Exposome adheres to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. The editorial team handles ethical concerns per COPE flowcharts.

Authorship

All listed authors must meet the four ICMJE authorship criteria: (1) substantial contributions to design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation; (2) drafting or critical revision; (3) final approval of the version to be published; (4) accountability for the work. Other contributors should be acknowledged.

Honorary authorship and ghost authorship are grounds for rejection or retraction.

Conflicts of interest

All authors must disclose financial and non-financial competing interests at submission. The disclosure is published with the article. Reviewers and editors must recuse themselves from manuscripts where they have a material conflict.

Plagiarism and duplicate publication

All submissions are screened for textual overlap with prior publication. Substantial overlap with the authors' own prior work (self-plagiarism) or with others' work without attribution is grounds for rejection.

Corrections and retractions

Errors discovered post-publication are addressed by Correction (minor) or Retraction (substantive). Corrections and retractions are linked to the original article via DOI cross-reference.

Use of AI / large language models

AI-generated text must be disclosed in the manuscript's Methods section, including the model used and the role of AI assistance. AI tools are not permitted as authors. Reviewers must not feed manuscripts to LLM services without explicit editorial permission.

Reporting concerns

To report suspected misconduct, email editor@exposomejournal.com. Reports are handled confidentially.