The International Journal of Advances in Sustainable Development (IJASD) is committed to maintaining high standards through blind peer review together with a stern code of conduct and strict ethical policies for the integrity of the review process. Any infringements of professional ethical codes, such as plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, or bogus claims of authorship, should be taken very seriously by the editors with zero tolerance. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan’s ethical guidelines are followed in this journal to establish and maintain professional standards.  IJASD also follows the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and integrity of the submissions, and the process.

Plagiarism: The journal adheres to its principles on how to deal with acts of misconduct thereby committing to investigate allegations of misconduct to ensure the integrity of research. The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the ethical guidelines on plagiarism will be followed. The guidelines provided by the HEC regarding plagiarism (link below) are followed.

https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/Documents/Plagiarism/Plagiarism%20Policy.pdf

Artificial Intelligence use: AI and AI-assisted tools do not qualify for authorship under IJASD's authorship policy. Authors who use AI or AI-assisted tools during the manuscript writing process are asked to disclose their use in a separate section of the manuscript. IJASD' will monitor the trend in AI use and applications and modify the policy if necessary.