Ethic Codex

Principles of Publication Ethics

The aim of these principles is to prevent potential illegal or unethical procedures in each stage of publication process in the Review of Law and Technology.

By submitting a contribution, the author confirms that his/her text is an original piece of work which has not yet been published anywhere. Any plagiarism, submission of identical or already published manuscripts or fraudulent misrepresentation are considered as unacceptable and unethical. Non-original works and works which are plagiarism will not be published.

These principles are based on the following sources of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics):

• COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
• COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
• Guide for new researchers

In the event that an issue which is not explicitly regulated by these principles occurs, the abovementioned sources of COPE shall be applied appropriately.

Based on COPE's statement on AI-generated content (available here: https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author), an AI tool cannot be listed as the author of the paper as it does not meet the legal requirements of authorship. If an author uses to a significant degree an AI tool to generate the text of a paper, this must be transparently stated in a footnote at the beginning of the paper. Tools used for language review or simple source searching do not need to be mentioned. In case of missing declaration, the editors of the journal reserve the right to reject the paper in case of reasonable doubt about the author's contribution to the content of the text. The author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the text produced by the AI tool.

At the beginning of each cooperation, the editorial team of Review of Law and Technology shall inform authors, editors as well as reviewers about these principles and their application.The authors, editors and reviewers shall be further notified about the above listed documents of COPE and their applicability.