Editorial policies

Sapiens Global’s policies are intended to make editorial decisions and records transparent, consistent, and operationally feasible.

Editorial policy and originalityInitial screening, prior dissemination, similarity, and references. Peer reviewDouble-anonymous review, reviewers, decisions, and conflicts. Ethics and integrityResearch ethics, allegations, conflicts, and misconduct. Authorship and artificial intelligenceCRediT, authorship changes, and responsible AI use. Data, code, and materialsResponsible openness, repositories, and reproducibility. Open access, rights, and chargesCC BY 4.0, copyright, and no fees. Corrections, retractions, and complaintsScholarly record, appeals, and expressions of concern. Privacy and preservationData protection, cookies, backups, and retention.