Editorial Policies and Author Identification

This journal follows international best practices in scholarly publishing to ensure transparency, credibility, and proper attribution of research outputs.

ORCID Identification

Authors are required to provide their ORCID iD at the time of submission. ORCID ensures accurate attribution of authorship and enhances the visibility and traceability of research contributions.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

All published articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to ensure permanent accessibility, reliable citation, and integration within global scholarly communication systems.

Open Science Policy

The journal promotes transparency and reproducibility in research by encouraging authors to share data, code, and methodologies whenever possible.

Ethical Standards

The journal adheres to strict ethical guidelines, including policies on plagiarism, conflict of interest, authorship responsibility, and data integrity.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could be perceived as influencing the results or interpretation of their work. All conflicts of interest must be declared at the time of submission.

Authorship Responsibility

All listed authors must have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the work and must approve the final version of the manuscript before submission.

Data Integrity

Authors must ensure that all data presented in the manuscript are accurate, reliable, and obtained through ethical research practices. Fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data is strictly prohibited.

Compliance

Failure to comply with these policies may result in rejection, retraction, or notification to the authors' institutions.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics (IJCOPI) undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process.

In this process, the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed to ensure an objective and unbiased evaluation. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent reviewers with expertise in the relevant field.

The editorial decision is based on the reviewers’ reports, the scientific quality of the manuscript, its originality, and its relevance to the journal’s scope.

Metadata Policy

The International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics (IJCOPI) ensures that all published articles include structured and standardized metadata to enhance discoverability, indexing, and interoperability across academic databases and information systems.

Metadata elements include title, authors, affiliations, abstract, keywords, references, publication dates, and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).

The journal follows international metadata standards to facilitate integration with indexing services, academic search engines, and research information systems.

Web Accessibility Standards

The journal is committed to providing accessible digital content and strives to ensure that its website and published materials are usable by a wide range of users, including those with disabilities.

The platform supports responsive design, structured navigation, and compatibility with modern web browsers to facilitate access to content across different devices.

The journal continuously works to improve accessibility features and usability in accordance with general web accessibility principles and best practices.

Open Science Policy

The International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics (IJCOPI) supports the principles of open science, promoting transparency, reproducibility, and accessibility in scholarly research.

Data and Materials Availability

Authors are encouraged to share datasets, source code, and research materials that support the results of their studies, whenever possible, to facilitate validation and reuse of scientific findings.

Transparency and Reproducibility

Manuscripts should provide sufficient methodological detail to allow replication of results. Authors are encouraged to clearly describe algorithms, models, datasets, and experimental procedures.

Research Outputs and Dissemination

The journal promotes the dissemination of research through multiple formats, including peer-reviewed articles and complementary outputs such as video abstracts with assigned DOIs, enhancing visibility and accessibility.

Open Access

All published content is freely available without subscription or access barriers, supporting the global exchange of scientific knowledge.