Conflict of Interest

The *Journal of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computation* is committed to upholding the integrity, objectivity, transparency, and trustworthiness of the scholarly publication process. Therefore, all parties involved in the journal's publication—including authors, reviewers, editors, and peer reviewers—are required to disclose any conflicts of interest that could potentially influence assessments, editorial decisions, or the content of the publication.

A conflict of interest arises when personal, professional, academic, institutional, political, or financial relationships could affect an individual's objectivity in performing their duties. While a conflict of interest does not necessarily imply misconduct, it must be honestly disclosed to ensure the transparency of the publication process.

Conflicts of Interest for Authors
Authors must openly declare any funding support, research sponsorship, collaborative relationships, patent ownership, familial ties, specific affiliations, or other interests that could influence research results or data interpretation. If no conflict of interest exists, authors are advised to include the following statement: “The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article.”

All sources of research funding, grants, or institutional support must be clearly stated in the article, either in the acknowledgments section or a funding statement.

Conflicts of Interest for Reviewers
Reviewers must decline or recuse themselves from the review process if they have relationships that could compromise the objectivity of their assessment—such as personal ties to the author, recent research collaboration, academic rivalry, shared institutional affiliation, or other relevant interests.

Reviewers are prohibited from using information from unpublished manuscripts for personal gain, their own research, or the benefit of other parties.

Conflicts of Interest for Editors
Editors must make editorial decisions independently, fairly, and objectively. If an editor has a professional, personal, or institutional relationship, or a specific interest regarding a submitted manuscript, the handling of that manuscript must be transferred to another editor who has no conflict of interest. Editors are prohibited from using the content of unpublished manuscripts for personal gain or for the benefit of other parties.

If a conflict of interest is discovered after an article has been published, the journal reserves the right to issue a clarification, correction, or take other editorial actions commensurate with the severity of the issue.

Sanctions for Dishonesty
Intentional failure to disclose a conflict of interest may result in manuscript rejection, termination of the review process, article retraction, or other actions in accordance with journal policy.