Overview
The CETRA Conference serves as a venue for scientific and technical papers across civil engineering disciplines, including infrastructure, transportation, geotechnical, environmental, traffic, and electrical engineering fields.
The conference adopts standards based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), requiring commitment from editors, authors, reviewers, and publishers.
Editor Responsibilities
- Make final decisions on manuscript acceptance or rejection
- Conduct fair reviews focused on intellectual merit rather than author demographics
- Maintain confidentiality of submissions
- Disclose conflicts of interest
- Address misconduct through corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern as warranted
Author Obligations
- Ensure complete originality of submitted work
- Acknowledge all sources and obtain permissions for copyrighted material
- Confirm the manuscript is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere
- List all contributors accurately
- Disclose funding sources and potential conflicts of interest
- Report discovered errors promptly
Reviewer Standards
- Preserve manuscript confidentiality
- Verify proper citation of relevant sources
- Provide objective, constructive feedback
- Recuse themselves from conflicts of interest
- Complete reviews within agreed timeframes
Peer Review Process
Submissions undergo evaluation by two committee members with subject expertise. Where editors are paper authors, blinding procedures prevent bias.
Author Appeals
Authors may challenge rejections by submitting detailed justifications to the Editorial Office, which forwards materials to the Conference chairman for reconsideration.