EEICT|FEKT VUT Brno

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EEICT (Electrical Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies) follows the standards for Ethics and Publication Malpractice set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and available at https://publicationethics.org. Any kind of unethical behaviour is not acceptable; plagiarism is not tolerated in any of its forms.

EEICT consists of three parts: FEECteams – Student Team Projects, Student Research Papers, and the Doctoral Symposium. The ethical principles below apply to all three parts, where relevant. Requirements specifically concerning manuscript submission, peer review and publication apply only to Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Secondary (High) School Student Research Papers

The relevant duties and responsibilities of authors and contributors, reviewers, evaluators, and editors include:

Duties of Authors and Contributors

Reporting standards

Authors and contributors should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Results should be represented accurately in the contribution. The contribution should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to understand and assess the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data underlying their contribution for evaluation or editorial review. They should be prepared to provide access to such data where appropriate. Authors submitting papers to Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Secondary (High) School Student Research part should also be prepared to retain the data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors and contributors should ensure that their contributions are original and that, if they have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or acknowledged.

Using Third-Party Material in Your Contribution

The necessary permission must be obtained to reuse third-party material in a contribution, including a paper, poster or presentation. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If you wish to include any material in your contribution for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission or presentation.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

Authors should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal, proceedings or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal or proceedings concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be provided. Authors and contributors should cite or acknowledge sources that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Contribution

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported work. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. In case there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the contribution, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the contribution and have agreed to its submission to the conference.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors and contributors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their contribution. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Duties of Reviewers and Evaluators

The manuscript review procedures described below apply to papers submitted to Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Secondary (High) School Student Research part, while the evaluation principles apply to all EEICT parts.

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may also assist authors in improving their manuscripts.

Promptness

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and decline the invitation to review.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews and evaluations should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees and evaluators should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation or argument that has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also inform the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review or evaluation must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers and evaluators who have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions connected to the contribution should decline the invitation to review/evaluate.

Fair and Transparent Evaluation of Presentations

EEICT presentations should be evaluated fairly and objectively, in accordance with the evaluation criteria established for each part of the conference. Evaluators should assess contributions on their merits and avoid discrimination or personal bias.

Duties of Editors

Publication Decisions

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the submitted manuscripts should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair Play

Editors should evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy.

Confidentiality

Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in an editor’s own research without the author’s explicit written consent.