| Communications in Mathematics |
Communications in Mathematics follows the ethical principles of publication in research as declared by the Committee on Publication Ethics (see https://publicationethics.org/ for details). Since the aim of Communications in Mathematics is to contribute to the development of knowledge in the field of mathematics, its editorial board examines all submitted contributions to ensure that they do not misrepresent research results, which could damage the reputation of the journal and its authors.
All articles submitted to Communications in Mathematics must be original and cannot be submitted to other journals for simultaneous consideration. It is not acceptable to submit manuscripts that have been published previously. All quotations and paraphrases must be properly documented in accordance with the journal's guidelines.
Contributors to the journal are obliged to:
Fraudulent research, knowingly inaccurate statements, and plagiarism in any of its forms constitute unethical behavior and are considered unacceptable. In such cases, the contribution will be rejected. All published articles are checked by an automated plagiarism checker to help detect plagiarism.
For Communications in Mathematics, the authorship of an article is based on substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. Authors must agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Contributors who do not meet this criterion for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged.
The submitting author is responsible for providing the contributions of all authors and non-authors at submission. It is expected that all authors will have reviewed, discussed, and agreed to their individual contributions ahead of publication.
The editorial process of Communications in Mathematics is designed to ensure the integrity, quality, and scholarly value of the research published by the journal. To this end, the journal employs a single-blind peer review system, which is outlined below.
Submission: Authors are required to post their articles on arXiv and submit their manuscripts through the journal's online submission system. Upon submission, each manuscript is assigned a unique identifier, and the authors are sent an acknowledgment of receipt.
Initial Screening: The editor-in-chief conducts an initial screening to assess the manuscript for compliance with the journal's submission guidelines, relevance to the journal's scope, and overall quality. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria may be returned to authors without being sent out for peer review.
Peer Review Process: Once the manuscript has passed the initial screening, it is sent to at least two independent external reviewers who are considered experts in the relevant field. The peer review process at Communications in Mathematics is single-blind, meaning that reviewers know the authors' identities, but authors do not know the reviewers' identities. This process is intended to ensure impartial evaluations of the works submitted while balancing transparency. Reviewers are selected based on their publication record and specialization, and potential conflicts of interest are actively mitigated. Reviewers evaluate the manuscript based on its scientific merit, originality, and relevance to the field. The reviewers provide their feedback, including detailed recommendations: acceptance, suggestions for improvements, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejection. This ensures high-quality and objective evaluations.
Editorial Decision: The editor makes the final decision regarding the manuscript based on the reviewers' feedback. The possible outcomes are as follows:
Final Proofing and Publication: Once accepted, the manuscript undergoes a final proofreading and typesetting process to ensure that it meets the publication's formatting and quality standards. Authors are provided with a proof of their article for review before it is published.
Ethical Considerations: The journal upholds the highest standards of ethical conduct in its editorial process. All reviewers are expected to declare any conflicts of interest. Authors are also expected to follow ethical guidelines in their research and reporting, including proper citation of sources and avoiding plagiarism.
Communications in Mathematics is committed to maintaining transparency, integrity, and quality throughout the editorial and review process to foster the publication of valuable scientific knowledge.
All journal submissions are assigned to editors and reviewers in such a way as to minimize potential conflicts of interest that may influence their judgment on what is published. The journal avoids the following relationships between editors and/or reviewers and authors: colleagues (current or recent), recent co-authors, and doctoral students for whom the editor/reviewer served as a committee member or Ph.D. supervisor. Editors and reviewers are asked to declare any competing interests. In addition, authors are requested to disclose all financial and non-financial interests that could lead to bias regarding the work submitted for publication.
All complaints will in the first instance be handled by the editor-in-chief responsible for the journal. The editor-in-chief will handle all complaints concerning scholarly content (e.g., an appeal against rejection), complaints about the failure of processes (e.g., excessive time taken to review), and complaints about publication ethics. The complainant will be given appropriate feedback.
In case of appeals against rejection, the editor-in-chief will consider the author's arguments and the reviewers' reports and, based on these considerations, will decide whether:
The complainant will be informed of the decision with an appropriate explanation. The decision on the appeal is final.
In cases of complaints about publication ethics, the editor-in-chief will follow guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics. The editor-in-chief will decide on a course of action and will provide feedback to the complainant.
The journal's policy concerning oversight of how ethical principles are observed is built on mutual trust among all participants in the publication process and acknowledgment of the essential necessity to observe all principles of publication ethics.
The journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics definition of ethical oversight, acknowledging that "Ethical oversight should include, but is not limited to, policies on consent to publication, publication on vulnerable populations, ethical conduct of research using animals, ethical conduct of research using human subjects, handling confidential data and of business/marketing practices." The journal is ready to consider all appeals provided that they are substantiated and not anonymous.
All corrections and retractions will be considered by the editors in line with the Committee on Publication Ethics's retraction guidelines. If an author or journal is found to have made an error, this may result in the editors' implementation of the following measures, depending on the situation:
Communications in Mathematics supports transparency and openness around data and other materials associated with research. The journal thus encourages authors, where possible and applicable, to deposit data that support the findings of their research in a public repository.
Communications in Mathematics is a fully open access journal. All articles will be made immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.
Authors contributing to the journal agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Open access publishing in the journal is free of charge. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Communications in Mathematics advises that the authors of all articles select one of the following Creative Commons licenses for their paper at the time of submission to arXiv: CC BY or CC BY-SA. The journal does not impose any restrictions or adapt the terms of Creative Commons licenses and ensures that no terms conflict with the chosen license. By selecting one of the Creative Commons licenses (CC BY or CC BY-SA), authors grant permission for their article to be shared, distributed, and reused under the terms of the chosen license. The copyright of an article published in Communications in Mathematics remains with the authors or their employer. This means that authors can continue to hold the copyright to their work without restrictions, and these copyright terms do not contradict the licensing terms or the open access policy of the journal. Communications in Mathematics retains the right to publish, distribute, and display the article in the journal, while the authors maintain copyright. All articles are made freely available under the journal's open access policy. The authors warrant that the article is original, does not infringe upon any copyright or intellectual property rights, and that they have obtained all necessary permissions for any third-party content used in the article.
The version of the article published in Communications in Mathematics is the "version of record," and any subsequent versions posted online should be clearly marked as such. Users of the article must provide proper attribution when reusing or redistributing the article, in accordance with the selected Creative Commons license.