Facts about IPSI TIR journal

1. About IPSI TIR journal

1.1 Scope

IPSI Transactions on Internet Research Journal (IPSI TIR) publishes research and survey papers. The journal is a peer- reviewed international scientific magazine that covers the whole range of uses of information and communication technology, as well as business administration and management, with special emphasis on multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research.

The bandwidth of the journal is relatively wide, and advantage is given to papers with elements of several disciplines included.

IPSI TIR focuses on the issues around the:

Internet, Economy, and Finance; Collaboration Systems and Technologies; Workflow Systems and Technologies; Internet Engineering; P2P; Information Systems; Intelligent Systems; E-Commerce Systems; Concept Modelling; E- Education Systems; Computer Communications; Distributed Systems; Advanced Web Programming; Security, Reliability, and Protection on the Internet; Artificial Intelligence; Deep Learning; Data Mining; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; and Socially Responsible Research in Humanities and Social Sciences.

1.2 Basic

Editorial and academic oversight: Veljko Milutinović, Adjunct Professor, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

Organizational and financial support: IPSI Ltd, Belgrade and Veljko Milutinović, Editorial and scientific direction. Administrative and editorial support Jakob Salom and Nenad Korolija, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Co-Editors-in-Chief.

Quality control Filip Đorđević, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Financial secretary: Bojana Petrović-Rakonjac.

The journal does not have public advertising or direct marketing.

The IPSI Transaction journals are owned and published by IPSI ltd. Ownership, Intellectual property, and Copyright of original content in all scientific contributions remain with their authors. Authors grant an exclusive first publication license to the IPSI TIR journal in exchange for publication rights, allowing the journal to produce and distribute the contributions,

Members of the Editorial Board are experts in Information Computer Technology, Economy, Finance and a list of technical sciences and humanities. They hold a doctoral degree or possess substantial experience in relevant fields. Their recent research and recognized expertise in their respective areas qualify them for these roles. Familiarity with scientific publishing standards is expected.

Members of the Editorial board can be found here

1.3 Journal Ranking

The 2-year Clarivate WoS JIF 0.4 The 5-year Clarivate WoS JIF 0.2

Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
CATEGORY: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
YEAR - JCI RANK - QUARTILE - JCI PERCENTILE
2022 247/250 Q4 1.40
2021 244/246 Q4 1.02
2020 222/223 Q4 0.67
2019 222/223 Q4 0.67
2018 219/220 Q4 0.68
2017 216/216 Q4 0.23

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Electronics
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Information
Information Systems and Technologies
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Iranian Journal of Management Studies
Mathematics
Philosophy and Society
Societies
Sustainability

2. Instructions for Authors

2.1 Submitting an article

The biannual IPSI TIR issues are mostly edited by the Guest editors. The articles are submitted to them directly. When the authors submit their works directly to the journal to be accepted outside of the editor's scope, the articles must be submitted to the following address ipsi.journals@gmail.com.

Papers should be sent in .docx and .pdf file formats. For text formatting, the authors should use the provided MS Word and LaTeX templates. They can be downloaded from the following links: MS Word template, LaTeX template, and an article example here. For additional details, there is an e-mail address: ipsi.journals@gmail.com.

Article length excluding figures, tables, and bibliography should be between 3,5 and 20 pages in IEEE format.

The page numbers should not be included, since they will be generated while forming the journal. For that purpose a clean space at the bottom, at the middle of each page should be kept.

An article example can be found here, and an example of a whole journal issue can be found here.

2.2 Methodology

This assumes including the following sections:

• Problem Statement
  (including the statement claiming why is the problem growing over time)
  
  
• Existing Solutions
  (including what you criticize about them from the chosen viewpoint)
  
  
• Proposed solution
  (including why is it supposed to perform better)
  
  
• Rigorous Analysis
  (showing yours is better, for how much, and under what conditions)
  
  

2.3 Creativity

Blagojević V, Bojić D, Bojović M, Cvetanović M, Đorđević J, Đurđević Đ, et al. A Systematic Approach to Generation of New Ideas for PhD Research in Computing. In: Hurson AR, Milutinović V, editors. Creativity in Computing and DataFlow SuperComputing [Internet]. Elsevier; 2017. p. 1–31. (Advances in Computers; vol. 104). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245816300572

2.4 Synergy

Babovic, Z., et al, "Research in computing-intensive simulations for nature-oriented civil-engineering and related scientific fields, using machine learning and big data: an overview of open problems", Springer Journal of Big Data, 2023.

2.5 Charges to the Authors

3. Peer Review Policy

IPSI TIR Journal applies single anonymous peer-reviews in its publications. The journal acknowledges the reviewers through the anonymity of the review process without revealing the specific submissions that they have reviewed. It provides additional recognition to reviewers who write high-quality and timely reviews by naming them in the reviewers' list at the end of each issue.

There are minimum requirements for all involved in the peer review process: reviewers, guest-editors, IPSI Co-Editors-in- Chief, and the authors themselves. Reviewed articles are treated confidentially by editorial board members, editors, and reviewers.

3.1 Peer Review Main Pillars

a. Recognized and Responsible reviewers who are qualified experts in the submitted article's subject matter are invited to do the reviews. The reviewers must carefully read submissions prior to completing their reviews and the editors must carefully consider the reviewers' recommendations before making their decisions.

Most IPSI TIR biannual (January and July) issues have Guest editors who are responsible for the whole issue or two Guest editors who are responsible for one-half of the issue each. The Guest editor chooses and communicates with reviewers and transfers the reviews to the authors. The reviews should be detailed and constructive written feedback. They can help authors sharpen key points, identify, and resolve errors, and generate new ideas. Finally, they must provide explanations of the reasons for the decision relating to publishing the article, which can be: “To publish in the ‘as is'”, “To publish after a minor revision”, “To publish after a major revision”, “To reject, but to allow redo and resubmit”, or “To reject, without an option to redo and resubmit”.

Authors have a particular responsibility to appreciate the benefits they receive within the reviewing process. Authors must participate in a peer review process and follow publication conventions. They are obliged to make the changes required by the reviewers and should correct the mistakes. When changes are asked for, the authors have a certain timeline for submitting their modifications. In each case, the authors and reviewers will come to a common understanding of the deadline, based on the nature and quantity of the requested changes.

When sending the changed submissions back to be checked by the reviewer, the author must give in writing how he/she responded to each of the requests.

b. Anonymity of Reviewers – The identity of reviewers may not be disclosed to anyone. Also, the authors are not allowed to try to identify or contact reviewers who are reviewing their submissions.

c. Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Behavior – All involved: the authors, reviewers, editors, and other decision- makers must agree to respect the highest ethical peer review standards. All decisions made within the peer review process must be free of any bias be it on religion, nationality, race, political beliefs, gender, conflicts or competing interests or any other bias that would suppress a reviewer or a decision maker from reviewing honestly and fairly or would suppress a publication decision based on the quality and importance of the author's text. Furthermore, when authors submit their article to IPSI TIR, there is an implicit agreement that, during the peer review, any information contained within their submission will be used exclusively for evaluating, making recommendations, and making decisions on accepting their submissions.

3.2 Reviewers' Responsibilities

All reviewers must be aware of and keep in mind the Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, and Malpractice Statement.

The journal expects potential reviewers to possess scientific expertise or have significant work experience in a relevant field. They should have recently conducted research and/or work and gained recognized expertise as acknowledged by their peers. Prospective reviewers are required to provide accurate personal and professional information that appropriately showcases their expertise.

Furthermore, all reviewers must decline the review request if they acknowledge their lack of qualification to evaluate a manuscript, if they anticipate a biased evaluation of the material, or if they find themselves in a conflict of interest.

Reviewers must tell the Journal when they have a direct or indirect conflict of interest with authors.

Reviewers are also expected to identify any instances of research misconduct or apparent research misconduct and promptly inform the editorial board, which will address each case appropriately. The reviewed articles are treated confidentially by both the reviewers and the members of the editorial board.

Reviewers are encouraged to highlight relevant published work that has not been cited in the reviewed material yet. If necessary, the editor may request a correction in this regard.

3.3 Authors' Responsibilities

The research detailed in articles must be conducted ethically and responsibly, adhering to relevant legislation, notably the Intellectual Property Code (Code de la propriété intellectuelle) of France (Law no. 92-597). They must avoid scientific misconduct and breaches of publishing ethics.

Outlined below are recommended ethical practices and common forms of misconduct as outlined in COPE's Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Authors.

Authors are expected to present their findings clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation of data. They must ensure the originality of their work as defined by the Intellectual Property Code. Methods should be described clearly and unambiguously to enable confirmation by others.

Appropriate authorship and acknowledgement should be provided, ensuring that all named authors must have significantly contributed to the research. Those with lesser contributions can be acknowledged but should not be named as authors.

Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest with editors or members of editorial boards.

Authors must tell the Journal when they have a direct or indirect conflict of interest with editors or members of the Editorial board. Authors are required to submit references and financial support information if the editorial board requests it. All sources of research funding should be disclosed. Previously published or concurrently submitted work is prohibited.

No significant part of the article shall have been previously published either as an article or as a chapter, or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

If authors wish to republish their article elsewhere, they must obtain written authorization from the editorial board. Authors shall refrain from engaging in 'salami publication,' meaning the segmentation of research that would turn one meaningful paper into several different papers.

Authors must participate in the peer review process and adhere to publication conventions for all submitted materials.

3.4 Editors' Responsibilities & Publication Decisions

This journal employs a double-blind review process. The Guest-Editor initially assesses all contributions and is solely responsible for selecting articles that meet editorial goals. Suitable papers are sent to at least two independent peer reviewers. The editor makes the final decision on acceptance or rejection.

Review - We expect each article that the Guest Editor selects to be reviewed according to (Banković et al. 2020): Banković M, Filipović V, Graovac J, Hadži-Purić J, Hurson AR, Kartelj A, et al. Teaching graduate students how to review research articles and respond to reviewer comments. In: Hurson AR, Milutinović V, editors. Elsevier; 2020. p. 1–63. (Advances in Computers; vol. 116). Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245819300270

Publication decisions are based on the paper's significance to researchers, practitioners, and readers. Editors should make unbiased decisions, free from commercial considerations.

Editors' decisions are bound by ethical and legal requirements, including the journal's policies and copyright laws. Editors with conflicts of interest should withdraw from editorial decisions, with final publication decisions made by an impartial editor.

4. Conflict of Interest

Editors and reviewers shall stop dealing with a submission in any case of conflict of interest relating to authors or the content of the article under evaluation.

IPSI TIR Journal considers the following situations to be a conflict of interest:

• There is a direct link/relationship between the author and the reviewer.
• There has been a recent and noticeable professional collaboration between the reviewer and the author.
• An editor or a reviewer is a collaborator on the project related to the submitted material.
• An editor or a reviewer has a relationship with a company that has a financial interest in the submission.
• An editor or a reviewer considers him/herself potentially partial due to any other personal or financial interest.

5. Repeated and Multiple Publication

The reproduction of articles in other publications or for any other objective and in any other mode requires the written authorization of the Journal.

6. Access, Copyright, and Licensing

All IPSI TIR articles are published with open access. There are no subscriptions or pay-per-view fees.

The articles are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. With this license, the user (while obligated to attribute the original creator/s) can only share the work but not change it in any way or ever use it for commercial purposes.

7. Identifying and Preventing Misconduct

The journal and the members of the editorial board shall not in any way console misconduct of any kind or consciously allow such misconduct to happen.

Members of the editorial board will completely inform authors and reviewers about the ethical conduct required of them and, in this way, help to prevent any misconduct.

Members of the editorial board and reviewers should be aware of different types of misconduct to be able to single out papers where misconduct of any kind exists and deal with it properly.

In cases of suspected misconduct, IPSI TIR editors follow the COPE Flowcharts (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts).

8. Instructions in the Case of Corrections or Retractions

Editors' responsibilities encompass resolving misconduct issues. They collaborate with co-editors, members of the editorial board, peer reviewers, and field experts to address such concerns effectively.

To ensure fairness, due process should be followed for authors. The journal editor must establish contact with the involved author/publication, be it the submitter or another publication/author. This allows the author to provide their response, comment on the complaint, or participate in resolving any dispute or allegation. Documentation plays a crucial role in this process. It involves thorough record-keeping of factual details including the individuals involved, the nature of the issue, its timeline, and its context. All relevant documents related to the concerned article(s) must be preserved.

When misconduct is detected or suspected, or when corrections are required, the editorial board adheres to the appropriate recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). It is essential to differentiate cases of genuine human error from deliberate fraud, and due care must be taken in this regard.

COPE (COPE Retraction Guidelines, https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf states that:

Journal editors should consider retracting a publication if they have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error). Retraction is also appropriate in cases of redundant publication, plagiarism, and unethical research.

Journal editors should consider issuing an expression of concern if: a) they have reason to believe that there has been a research or publication misconduct by the authors but have insufficient evidence, b) there is evidence that the findings are unreliable but the authors' institution will not investigate the case, c) they believe that an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been or would not be, fair, impartial or conclusive, d) or an investigation is underway but a judgement will not be available for a considerable time.

Journal editors should consider issuing a correction if a small portion of an otherwise reliable article proves to be misleading (especially because of honest error), or the author/contributor list is incorrect (i.e., a deserving author has been omitted or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

9. Content Originality and Reproduction, Copyright, and Plagiarism

The authors are responsible for ensuring the originality of their material and must avoid publishing any text that violates the definition of originality as specified in the Code de la propriété intellectuelle (https://wipolex-res.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/fr/fr/fr465fr.pdf).

Reproduction of excerpts from articles is permissible if the authors acknowledge the source and obtain explicit permission from the rights holders, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The reference should include the article's title, the journal, the author(s), and the date and place of publication. The Journal reserves the right to enforce reproduction rights.

The authors retain intellectual property rights and copyrights for the original content of all scientific contributions. In return for publication in the Journal PISTES, the authors provide exclusive first publication rights to the Journal, granting it the authority to produce and distribute the contributions in various media formats, both individually and collectively with other articles, now known or yet to be developed.

Plagiarism, false information, and intentionally misleading statements are considered unethical behavior in scientific publishing and are therefore unacceptable.

The article should not have been previously published, either as an article or a chapter and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

If the authors intend to reproduce their article in other publications or for any other purpose using any means, they must obtain written authorization from the editorial board.

10. Confidentiality Policy

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