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Editorial Standards & Publication Ethics sets out CorayNova's publisher-level policies for editorial independence, peer review, research integrity, publication ethics, authorship, contributorship, funding disclosure, competing interests, post-publication notices, complaints, and appeals.

This area supports fair, accountable, and evidence-based editorial practice across CorayNova journals. It clarifies how academic decisions are protected from commercial influence, how ethical concerns are handled, how authorship and competing interests should be disclosed, and how the scholarly record is corrected when needed.

Users should read these policies together with the relevant Resources pages and the individual journal pages on the CorayNova Journals Platform, especially where a journal publishes its own peer review model, article types, reviewer expectations, decision process, reporting requirements, or ethics documentation requirements.

• Policies in This Area

Ⅰ. Editorial Governance, Editorial Independence & Peer Review Policy

Sets standards for editorial roles, independent academic decisions, peer review models, reviewer selection, conflicts of interest, desk rejection, revision, and decision routes.

Ⅱ. Research and Publication Ethics Policy

States CorayNova's expectations for research ethics approval, consent, data integrity, originality, responsible AI disclosure, image integrity, clinical trial registration where applicable, and handling suspected misconduct.

Ⅲ. Authorship, Contributorship, Funding & Competing Interests Policy

Defines responsibilities for authorship, contribution disclosure, author changes, funding statements, funder roles, competing interests, and corresponding author accountability.

Ⅳ. Corrections, Retractions, Expressions of Concern & Article Removal Policy

Explains the mechanisms used to protect the scholarly record after publication, including correction notices, retractions, expressions of concern, publisher's notes, editorial notes, and article removal in exceptional cases.

Ⅴ. Complaints & Appeals Policy

Provides routes for raising complaints and appeals, including procedural concerns, factual errors, competing interests, ethics concerns, and serious scholarly or institutional issues.

• Using This Policy Area

Use this policy area when checking editorial independence, peer review expectations, conflicts of interest, research ethics documents, AI disclosure, authorship changes, funding statements, competing interests, corrections, retractions, complaints, or appeals.

Editorial, peer review, ethics, authorship, complaint, appeal, and correction matters should be sent to editorial@coraynova.com. Serious institutional-level matters may be sent to executive@coraynova.com. Platform workflow issues should be sent to support@coraynova.com.