NexQ Research Consortium is deeply committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout every stage of the publication process. Authenticity, transparency, and trust are the cornerstones of the academic environment we aim to build, and our practices are aligned with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and other respected bodies in scholarly publishing.
Our overarching aim is straightforward: to provide the global research community with reliable, high-quality scientific content it can trust and build upon.
Three principles sit at the heart of everything we publish:
Published work must genuinely represent original research and honest reporting of results.
Clear disclosure of methods, funding, conflicts of interest, and the review process itself.
A publishing relationship the global research community can rely on, submission after submission.
Every manuscript passes through a rigorous peer-review procedure that carefully assesses its originality, quality, and accuracy before publication. Alongside expert human review, we use advanced screening tools to verify the legitimacy of submitted content, helping detect issues that might otherwise go unnoticed.
For the full reviewer workflow and evaluation criteria, see our Peer Review Process page.
We maintain a firm, zero-tolerance stance toward conduct that undermines the integrity of the scientific record:
Presenting others' words, ideas, or data as one's own, in whole or in part.
Fabricating, falsifying, or selectively altering data or results.
Ghost, guest, or gift authorship, or omitting authors who genuinely contributed.
We actively champion ethical conduct at every stage of the publication journey to preserve the integrity of peer-reviewed scientific literature.
When an ethical concern is raised, we prioritise open, constructive communication among everyone involved — editors, publisher, authors, and reviewers — because resolving these issues well is a collaborative undertaking, not a unilateral one.