Ethics & Policies

Explore QES Academic Press policies on research integrity, peer review, authorship, conflicts, AI, complaints, corrections, retractions and open access.

QES Academic Press is committed to protecting the reliability of the scholarly record through transparent editorial processes, fair consideration of integrity concerns and appropriate post-publication action. Publisher-level policies provide a common framework, while each journal publishes the procedures that apply to its editorial workflow.

Concerns should be assessed objectively, confidentially and with appropriate opportunity for relevant parties to respond. Where a concern affects the reliability, ethics or provenance of published work, the journal may issue a correction, retraction, expression of concern or other clearly labeled update, as appropriate.

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Policy transparency: QES Academic Press does not claim membership, endorsement, indexing or certification by an external organization unless that status has been formally confirmed. Standards that inform policy should be distinguished clearly from formal membership or indexing status.