authors should explicitly declare that the submitted work and its essential substance have not been previously published and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. If a primary research report has been published, authors should clearly state this and mention the advancements and new analyses or syntheses of data in the secondary research report. An overlap of about 10 percent is considered acceptable between such journals.
Plagiarism is an unethical practice in research and is entirely unacceptable. Authors must state that they are the copyright owners or have obtained permission from copyright owners before submitting the research report. Any breach of copyright is not tolerated.
In addition to journals, FCS also publishes Conference Proceedings at no cost. These are intended to serve the community by sharing the latest work-in-progress in respective research areas. Conference organizers must declare that the proceedings will not be shared with or published in any other journal.
Refer to: Peer-Review Process
The editor of a journal has complete authority and responsibility for accepting or rejecting a submitted paper and is not influenced by management or ownership in any form. The editor may consult with associate editors, co-editors, and peer reviewers when making a decision.
Editors should evaluate all submissions based on their scientific merit and minimize the influence of other factors. The decision should be timely and fair, regardless of the author's race, culture, origin, gender, or citizenship. Editors, authors, and peer reviewers must disclose any interests that might affect their ability to present or review data objectively. These include financial interests (e.g., patent ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, speaker's fees), personal, political, intellectual, or religious interests. Editors and board members should declare their interests and affiliations whenever they are relevant to the content being considered or published. The editorial team must not disclose any information about a submitted paper under consideration to anyone other than the reviewers. Situations that may lead to conflicts of interest should be avoided.