AGIM is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and adheres to its Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing Principles. Our journals adhere to COPE's guidelines for dealing with authors, reviewers, and editors who engage in potentially unethical activity. Every member of THE's editorial team is educated in identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas.

The ethical issues for submitting manuscripts are detailed in the journal's directions for authors (see here, for example). Please refer to our policy on Updating Published Papers for further information.

The editorial office will consider ethical concerns reported by readers of the publication according to COPE's guidelines. The Editorial Board may resolve disagreements about the validity of research described in published publications. Where required, we will submit disagreements about authorship, data ownership, and author misbehavior to other entities such as a university ethics commission. Authors are invited to reply to any complaints made against them that are proven.

We adhere to COPE rules for resolving authorship disputes, most notably How to identify authorship issues. Authorship may often be altered using a Correction if all writers agree. If not, we need an authorized declaration indicating who qualifies for authorship from the authors' institution(s).