Publication Ethics

The Journal of Corpus Juris Civilis (JCJC) is committed to maintaining the integrity of scholarly publishing in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) principles.

Authors’ Responsibilities

• Ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, free from plagiarism, and have not been published elsewhere.

• All submissions will be checked using Turnitin with a maximum similarity index tolerance of 20%.

• Avoid simultaneous submission to other journals.

• Provide accurate citations for all referenced sources.

• Disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

Editors’ Responsibilities

• Evaluate manuscripts based on academic merit, without discrimination.

• Ensure the double-blind peer review process is followed.

• Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts and authors.

• Avoid conflicts of interest.

Reviewers Responsibilities

• Provide objective and constructive reviews.

• Maintain confidentiality of the manuscript.

• Disclose conflicts of interest.

Ethics Violation Prevention

• Manuscripts with a similarity index above 20% will be returned to the author for revision or rejected.

• Ethical breaches such as plagiarism, data fabrication, or duplicate publication will be handled according to COPE guidelines.