Peer Review Process

All submissions undergo a rigorous, fair, and confidential peer-review process conducted in accordance with the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. Reviewers are selected from a pool comprising the International Technical Program Committee, the Scientific Committee, and external experts from academia, research organizations, and industry. Every full paper is evaluated through a double-blind review by at least two independent reviewers with expertise in the relevant subject area. Where reviewers’ recommendations conflict, the manuscript is assigned to a third reviewer. Final acceptance decisions are made by the Editors based on reviewer comments, originality, technical quality, scientific significance, and relevance to the conference themes.

Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement

AI-MERT 2026 is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. The conference adheres to the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and all parties — authors, editors, and reviewers — are expected to comply with these ethical guidelines.

• All submitted papers must be original, unpublished work that is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• Authors are required to certify the originality of their submissions and their compliance with the conference publication ethics.
• Only accepted papers that successfully complete the peer-review process will be included in the conference proceedings.
• Manuscripts are screened for plagiarism, data fabrication, and other forms of research misconduct; violations result in rejection.

Editorial Responsibility

Editorial decisions on acceptance and rejection rest with a committee of Editors who hold joint responsibility for the content of the proceedings. Their names are published as the persons responsible for editorial decisions.

Editor	Affiliation	Email
Dr. Jackrit Suthakorn	Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand	jackrit.sut@mahidol.ac.th
Dr. Branesh M. Pillai	Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand	branesh@ait.asia
Dr. Jayant J. Jagtap	Department of Artificial Intelligence, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India	jagtapjayant@yahoo.co.in
Dr. Naveen Kumar	Department of Physics, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India	naveensethi99@gmail.com

Proceedings & Publication

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the AI-MERT 2026 conference proceedings by peer-reviewed publication, subject to successful completion of peer review and submission of a compliant camera-ready manuscript. At least one author of each accepted paper must complete registration for the paper to be included in the proceedings.