Ethics and COPE policy.

Ethics and COPE policy on Standards Progress, published by Nexus Standards. State of the standards: adoption, conformance, crosswalks, domain and industry profiles.

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01Who it is for

What this page does.

How the desk handles conflicts of interest, independence, complaints, misconduct, appeals, corrections and retractions. The desk aligns its practice with the COPE Core Practices; this is a commitment, not a claim of membership. Authors, reviewers, editors and readers who need to know how a concern is raised and decided.

  1. Conflicts declared before anyone reads or decides
  2. Complaints logged, and handled by the managing editor
  3. Appeals a panel with no earlier involvement
  4. Decisions taken by the board in public, with reasons
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02Ethics

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The ethics tool of Standards Progress follows. The state of the Nexus Standards parts and of the external standards they adopt: adoption, conformance attested by those who apply them, crosswalks, and domain and industry profiles.

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Ethics and COPE policy

Alignment

We align our practice with the COPE Core Practices and the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. This is a commitment. It is not a claim of membership.

Conflicts of interest

Reviewers declare before they read. Editors and board members step out of any submission they have a conflict with. Authors declare funding and relationships.

Independence

Community votes set topics and calls only. Sponsors and members never see or influence a decision on a submission.

Complaints and misconduct

Send complaints to the managing editor. Each one is logged. Allegations of misconduct follow the COPE flowcharts.

Appeals

You may appeal within 30 days. A panel with no earlier involvement decides, in public, with reasons.

Corrections, concerns and retractions

The editorial board decides each one in public. A correction is a new version with a notice. An expression of concern is allowed. A retraction keeps the text readable with a marker.

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Review records are personal data. You may ask for an export or for erasure. After erasure the review text stays for the audit record with your identity detached.

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Independence

Editors and the expert reviewers named on each article decide what we publish. Funders and partners do not review or approve articles before publication.

Corrections policy

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