Ethics and Disclosures
European Journal of Applied Sciences
Ethics and Disclosures
Authorship, conflicts of interest, research and safety ethics, data and code sharing, AI use and originality requirements for authors.
EJAS is a COPE member and expects all submissions to meet recognised standards of research and publication ethics. The declarations below must appear in your manuscript after the main text, before the references; state “None” or “Not applicable” where relevant, but do not omit them. The journal’s full policies are available under the Policies menu.
Authorship and contributor roles (CRediT)
Authorship requires a substantial contribution to the work, involvement in drafting or revising it, approval of the final version and accountability for the work. Record each author’s role using the CRediT taxonomy. Contributors who do not meet the criteria should be acknowledged. The corresponding author warrants that all co-authors have approved the submission. Generative-AI tools cannot be authors. The corresponding author must provide an ORCID iD; co-authors are strongly encouraged to do so.
Conflicts of interest and funding
Declare any financial or non-financial interest that could be perceived to influence the work — for example industry funding or consultancy, patents, shareholdings or advisory roles — or state that none exists. Disclose all funding sources, including grant numbers, and the funder’s role (if any) in the study.
Research ethics, consent and safety
Applied- and natural-science research carries particular ethical and safety obligations. As applicable to your study, address the following and state the approving body and reference number:
| ▸ | Human participants: approval from a research ethics committee or IRB, and informed consent to participate and (where identifiable) to publish; clinical studies should be conducted and, where relevant, registered in accordance with recognised standards. |
| ▸ | Animals: compliance with relevant welfare regulations and institutional approval, with reporting consistent with the ARRIVE guidelines. |
| ▸ | Field, environmental and collection research: any permits, land-access approvals and permissions for the collection of specimens or samples, and compliance with biodiversity and access rules. |
| ▸ | Biosafety and hazardous materials: appropriate approvals and safe-handling procedures for biological agents, chemicals, radiation or other hazards. |
| ▸ | Dual-use and biosecurity: consideration of any research whose findings could be misused, and disclosure of relevant risk-management measures. |
Data and code availability
Include a Data and Code Availability Statement describing whether, and how, the data, code and materials supporting the results can be accessed. Deposit data and code in a recognised, citable repository (including discipline-specific repositories where they exist) with a persistent identifier, wherever ethics, safety and law permit, and explain any restrictions.
Use of generative AI
Disclose any substantive use of generative-AI tools, naming the tool and version and describing how it was used. Authors remain fully responsible for all content, must verify AI-assisted output, and must not use AI to fabricate or manipulate data, results or images.
Originality and integrity
Manuscripts must be original and properly attributed, and are screened with similarity-detection software. Plagiarism, text recycling, duplicate or redundant publication, and data or image manipulation are not permitted and are handled under the journal’s Publication Ethics policy.
