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Copyright Notice

• Open Access Policy
  The International Journal of Digital Media Design (IJDMD) allows immediate open access to its content, providing free access to global scholars and individuals for non-commercial purposes to facilitate knowledge exchange. Upon acceptance for publication, articles are released under the CC-BY-NC license, allowing free sharing and use of the content by individuals, provided proper attribution is given and the usage is non-commercial in nature. Authors are also permitted to freely disseminate their published articles on personal websites, institutional repositories, and any digital databases.
• Publication Ethics and Publication Misconduct
  The "International Journal of Digital Media Design" does not accept research papers involving any form of misconduct, including plagiarism, simultaneous submissions, fabrication of data, improper authorship, and undisclosed conflicts of interest. This statement follows the guidelines of Elsevier B. V. on "Publication Ethics," outlining the responsibilities of authors, reviewers, and editors.
  (1) Author Responsibilities
  Authors are required to present an objective, accurate, and significant discussion of their original research work. Basic research data should be precisely represented in the manuscript. Research papers must include references and important details to facilitate replication by others. Any fraudulent or misleading statements that constitute unethical behavior are not permissible. Literature reviews and professional publications must be precise and objective.
  (A) Data Usage and Retention
  Authors must retain the original data of the paper and make it available to editors, reviewers, or the public for verification purposes after publication.
  (B) Originality and Plagiarism
  Authors should ensure that the entire report represents their own research. If using the ideas of other authors, proper citation and attribution of the sources must be provided. Unethical practices such as plagiarism are not allowed, including appropriating the conclusions of others as one's own, duplicating or paraphrasing essential aspects of other research, and misrepresenting others' work as one's own.
  (C) Publication of Composite, Duplicate, or Simultaneous Works
  Authors should not publish essentially the same research paper (report) in multiple journals or publications, and submitting the same original manuscript to different journals is considered unethical behavior in publishing. Generally, authors cannot submit a research paper that has already been published to another journal. However, under specific conditions, secondary publication may be allowed. In such cases, both the authors and the editors of the first and second journals must agree to the secondary publication, and the data and interpretations in the secondary publication must align with the original (first publication) paper. The first publication must also be cited as a reference in the secondary publication.
  (D)Disclosure of Data Sources
  Authors must fulfill their responsibility to properly cite the research of others and acknowledge the factors that have influenced their own research. Information obtained informally, such as through conversations, letters, or discussions with third parties, should not be used or published without clear written authorization from the source of the data. Information obtained through reviewing others' documents, such as reviewing manuscripts or grant applications, should not be used or published without explicit written authorization from the original authors.
  (E)Authors of Research Reports
  To be identified as an author of a research report, individuals must have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the research should be listed as co-authors, and if there are personnel involved in the related research project, they should be clearly listed. The corresponding author must ensure that all contributing co-authors are named in the paper and individuals who have not made significant contributions to the paper should not be listed as authors. The corresponding author should confirm that all co-authors have reviewed the manuscript and agreed to its submission before submitting the research paper.
  (F)Conflict of Interest
  Authors must disclose any financial support, project funding, or other conflicts of interest that could be perceived to influence the research outcomes or the interpretation of the results. This includes funding grants, project sponsorships, employment relationships, consultancy, ownership of materials or items, compensation, expert testimony fees, patent applications, registrations, or donation authorizations. Any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in the future must also be disclosed promptly.
  (G)Errors in Research Content
  When authors discover errors or inaccurate information in their research content, they should promptly inform the editor and editorial team and take urgent measures such as retracting the paper or correcting the content. If the editor or editorial team becomes aware of significant errors in the research paper through third-party sources, the authors must not only take the aforementioned actions but also provide the editor with complete data after corrections have been made.
  (2) Editorial Responsibilities
  The following guidelines are based on the principles provided by Elsevier and COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
  (A) Editorial Decision Making
  For manuscripts that have completed the review process, IJDMD's editors have the authority to decide whether to publish the submitted articles based on the significance of the research topic itself or its importance to other researchers or readers. Editors must adhere to the journal's editorial guidelines and legal principles prohibiting defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors may delegate the authority for editorial decision making to the review committee.
  (B) Fair Competition
  IJDMD editors must conduct reviews based on the content of the paper and must not use race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, or political beliefs as criteria for evaluation.
  (C) Confidentiality Principle
  IJDMD editors and assisting editorial staff must not disclose any information about the original manuscript to relevant individual authors, reviewers, editorial consultants, or publishers.
  (D) Openness Principle and Conflict of Interest

• (a) Without obtaining the authors' consent, IJDMD editors must not use unpublished works submitted in the original manuscript for their own research purposes.
• (b) Information and ideas provided by reviewers must be treated as confidential and must not be used for personal gain.
• (c) When IJDMD editors perceive any conflicts of interest with the submitting authors, companies, or organizational affiliations that may involve competition, collaboration, or other relationships, they must abstain from reviewing the manuscript and request that an editor, associate editor, or assistant editor act as a proxy.
• (d) IJDMD editors must require all research contributors to disclose relevant conflict of interest information. If conflicts of interest are disclosed after publication, necessary actions, such as publishing a correction statement or retracting the publication, must be taken.
• (e) Sponsored Supplements must undergo the same review requirements as other papers published in the IJDMD journal during the review process.
• (f) Sponsored supplements must fully adhere to academic value considerations rather than commercial interests.

(E) Reviewer Responsibilities

• (a) Immediate Response
  Reviewers selected for IJDMD journal must inform the editorial team promptly if they feel unsuitable or unable to review in a timely manner and should request to withdraw from the review process.

• (b) Confidentiality Principle
  Reviewers of IJDMD journal must treat the manuscripts they review as confidential documents and must not disclose them to anyone other than the editors.

• (c) Objective Criteria
  Reviewers of IJDMD journal must exclude personal viewpoints and conduct the review process impartially and objectively. They should provide relevant justifications for their review comments. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

• (d) Source Identification
  Reviewers of IJDMD journal must identify any relevant materials that are not cited by the authors, and previous monitoring, investigation, or content conducted by others must be included in the appropriate citations. Reviewers must also alert the editors to any parts that bear substantial similarity or partial overlap with other authors' work.
• (e) Openness Principle and Conflict of Interest
  Without obtaining the authors' consent, reviewers of IJDMD journal must not use unpublished works submitted in the original manuscript for their own research purposes. Information and ideas obtained from IJDMD journal as an authorized reviewer must be treated as confidential and must not be used for personal gain. When reviewers of IJDMD journal perceive any conflicts of interest with other authors, companies, or organizational affiliations that may involve competition, collaboration, or other relationships, they should inform the editorial team.