PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by Sahara Digital Publications. The policies listed here describe how the journal is run and what authors, reviewers, editors and readers can expect from it. They follow the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
Questions about any policy can be sent to the editorial office at editor.piqm@gmail.com.
- Aims and Scope PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is an international, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published qu...
- Peer Review Policy Every research article and review submitted to PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is assessed by double-blind peer r...
- Open Access Policy PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is a fully open access journal. All articles are freely available online immediat...
- Copyright and Licensing Authors publishing in PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) retain the copyright of their articles and all publishing r...
- Article Processing Charges PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) does not charge authors any fees. There are no submission fees and no article pro...
- Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is committed to high standards of publication ethics. The journal follows the Cor...
- Authorship Criteria Authorship gives credit for a piece of research and carries responsibility for it. PatternIQ Mining (PIQM...
- Conflict of Interest Policy A conflict of interest exists when a person's judgement about a manuscript could be influenced, or could...
- Plagiarism Policy PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) publishes original work only. The journal does not accept plagiarism, self-plagia...
- Use of AI and AI-Assisted Tools Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as large language models, can support research and wr...
- Research Data and Ethics Approval PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) encourages transparency and reproducibility. Authors are encouraged to make avail...
- Reviewer Guidelines Reviewers are essential to the quality of PatternIQ Mining (PIQM). The journal asks reviewers to follow t...
- Corrections and Retractions PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) is committed to keeping the published record accurate. Published articles are not...
- Complaints and Appeals PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) welcomes complaints and appeals as a way to improve the journal, and handles them...
- Digital Archiving and Self-Archiving Policy PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) wants its articles to remain available and citable in the long term. This page ex...
- Abstracting and Indexing PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) works to make its articles easy to find, cite and reuse. This page lists the iden...
- Ownership and Management PatternIQ Mining (PIQM), ISSN 3006-8894 (online), is owned and published by Sahara Digital Publications.
- Advertising Policy PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) does not currently carry paid advertising on its website or in its articles, and...
- Privacy Statement This statement explains how PatternIQ Mining (PIQM) and its publisher, Sahara Digital Publications, handl...