Publication Ethics

Authors, reviewers and editors for the Journal must adhere to adhere to high standards of professional and research ethics, such as those contained in the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) best practice guidelines, available online here.

The statement below elaborates on the standards of particular relevance to the Journal, but it is not intended to limit the obligations of authors, reviewers or editors. In situations not covered by the statement, authors, reviewers and editors must still adhere to the COPE (or equivalent) guidelines.

 

Research Misconduct

Authors, reviewers and editors must not engage in or encourage research misconduct, including (but not limited to) plagiarism, citation manipulation and data falsification/fabrication, and must take reasonable steps to identify and/or prevent it.

 

Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers and editors must declare any relevant conflicts or possible conflicts of interest. Authors must include any such declaration in a footnote at the beginning of their manuscript.

To the extent possible, reviewers and editors must not be involved in any decision-making, discussion or other process about a submission if they have a relevant conflict or possible conflict.

Authors, reviewers and editors must declare, to the editors or other appropriate body, any relevant conflict or possible conflict of which they become aware subsequent to publication.

 

Ethics Approval

Authors must ensure that any research involving or about human subjects has received the necessary ethics approval and/or consent of the subjects. Details of any ethics approval must be included in a footnote at the beginning of the manuscript.

 

Authorship

Authorship of any submission to the Journal must be assigned, and only assigned, to individuals who have made a significant intellectual or scholarly contribution to the research. Its assignment must be an honest and fair reflection of their contributions.

Any relevant non-authorship contributions to the research, including funding, must be expressly acknowledged in a footnote at the beginning of the manuscript.

 

Review Process

Reviewer and editor decisions must be made solely on the basis of academic considerations and not on the basis of the race, ethnicity, nationality, political opinion, religion or other similar characteristics of the author(s). Compliance with this obligation is facilitated by the use, where possible, of double-blind peer review. Information about the Journal's review process can be found here. 

 

Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence 

The author(s) must appropriately acknowledge the work, ideas and contributions of others and must not represent it as their own. The use of artificial intelligence software in the preparation of the manuscript must also be declared where this would be reasonably expected.

By submitting a manuscript, the author(s) accept and acknowledge that the editors might, at their discretion, choose to employ anti-plagiarism or artificial intelligence detection software, or both, to verify that these requirements are satisfied.

 

Data Sharing and Reproducibility

The Journal encourages authors to make any datasets supporting their analysis and conclusions publicly available at the time of publication.

The Journal requires that all original research articles include a Data Availability Statement (DAS) in a footnote at the beginning of the article, unless no datasets were generated or analysed during the study. This statement must specify what data underlie the research findings, where they are located (eg a repository or available from the author on request) and any restrictions on access (eg due to privacy or license constraints). If data are publicly available, please include specific identifiers (eg a DOI or accession number).

Peer reviewers are entitled to request access to the underlying data (and code) if needed to properly evaluate a manuscript.

The Journal recognise that it is not always possible to share data publicly, for example, where doing so would compromise the privacy of research participants. In such cases, authors must still provide a clear DAS, explaining the reasons for any restrictions and any conditions for access.

 

Allegations, Complaints and Discussions

Any suspicion or allegation of research misconduct, or any other complaint or concern should be directed in the first instance to the Chief Editor, the TC Beirne School of Law, or The University of Queensland, as appropriate.

Any concerns of which the editors or other relevant body become aware will be handled in accordance with the COPE (or equivalent) best practice guidelines.

 

Corrections and Retractions

The Journal reserves the right to reject, correct or retract any article or other Journal content that is (or sufficiently determined to be) affected by misconduct or error. Express notice of any correction or retraction will be provided on our website and in the published version of the article.

 

Ownership and Funding

Information about the ownership and funding of the Journal can be found here. The Journal is self-funded by the TC Beirne School of Law. All articles are freely available online. The Journal does not charge author fees for publication or manuscript processing.

 

Intellectual Property

Copyright of articles published in the University of Queensland Law Journal is vested jointly in the Journal and the contributor. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part may be reproduced without written permission.

However, authors may upload their own published work to online and university repositories, or republish their own work as part of a research thesis, without prior approval from the editors, provided that due acknowledgement is given to the Journal. 

 

Privacy Statement

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