The journal is fundamentally dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior across all active layers of our fine arts network. Published on a continuous bi-annual loop, the journal aligns its publication standards strictly with the code of conduct rules set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Preventing publishing malpractice, defending performative originality, and ensuring complete assessment fairness are core pillars expected from all collaborating components: Authors, Peer Reviewers, Editorial Board Members, and the Publisher. Any systemic infraction involving data manipulation, notation fabrication, or hidden text duplication will result in an immediate administrative block.
Core Ethical Duties & Commitments
To preserve performative cataloging trust and protect dynamic fine arts scholarship, all active editorial components are bound by the following performance criteria:
| Duties of Editors | Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts solely based on analytical depth, choreographic/musicological originality, and performing arts scope relevance. They maintain absolute blind confidentiality, manage conflicts of interest transparently, and launch systemic inquiries if ethical complaints are filed against an active manuscript. |
| Duties of Reviewers | Reviewers deliver timely, critical peer assessments to support editorial selection decisions. They must treat all assigned files as highly confidential assets, declare competing personal or institutional interests, and alert the chief editor immediately if data overlapping or notation data fabrication is suspected across tracking models. |
| Duties of Authors | Authors must present an accurate account of original fine arts research performed alongside comprehensive structural verification protocols. They explicitly guarantee that the manuscript is not under evaluation or published elsewhere and that all listed co-authors have verified and formally approved the final text package. |
Misconduct & Plagiarism Regulations
- Text & Score Replication: Passing off the scholarly research, kinetic preservation designs, or unique musical arrangements of others as your own is a severe violation. All scripts undergo systematic verification checks.
- Data Fabrication: Falsifying motion-capture metrics, manipulating acoustic coordinate systems, or altering ethnomusicological field tracking details will trigger immediate manuscript disqualification.
- AI Content Integrity: Generative text engines must not be used to create primary empirical outcomes or core choreographic frameworks. Any AI assistance in text optimization must be clearly disclosed.
Handling Publishing Malpractice
- Pre-Publication: If metadata anomalies or score configuration violations are verified during the evaluation phase, the manuscript will be rejected immediately, and institutional department directors may be notified.
- Post-Publication: If severe ethical breaches or citation errors are discovered after an article goes live online, a formal Correction Note or an official Article Retraction will be processed instantly.
- Sanction Triggers: Research networks or authors found to be systematically violating core ethical frameworks may face a temporary ban on future portal submissions.
Originality, Concurrent Submissions, and Referencing Integrity
Authors must formally guarantee that their fine arts manuscripts represent entirely unique research. Submitting a single strategic draft to multiple international journals simultaneously constitutes highly unethical publishing behavior and is completely unacceptable under our bi-annual processing track. If an author has adapted historical methodology configurations, dance notation systems, or standard musicological benchmarks, these components must be explicitly cited and referenced in the text block.
Important Note
The journal reserves the absolute right to reject any incoming work or retract published documents that do not align with this Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement. All structural decisions made by the Chief Editor and the ethical review panel are final.