Code of Research Conduct & Scientific Integrity

1. Authorship, Contribution & Attribution

• Authorship credit is reserved strictly for individuals who made substantial intellectual contributions to conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research.
• All authors must review, approve, and accept public accountability for the finalized manuscript.
• Ghost authorship, honorary authorship, and unauthorized affiliation claims are strictly prohibited under institute disciplinary statutes.

2. Data Management & Computational Reproducibility

• Researchers must maintain complete, immutable audit logs and version-controlled repositories for all computational workflows.
• Raw experimental measurements, input datasets, and preprocessing scripts must be preserved for a minimum of 10 years in the institutional repository.
• Data fabrication, falsification, selective omission of negative results, and image tampering are classified as gross scientific misconduct.

3. Artificial Intelligence & Automated Tools in Research

• Use of generative or automated AI systems in data analysis, synthesis, or code generation must be explicitly acknowledged in methodology sections.
• AI systems cannot be listed as co-authors; human researchers retain sole legal and scientific responsibility for all submitted claims.

4. Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC)

Any research involving human participant data, clinical bioinformatics, biometric observations, or dual-use algorithms requires prior written protocol approval from the BBQ Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC).

For ethics protocol submissions and inquiries, contact ethics@bbq.edu.pl.