The Qubahan Journal of Coaching and Sports Sciences (QJCS) is committed to protecting the integrity, reliability, transparency, and credibility of the scholarly record.

The journal's policies are informed by established international publication-ethics and research-integrity principles.

1. ORIGINALITY AND PLAGIARISM

The following are prohibited:

• Plagiarism
• Unattributed copying
• Inappropriate text recycling
• Fabrication
• Falsification
• Deceptive data manipulation
• Deceptive image manipulation
• Duplicate publication

Similarity reports are screening tools and numerical similarity percentages alone do not determine plagiarism.

2. DUPLICATE SUBMISSION

Manuscripts must not be simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

3. AUTHORSHIP

Guest, gift, honorary, and ghost authorship are prohibited.

4. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose relevant competing interests.

5. FUNDING

Relevant financial and institutional support must be disclosed.

6. DATA INTEGRITY

Fabrication, falsification, manipulation, or misleading presentation of data is prohibited.

7. DATA AVAILABILITY

A Data Availability Statement should be included where appropriate.

8. HUMAN PARTICIPANTS

Research involving human participants must comply with appropriate ethical requirements.

9. CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Appropriate additional safeguards must be used.

10. INFORMED CONSENT

Informed consent must be obtained where required.

11. ANIMAL RESEARCH

Animal research must comply with appropriate welfare standards.

12. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Sensitive or identifiable information must be appropriately protected.

13. CITATION ETHICS

Fabricated citations, coercive citation, citation cartels, and metric manipulation are prohibited.

14. EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly and ethical considerations.

15. MISCONDUCT

Credible concerns may result in:

• Requests for clarification
• Suspension of review
• Rejection
• Requests for supporting data
• Corrections
• Expressions of Concern
• Retractions
• Institutional notification where justified