The Journal of Applied Informatics and Technology (JIT), published by the Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and scholarly integrity. All parties involved in the act of publishing (authors, peer reviewers, editors, and the publisher) must agree upon expected standards of ethical behavior. This statement is based on the guidelines and Code of Conduct defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Thai-Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre.

1. Duties of Authors

• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. Plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, and citation manipulation (including hallucinated references) are strictly prohibited.
• Authorship Criteria: Manuscripts must accurately reflect individual contributions. JIT enforces a single First Author and single Corresponding Author rule, with exceptions for large-scale multi-institutional projects granted solely at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.
• Multiple or Concurrent Publication: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical behavior and is unacceptable.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose all potential financial or personal conflicts of interest and acknowledge funding sources.

2. Duties of Editors

• Fairness and Editorial Independence: Editors evaluate manuscripts strictly on their intellectual merit and alignment with the journal's scope, without regard to the authors' race, gender, institutional affiliation, or financial considerations.
• Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must protect the confidentiality of all submitted manuscripts and reviewer details under the double-blind peer-review system.
• Handling Allegations of Misconduct: Editors will investigate allegations of research misconduct following official COPE flowcharts and JIT policies.

3. Duties of Peer Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Reviewers assist the editorial board in making decisions and helping authors improve their manuscripts through constructive and objective evaluation.
• Confidentiality and Timeliness: Reviewers must treat received manuscripts as confidential documents and complete reviews within the specified timeframe or decline promptly if unqualified or conflicted.

4. Duties of the Publisher

• Governance and Maintenance: The Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, guarantees the long-term preservation of published content and respects the absolute independence of editorial decisions.
• Corrections and Retractions: The publisher works alongside editors to publish Corrections, Errata, or Retractions whenever misconduct or critical scientific errors are verified, adhering strictly to our official Correction, Erratum, and Retraction Policies.

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Updated: November 2026