The International Scientific Conference “Green Taxonomy for Sustainable Development: From Green Technologies to Green Economy” (CONGREENTAX) follows the principles of academic integrity, responsible authorship, transparent peer review, research ethics, and editorial independence.

All submitted manuscripts must be original, written in academic English, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their research, proper citation of sources, transparency of data and methods, and disclosure of any conflicts of interest or funding sources.

Plagiarism, duplicate submission, inappropriate authorship, data fabrication, image manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and any other form of unethical publication practice are unacceptable. Manuscripts may be checked for originality and compliance with publication ethics before being sent for peer review or publication consideration.

 

Originality and Plagiarism

Submitted manuscripts must present original scholarly work. Authors must ensure that all ideas, data, text, figures, tables, and other materials borrowed from third-party sources are properly cited and, where necessary, used with appropriate permission.

Plagiarism in any form, including copying, close paraphrasing without attribution, misappropriation of ideas, or presenting another person’s work as one’s own, is unacceptable. Manuscripts that fail to meet originality and academic integrity requirements may be rejected at any stage of the editorial or publication process.

 

Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools

The use of generative artificial intelligence tools, including large language models and automated text-generation systems, must not replace the authors’ own scholarly contribution, research work, critical analysis, interpretation of results, or formulation of conclusions.

Authors are not permitted to use artificial intelligence tools to generate substantial parts of the manuscript, produce scientific arguments, fabricate or modify data, create unverifiable references, or present AI-generated content as original scholarly work.

Limited use of artificial intelligence tools may be acceptable only for technical and auxiliary purposes, such as language editing, grammar correction, formatting support, translation assistance, or improvement of readability. In all such cases, authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and academic quality of the submitted manuscript.

Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship is limited to individuals who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the research and who can take responsibility for the content of the manuscript.

Authors must carefully verify any text, data, citations, references, tables, figures, or other materials prepared with the assistance of digital or AI-based tools. The use of AI tools does not exempt authors from responsibility for plagiarism, factual errors, incorrect references, data manipulation, or violation of publication ethics.

Where artificial intelligence tools have been used in the preparation of the manuscript, authors may be required to disclose the nature and extent of such use upon request of the editors or the conference publication committee.

 

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Submission

Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal, book, conference proceedings, or other publication venue at the same time. Manuscripts that substantially reproduce previously published work are not acceptable unless they represent a clearly justified and properly referenced extension of earlier research. In such cases, authors must disclose the relationship between the submitted manuscript and the previous publication.

 

Data Access and Research Transparency

Authors may be asked to provide the data, materials, or methodological details supporting their research for editorial or peer-review purposes. Where appropriate and feasible, authors are encouraged to ensure access to research data in accordance with the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and responsible data management. Authors should retain relevant research data for a reasonable period after publication.

 

Authorship and Author Contributions

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the submitted work.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all appropriate co-authors are included, no inappropriate co-authors are listed, all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript, and all co-authors agree to the submission and publication of the work.

Authors are encouraged to provide a statement describing individual contributions to the manuscript using the CRediT taxonomy, where applicable. Contribution categories may include Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data Curation, Writing — Original Draft, Writing — Review and Editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project Administration, and Funding Acquisition.

 

Conflicts of Interest and Funding Disclosure

All authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation of results, or publication process. All sources of financial support for the research and manuscript preparation should be clearly acknowledged. If the funding source had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, or decision to submit the manuscript, this should be stated.

 

Research Involving Human or Animal Subjects

If a manuscript reports research involving human participants, animals, sensitive data, hazardous materials, or procedures requiring ethical approval, authors must confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with relevant laws, institutional regulations, and ethical standards. Where applicable, the manuscript should include information on ethical approval, informed consent, privacy protection, and permissions for the use of personal data, images, or other identifiable materials.

 

Image and Data Integrity

Authors must not manipulate images, figures, tables, or research data in a way that could misrepresent the results.

Adjustments to brightness, contrast, color balance, or visual clarity are acceptable only when they do not obscure, remove, or distort information contained in the original materials. Any image processing should be applied consistently and transparently.

 

Confidentiality

Manuscripts submitted to the conference are treated as confidential documents during the review and editorial process. Reviewers and editors must not use unpublished information, data, or ideas obtained through the review process without the explicit permission of the authors.

 

Peer Review and Editorial Responsibility

Submitted manuscripts may undergo editorial screening, plagiarism check, and peer review. The review process is intended to support academic quality, methodological rigor, relevance to the conference scope, and compliance with publication ethics. Editorial decisions are based on the originality, relevance, quality, clarity, and scholarly contribution of the manuscript. The conference publication team reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with academic standards, publication requirements, or ethical principles.

 

Notification of Errors

If authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted or published work, they must promptly notify the editors or the conference publication team and cooperate in correcting, clarifying, or, if necessary, retracting the publication.

 

Inclusive and Respectful Academic Language

Authors are expected to use inclusive, respectful, and unbiased language. Manuscripts should avoid discriminatory, stereotypical, or exclusionary wording and should respect the diversity of individuals, communities, institutions, and countries.

 

Academic Freedom and Political Neutrality

CONGREENTAX supports international scholarly dialogue, academic freedom, and respectful scientific exchange.

The conference is open to researchers from different countries, institutions, and academic traditions. Participants are encouraged to focus on scientific discussion, research results, and professional cooperation. Political statements unrelated to the scientific scope of the conference should be avoided during conference sessions and in submitted materials.

 

Compliance with Publication Ethics

By submitting a manuscript to CONGREENTAX, authors confirm that they have read and accepted the conference publication ethics requirements. Manuscripts that violate the principles of originality, authorship transparency, research integrity, publication ethics, or respectful academic communication may be rejected at any stage of the editorial or publication process.