Current Science Georgia

Author Responsibilities

• The manuscript must be original and academically honest.
• The manuscript must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal unless clearly disclosed.
• All listed authors must have made an appropriate contribution.
• References, quotations, data and sources must be accurate.
• Conflicts of interest must be disclosed where applicable.

Originality & Plagiarism

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted work is original. Plagiarism, inappropriate paraphrasing, unattributed copying, duplicate publication and misleading reuse of prior material are not acceptable.

Data Integrity

Fabrication, falsification, selective manipulation or misleading presentation of data is unethical. Authors should preserve research data where appropriate and provide clarification if requested by the editorial office.

Authorship

Authorship should reflect real academic contribution. Guest authorship, honorary authorship, ghost authorship and omission of qualified contributors are contrary to publication ethics.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors should disclose financial, institutional, personal or professional relationships that may influence or appear to influence the research, interpretation or publication process.

Human, Clinical or Sensitive Research

Research involving human participants, clinical information, personal data or sensitive material should include appropriate ethical approval, consent, anonymization and responsible reporting where required.

Reviewer Responsibilities

• Reviewers should evaluate manuscripts objectively and professionally.
• Confidential manuscript information must not be shared or misused.
• Reviewers should disclose conflicts of interest.
• Reviewer comments should be constructive and academically relevant.

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial decisions should be based on academic suitability, originality, scope, ethical compliance, technical quality and journal standards. Payment, personal relationship or institutional connection must not determine acceptance.

Corrections & Retractions

If serious ethical, technical or factual concerns arise after publication, the editorial office may request correction, publish a notice, update the article record, remove problematic material or retract the publication record where necessary.

Unacceptable Practices

• Plagiarism
• Data fabrication or falsification
• Duplicate or redundant publication
• Improper authorship
• False affiliation or misleading academic claims
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest

Payment and Editorial Decision

The Article Processing & Publication Fee applies only after editorial acceptance. Payment does not guarantee acceptance and must remain separate from editorial evaluation and academic decision-making.

Ethics Contact

Ethical concerns, correction requests, authorship disputes or publication record questions may be submitted to the editorial office.

Email: editorial@csi.ge