RoCHI conference is the annual event of the RoCHI (ACM
SIGCHI Romania) group. As such, the RoCHI publication
ethics will be compliant with the ACM Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct.
https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct#sect4
Editors’ responsibilities
Publication decisions
The editors of
the proceedings are the conference and program committee
(PC) chairs. The editors are responsible for deciding
which of the papers submitted to the conference will be
published. The decision will be based on the
recommendations of PC members and reviewers. The PC chair
may be assisted in the decision by PC members having the
status of chairs.
Each paper will be reviewed by at least three independent (i.e., not from the same organization) reviewers. The submissions will be assigned to reviewers with affiliations that are different from the organization of any of the authors.
If there are significant differences between the reviewers’ scores and arguments, the PC chair will prompt the reviewers to comment and revise the review if needed. The PC chair will make the proposal for acceptance / rejection of submission to the conference chairs and PC members having the status of chairs.
Confidentiality
The editor and any
editorial staff must not disclose any information about a
submission 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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted
paper will not be used by the editor or the members of the
editorial board for their own research purposes without
the author’s explicit written consent.
Reviewers’ responsibilities
Contribution to editorial decisions
The peer-reviewing process assists the editor and
the editorial board in making editorial decisions and may
also serve the author in improving the paper. The
reviewers will evaluate the submissions without regard to
the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious
belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political
philosophy.
The review will be based on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the conference’s scope. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be considered.
Reviewers should identify cases in which relevant published work referred to in the paper has not been cited. They should point out whether observations or arguments derived from other publications are accompanied by the respective source. They should mention any substantial similarity or overlap between the submission and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Promptness
Any selected referee who
feels unqualified to review submission or knows that its
prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor
and withdraw from the review process.
Confidentiality
Any submission
received for review must be treated as confidential
documents. They must not be disclosed to or discussed with
others except as authorized by the editor.
Disclosure and conflict of interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through
peer review must be kept confidential and not used for
personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider
submissions in which they have conflicts of interest
resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other
relationships or connections with any of the authors,
companies, or institutions associated with the papers.
Authors’ duties
Reporting standards
Authors should
present an accurate account of the work performed as well
as an objective discussion of its significance. Related
data should be represented accurately in the paper.
Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute
unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality, plagiarism and concurrent
publication
Authors should submit only original works, and
should appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words
of others. Plagiarism is totally inacceptable and will
determine the immediate rejection of the paper. Submitting
the same paper to more than one conference constitutes
unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Authorship of the paper
Authorship
should be limited to those who have made a significant
contribution to the conception, design, execution, or
interpretation of the reported study. The corresponding
author ensures that all contributing co-authors and no
uninvolved persons are included in the author list. The
corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors
have approved the final version of the paper and have
agreed to its submission for publication.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should include a statement disclosing
any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest
that may be construed to influence the results or
interpretation of their submission. All sources of
financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or
inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the
author’s obligation to promptly notify the publisher and
to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the
paper in the form of an erratum.
References
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011). Code of
Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal
Editors.
http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf