Ethical & open access

Publication Ethics

LyJIT follows COPE-aligned editorial ethics for authorship, peer review integrity, conflicts of interest, corrections, and retractions.

Authorship & integrity

• All authors must meet authorship criteria and approve the final manuscript.
• ORCID iD or institutional email is required for corresponding authors.
• Fabrication, falsification, and undisclosed dual submission are grounds for rejection.

Plagiarism policy

Manuscripts undergo similarity screening. Similarity above 20% (excluding references and standard method boilerplate) requires revision or may lead to rejection.

Open access license

Accepted articles are published open access under CC BY 4.0. Authors retain copyright with attribution required.

Conflicts of interest

Authors, editors, and reviewers must declare financial or personal conflicts that could influence evaluation. Editors recuse when conflicted.