Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Journal invites original articles and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The whole spectrum of intelligent informatics is welcome, which includes machine learning & soft computing, data mining & big data analytics, computer vision & pattern recognition, and natural language processing. 

The journal publishes outcomes, as well as proposed approaches to intelligent informatics/artificial intelligence (AI), challenges that must provide evidence of usefulness and effectiveness. Applications of AI papers are also welcome, although the papers should be the present novel implementation of AI approaches that improve performance of the application domain compared to the other established approach. Therefore, an applications paper must describe a sound solution, underline its uniqueness, and provide an in-depth analysis of the AI approaches that were used to solve the problems.

This journal accepts original research articles and reviews. The journal operates a double-blind peer review policy. Original research could be fundamental and applied papers that should have a compelling motivational discussion, articulate the research's relevance to Artificial Intelligence, clarify what is novel and different to the other works and anticipate the work's scientific impact, include all necessary proofs and experimental data, and provide a scientific discussion of the paper's connections to existing literature. Reviews considerable effort to evaluating and publishing scholarly articles that provide comprehensive and principled reviews of significant existing and emerging research areas. It should be has a clear position of the paper and findings that articulate scientific issues of interest to the AI research community.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research follows a rigorous and transparent review process to ensure the quality and credibility of the published articles. The journal adopts a double-blind (double-anonymous) peer-review type, where the identities of both the authors and reviewers are kept anonymous during the review process.

Submission and Initial Evaluation

All manuscripts submitted to International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research undergo an initial evaluation by the editorial team to assess their suitability and compliance with the journal's scope and guidelines. Manuscripts that pass the initial evaluation are assigned a unique identification number for further processing.

Peer Review

Each eligible manuscript is then sent for review to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers in the relevant field. Reviewers are carefully selected based on their expertise, experience, and prior contributions to the field. In cases where conflicting opinions arise, additional reviewers may be assigned to provide a comprehensive evaluation.

Double-Blind Review

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research ensures a double-blind (double-anonymous) peer-review process, where the identities of both the authors and reviewers are concealed from each other. This helps maintain objectivity and fairness in the evaluation process, minimizing potential biases.

Review Criteria

Reviewers are requested to assess the submitted manuscripts based on their scientific quality, originality, relevance to the journal's scope, clarity of presentation, and adherence to ethical guidelines. Constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement are encouraged to assist the authors in enhancing the quality of their work.

Review Duration

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research strives to provide timely and efficient peer review. Reviewers are typically given a specific timeframe to complete their evaluations. Authors will be informed of the review process's estimated duration during the initial submission or after any significant revisions.

Decision and Revision

Upon completion of the peer review process, the editorial team considers the reviewers' comments and recommendations. Authors will receive a decision, which may include acceptance, minor or major revisions, or rejection. If revisions are requested, authors are expected to address all reviewers' comments thoroughly and resubmit the revised manuscript within the stipulated timeframe.

Editorial Decision

The final decision regarding the publication of a manuscript rests with the Editor-in-Chief or the Editorial Board members. The editorial team carefully considers the reviewers' assessments, the originality of the work, the relevance to the journal's scope, and the adherence to ethical standards before making a final decision.

Confidentiality

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research maintains strict confidentiality of the peer review process. Reviewers are required to treat the manuscripts and their contents as confidential documents and should not disclose any information to unauthorized individuals.

Review Process Improvement

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research continuously seeks to improve its review process. Authors and reviewers' feedback are invaluable in this endeavor. The journal welcomes constructive feedback and suggestions to enhance the efficiency and fairness of the review process.

Contact

For any inquiries or questions related to the review process, please contact the editorial team at jurnal.ijair@gmail.com

[Update on Jan 23, 2024]

 

Publication Frequency

This journal is published two times a year (June, December)

 

Open Access Policy

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research holds the principle that all research is for the benefit of mankind. Research is a product of investment by society and therefore the results must be returned to all without borders or discrimination, serving society in a universal and transparent manner. That is why the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research provides free and open online access to all of its research publications. All articles that are accepted will be available immediately and free to download on the https://ijair.id/index.php/ijair/index page without limits and at no cost.

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research understands that in this world everyone has an equal opportunity to seek, share and create knowledge - we hope the authors join us in this open access concept.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR), called IJAIR, is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. The Editorial Board is responsible for, among others, preventing publication malpractice. Unethical behavior is unacceptable, and the IJAIR does not tolerate plagiarism in any form. Authors who submitted articles affirm that manuscript contents are original. Furthermore, the authors’ submission also implies that the manuscript has not been published previously in any language, either wholly or partly, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Editors, authors, and reviewers, within the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR), are to be fully committed to good publication practice and accept the responsibility for fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities, as set by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors. As part of the Core Practices, COPE has written guidelines on the http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines.

Section A: Publication and authorship 

  1. All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular manuscript.
  2. The review process is double-blind peer-review.
  3. The factors that are taken into account in review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
  4. The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
  5. If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
  6. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
  7. The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
  8. No research can be included in more than one publication. 

Section B: Authors’ responsibilities

  1. Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
  2. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
  3. Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere. 
  4. The authors must participate in the peer-review process. 
  5. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
  6. All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
  7. The authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.
  8. The authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
  9. The authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
  10. Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors. 

Section C: Reviewers’ responsibilities

  1. Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information. 
  2. Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
  3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  4. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.
  5. Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  6. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. 

Section D: Editors’ responsibilities

  1. Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
  2. Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
  3. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
  4. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.
  5. Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
  6. Editors should have a clear picture of research funding sources.
  7. Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers’ importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to publication’s scope.
  8. Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason. 
  9. Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers. 
  10. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
  11. Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.
  12. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
  13. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
  14. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers, and board members.

 

Retraction

The papers published in The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR) will be considered to retract in the publication if :

  1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error)
  2. the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication)
  3. it constitutes plagiarism
  4. it reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf.

 

CrossMark policy

CrossMark is a multi-publisher initiative from Crossref to provide a standard way for readers to locate the current version of a piece of content.

By applying the Crossmark logo, the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR) is committing to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur. 

Clicking on the Crossmark logo on a document will tell you the current status of a document and may also give you additional publication record information about the document.

For more information on CrossMark, please visit the CrossMark site.

The  International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR) content that will have the CrossMark logo is restricted to current and future journal content and is limited to specific publication types. Articles in Press will not have the CrossMark icon for the present.

 

Correction and Retraction Policies

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR) is committed to upholding the integrity of the literature. It publishes Errata, Expressions of Concerns, or Retraction Notices dependent on the situation and following the COPE Retraction Guidelines. More information about the publication of ethics International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (IJAIR) can be found on Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, and information about COPE retraction guidelines can be accessed at the Retraction page.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26555/ijain.crossmark.policy

 

 

 

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

Papers submitted to the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Before submitting articles to reviewers, they are first checked for similarity or plagiarism by a member of the editorial team. The papers submitted to the International Journal of Advances in Intelligent Informatics must have a similarity level of less than 20% (Exclude Bibliography), and the similarity score to each source is no more than 3%.

Plagiarism is the exposure of another person’s thoughts or words as though they were your own, without permission, credit, or acknowledgment, or because of failing to cite the sources properly. Plagiarism can take diverse forms, from literal copying to paraphrasing the work of another. To accurately judge whether an author has plagiarized, we emphasize the following possible situations:

  • An author can literally copy another author’s work- by copying word by word, in whole or in part, without permission, acknowledge or citing the original source. This practice can be identified by comparing the original source and the manuscript/work who is suspected of plagiarism.
  • Substantial copying implies an author to reproduce a substantial part of another author, without permission, acknowledge, or citation. The substantial term can be understood both in terms of quality as quantity, being often used in the context of Intellectual property. Quality refers to the relative value of the copied text in proportion to the work as a whole.
  • Paraphrasing involves taking ideas, words, or phrases from a source and crafting them into new sentences within the writing. This practice becomes unethical when the author does not properly cite or does not acknowledge the original work/author. This form of plagiarism is the more difficult form to be identified.

 

Withdrawal of Manuscripts

The author is not allowed to withdraw the submitted manuscripts because the withdrawal is a waste of valuable resources. Editors and referees spent a great deal of time processing the submitted manuscripts, and works invested by the Publisher. However, the authors could suggest the withdrawal if there is no updated progress review information after six months from our side.

 

Posting Your Article Policy

Understand the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, IJAIR, article sharing, and posting policies for each stage of the article life cycle.

Prior to submission to IJAIR
Authors may post their articles anywhere at any time, including on preprint servers such as arXiv.org. This does not count as a prior publication.

Upon submission to IJAIR
Authors may share or post their submitted version of the article (also known as the preprint) in the following ways:

  1. On the author's personal website or their employer's website.
  2. On institutional or funder websites if required.
  3. In the author's classroom use.
  4. On Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) that are signatories to the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers' Sharing Principles (https://www.stm-assoc.org/stm-consultations/scn-consultation-2015/)
The following text should be included on the first page of the submitted article when it first is posted in any of the above outlets: "This work has been submitted to the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research".

Upon acceptance to IJAIR
If an author previously posted their submitted version of the article in any of the following locations, he or she will need to replace the submitted version with the accepted version of IJAIR. No other changes may be made to the accepted article.
  1. Author's personal website
  2. Author's employer's website
  3. arXiv.org
  4. Funder's repository*
Final published article
  1. When the article is published, the posted version should be updated with a full citation to the original of International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, including DOI. He or she will need to replace the accepted version with the published article version of IJAIR.
  2. The article will be followed statements on the IJAIR's copyright notice