To maintain publishing-date identically between the online and printed versions of journal volumes, all AABRI online journals are dated when the volume is completed online. Journal volumes are usually considered completed online when twelve manuscripts are web-published in an online volume or one calendar-year has passed since the previous volume closed. The date that is displayed for a journal volume on the website will be the same as the date on the corresponding printed volume of that journal when the journal goes into print.

All manuscript content that is not the author's original work must be properly quoted, cited, and referenced whether published nor not published. All manuscript content that has been previously published and/or copyrighted, in whole or part, must be properly quoted, cited, and referenced. All manuscript content that is taken from one of the author's previous academic-journal or other copyrighted publications in whole or part, must be properly quoted, cited, and referenced.

As stated in the APA Publication Manual, "If the quotation comprises fewer than 40 words, incorporate it into the text and enclose the quotation with double quotation marks...If the quotation comprises 40 or more words, display it as a freestanding block of text and omit the quotation marks"(APA-6, 2015, pp. 170-171).

Manuscript content that is substantially paraphrased does not need to be quoted but must be cited and referenced. Sufficiency of paraphrasing will be determined by the journal editor or publisher guided by the result of the Turnitin.com evaluation (see the AABRI Originality Policy and the AABRI Research Misconduct Policy herein).

Research misconduct includes fabrication of data, falsification of results, plagiarism or self-plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reporting research results. Research misconduct will not be tolerated in any AABRI journal publication.

Definitions:

Fabrication is defined as the making up of data or making up of results not derived from research and reporting these results.

Falsification is defined as the manipulating of research, changing or omitting research data or results in order to represent results that are not actually derived from the research/data collected.

Plagiarism is defined as (1) copying someone else's exact words, either in whole or in part, without quoting and properly citing, either intentionally or inadvertently, (2) paraphrasing another author(s)' work, either in whole or in part, without properly citing, (3) presenting the results of another individual's research as one's own, (4) representing facts, statistical analysis, or charts created by someone else as one's own. Using the same research methodology or analytical procedures is not considered plagiarism so long as the empirical data is originally obtained (or used with permission) and the statistical analysis is performed on the originally obtained data by the submitting authors.

Self-plagiarism is defined as the republication in whole or part of an author's own previously published work without appropriately quoting or paraphrasing and citing.

When research misconduct is discovered prior to publication the submission will be rejected and the author(s) notified of the reason for rejection.

All manuscripts submitted for journal-publication review will be evaluated using Turnitin.com online plagiarism detection and visual evaluation. If the online plagiarism detection website evaluation indicates a similarity index less than or equal to 10% (excluding matches of 1% or less), the paper routed for review in accordance with the Peer review process herein. If the online plagiarism detection website evaluation indicates similarity exceeding 10%, the AABRI author(s) notified. If the plagiarism was inadvertent (incomplete paraphrasing, failure to adequately cite, improper formatting) the author(s) will be given the opportunity to rewrite the paper, correct the areas of concern, and resubmit. If the plagiarism appears to be blatant (entire paper or major section(s) of paper copied) the paper will be rejected outright.

If research misconduct is alleged, suspected or discovered subsequent to publication, the suspect manuscript will be removed from publication and evaluated in accordance with the following:

Fabrication/Falsification- the author(s) will be asked to provide original survey data, observation notes, etc. to verify data used was validly obtained. Data analysis will be duplicated to verify the validity and accuracy of the results reported. If the data is found to be complete, accurate, and original and the data analysis is determined to be valid and accurate the manuscript will be restored to publication and no further action taken. If the data and/or the results are determined to be fabricated and/or falsified the manuscript will be permanently removed from publication.

Plagiarism/Self Plagiarism - manuscripts will be evaluated using Turnitin.com online plagiarism detection and visual evaluation. If the online plagiarism detection website evaluation indicates a similarity index less than or equal to 10% (excluding matches of 1% or less), the paper will be restored to publication and no further action taken. If the online plagiarism detection website evaluation indicates similarity exceeding 10%, it will remain removed from publication and the AABRI author(s) notified. If the plagiarism was inadvertent (incomplete paraphrasing, failure to adequately cite, improper formatting) the author(s) will be given the opportunity to rewrite the paper, correct the areas of concern, and resubmit. If the plagiarism appears to be blatant (entire paper or major section(s) of paper copied) the paper will be retracted in accordance with the Retraction/Correction/Withdrawal Policy below.

No additional information will be released to any third party regarding actions taken unless authorized by the author(s) in writing.

Readers are encouraged to notify AABRI in the event of suspected research misconduct. Please email.

Manuscripts will be retracted from publication if:

1: There is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable (either through author misconduct (see Research Misconduct Policy) or unintentional error.

2. The content/findings have been previously published in an academic journal or other copyrighted material (without written permission). Academic manuscripts published in conference proceedings are acceptable for journal publication if the proceedings are not copyrighted.

3. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or self-plagiarism as discussed in the Research Misconduct Policy.

A notice of retraction will be posted on journal page link to the manuscript and on the manuscript itself. The notice of retraction will read:

AABRI has permanently retracted this manuscript from publication for non-compliance with the AABRI __________________ policy

specifying the specific policy or policies that are violated. The retraction notice will also be published in the next available printed volume of the journal specifying the above statement along with the title, author, and volume of the journal in which the manuscript was printed.

In the event a manuscript is permanently retracted from publication, indexing services (ProQuest, ERIC, EbscoHost) will also be notified that the paper has been retracted from publication and the reason(s) for the retraction. The retraction notice will be published and indexing services will be notified as soon as possible after the decision to retract the manuscript is made.

Manuscripts will be corrected and a correction statement posted if a small portion of the manuscript of the publication is inadvertently misleading or apparently inadvertent plagiarism. If the misleading portions of the paper or the plagiarism was inadvertent (incomplete paraphrasing, failure to adequately cite, improper formatting) the author(s) will be given the opportunity to rewrite the paper, correct the areas of concern, and resubmit. If a correction is made a correction statement will be posted to the cover page of the online manuscript indicating the page and paragraph corrected along with the nature of the correction.

A correction may also be made if a participating author has been left off of the author list on the title page or a non-participating author included in the author list. This correction will be made only with the consent of all listed authors. In the event of this type of correction no correction notice will be posted.

Withdrawals requested by authors subsequent to publication will not be honored. In the event an author(s) requests a withdrawal it will be evaluated as either a retraction or correction and processed as specified above.

This policy is based on the COPE Retraction Guidelines. Decisions related to retractions, corrections, or withdrawals not directly addressed herein will be guided by those guidelines.

This retraction policy is effective beginning January, 2014. Retracted manuscripts published before this policy became effective may alternatively have the statement "The following manuscript has been retracted from publication:" added to the online volume table of contents before the manuscript title and author name.

Submitters are provided feedback on all papers returned for revise/resubmit or rejected. Feedback for accepted papers is provided upon request by the submitting author. Email editorial.staff@aabri.com