SAGA is committed to upholding the highest standards of quality and integrity in the publication of its articles.
SAGA follows a thorough, double-blind, peer review procedure, by external reviewers for all its research articles. All reviewers are directed to adhere to the ethical guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) for peer reviewers. The anonymity of authors and reviewers will be monitored with the utmost care. Publications of a commentary or opinion nature may not be sent for external peer review but will include extensive editorial review and revisions.
The editors will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others.
SAGA adheres to the best practices in the ethics of scholarly publishing stated in the COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines ) for all parties involved: Authors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.
The editors of SAGA undertake to publish all corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies as soon as possible, if and when they are required.
Authors are required to sign a document stating that the submission has not been previously published, that permission has been obtained for the use of copyrighted material and that they do not infringe on the rights of third parties.To ensure a reliable and open publication process, all authors, reviewers, and editors are required to declare any interests that could appear to compromise, conflict, or influence the validity of the
publication.