STAIQC support and adopted “Publication ethics and malpractice” which are based on COPE’s Best Practice.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

STAIQC is a Bi-annual journal. This journal is published 2 times per year.

The Sparklinglight Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Its activities are inspired by the ethical code of publications prepared by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and aimed to editors, referees and authors.

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Decisions on publication: the Editors of “Sparklinglight Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing " are responsible for deciding whether or not to publish the proposed articles.

Honesty:  Editors evaluate the articles submitted for publication only on the basis of the scientific merit of the content, without discrimination of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political opinion of the authors.

Confidentiality: Editors and members of the working group undertake not to disclose any information relating to the articles submitted for publication to other persons other than the author, the referees and the editor.

Conflict of interest and disclosure: Editors undertake not to use in their research, content of articles submitted for publication without the written consent of the author.

DUTIES OF REFEREES

Contribution to the editorial decision: Peer review is a procedure that helps editors to make decisions on the proposed articles and also allows the author to improve the contribution submitted for publication.

Respect of time: The referee who does not feel adequate to the task proposed or who is not able to finish the evaluation of the proposed contribution in the scheduled time is required to promptly notify the coordinators.

Confidentiality: Each assigned reading should be considered as confidential. Therefore, these texts must not be discussed with other people without the explicit permission of the editors.

Objectivity: The peer-review must be conducted in an objective manner. Any personal judgment about the authors of contributions is considered inappropriate. The referees are required to give adequate reasons for their judgments.

Text display: The referees undertake to accurately indicate the bibliographical references of fundamental works possibly neglected by the author. The referee must also report to the editors any similarities or an overlap between the text received in reading and other works known to her/him.

Conflict of interest and disclosure: Confidential information or information obtained during the process of peer-review must be considered confidential and may not be used for personal purposes. The referee shall not accept in reading articles for which there is a conflict of interest due to previous collaboration or competition with the author and /or her/his institution.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Access and retention:  If the editors deem it appropriate, the authors of the articles should make available also the sources or the data on which research is based, so that they can be kept for a reasonable period of time after the publication and possibly be made accessible.

Originality and plagiarism: The authors are required to declare to have composed an original work in its entirety citing all the texts used.

Publications multiple, repetitive : The author should not publish articles that repeat the same search results in more than a scientific journal: the simultaneous proposal of the same contribution to multiple scientific journals is to be considered ethically improper and reprehensible.

List of sources: The author should always provide the correct indication of the sources and contributions mentioned in the article.

Authorship: The authorship of the work should be correctly attributed and shall be referred to as co-authors if more than one author has made a significant contribution to the design, organization, implementation and revision of the research that forms the basis of the article. If other people have participated significantly in some stages of the research, their contribution must be explicitly recognized. In the case of contributions written by many hands, the author who sends the text to the journal is required to declare that she/he had correctly stated the names of all the other co-authors, have obtained their approval of the final version of the article and their consent for publication in the  SSparklinglight Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing".

Conflict of interest and disclosure: All authors are required to declare explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results obtained or the interpretations proposed. Authors must also indicate any research funding agencies and / or the project from which the article arises.

Errors in published articles: Wvhen an author in her/his article identifies a significant error or inaccuracy, he/she shall promptly inform the journal editors and provide them with all the information required to list the relevant corrections on the bottom of the article itself.