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Technology Fist owns and runs the platform. An independent academic board and a panel of subject specialists hold our publishing to recognised scholarly ethics, and our rules are published rather than promised.
How we are organised
The company runs the business. An independent board of scholars safeguards academic quality and ethics. Keeping the two roles clear is what makes the standards real.
The company is responsible for the rules, protocols, technical standards and commercial operation, and holds final decision-making authority. We state that openly.
An independent, advisory body of senior scholars reviews our policies and advises on ethics questions. It assures the academic side. It does not manage the company, and it does not decide individual papers.
The Academic Advisory and Editorial Board is seated and named, and a panel of subject specialists sits alongside it. Nobody appears on our board page who has not accepted in writing — that rule has not changed and will not. The board reads our policies before they are issued, advises on the ethics cases our editorial office refers to it, and holds no authority over a decision on any single paper; the specialists review the venues that apply to publish here, each in their own field. For every member we publish a name, an affiliation and country, the role held, and any declared interests. Appointments continue, particularly outside computing and engineering.
Publication ethics
Our ethics policies follow the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The standard we hold ourselves to is therefore an external one, written down by someone else, and you can check our conduct against it.
In writing
Reference documents that set the same standards for everyone, published and versioned.
The end-to-end rules for publishing with us: assignment, review rounds, the final decision, fee disclosure, proofing and licensing.
Available in the platformWhat it takes to run a venue well, from the call for papers to the closing of a proceedings volume.
Available in the platformHow decisions are made and communicated, and how revisions and re-reviews are handled.
Available in the platformLicences, proofing, payment receipts, and the notices an author receives at each step.
Available in the platform"On questions of research ethics and academic quality, our editors and board advise freely. A decision on a specific paper is made on scholarly grounds through peer review, never because a fee was paid."
Editorial independence statementYes. The board is advisory and independent. Technology Fist runs the platform and makes operational and commercial decisions; the board safeguards academic quality and ethics and advises on standards.
No. Any publication or participation fee is disclosed in advance and covers the cost of publishing and running the platform. Editorial decisions are made independently, on the merits of the work.
Authors, reviewers, editors and board members declare relevant interests, which are recorded, and the conflicted person steps aside from the matter concerned.
Through a formal, documented process aligned with COPE. Corrections, retractions and expressions of concern are issued on the record and linked to the affected article.
Read the rules before you commit to anything. If they suit your conference or journal, we will set the venue up on the platform.