{"id":64,"date":"2025-07-30T10:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websci26.org\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:12:20","slug":"policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/websci26.org\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethics<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The Web Science Conference 2026 adheres to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/code-of-ethics\">ACM Code of Ethics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/about-acm\/policy-against-harassment\">ACM Policy Against Harassment<\/a>. Any participant who experiences unacceptable behavior may contact the General Chairs. In participating, I acknowledge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/about-acm\/policy-against-harassment\">ACM\u2019s Policy Against Harassment\u00a0<\/a>at ACM Activities and agree that behavior such as the following will constitute grounds for actions against me:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abusive action directed at an individual, such as threats intimidation, or bullying<\/li>\n<li>Racism, homophobia, and other behavior that discriminates against a group or class of people<\/li>\n<li>Sexual harassment of any kind, such as unwelcome sexual advances or words\/actions of a sexual nature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are involved in or witness any such incident, please inform the local organizing committee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acm.org%2Fpublications%2Fpolicies&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csdd1%40soton.ac.uk%7C2742000d61614e4c20e908daa5905785%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638004336907772678%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fBFX7MOZbBmGaMn9UVxs7f4VbmrHkiZxytLctsN0Ecs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">ACM Publications Policies<\/a>, including ACM\u2019s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acm.org%2Fpublications%2Fpolicies%2Fresearch-involving-human-participants-and-subjects&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csdd1%40soton.ac.uk%7C2742000d61614e4c20e908daa5905785%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638004336907772678%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FOPZmAH36Tm3n%2F5ZdVYUXBgMvPzWBD%2Bhp46L4jr4T6c%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<\/a>. Alleged violations of this policy\u00a0or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.<\/li>\n<li>Please ensure that you and your co-authors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2Fregister&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csdd1%40soton.ac.uk%7C2742000d61614e4c20e908daa5905785%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638004336907772678%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0AxAqDSxE5DopRCAV9wv9aTDyMLxnHTtyv3EcTa7jfs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">obtain an ORCID ID<\/a>, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper.\u00a0ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauthors.acm.org%2Fauthor-resources%2Forcid-faqs&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csdd1%40soton.ac.uk%7C2742000d61614e4c20e908daa5905785%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638004336907772678%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7cy3jBg5CWexdBF%2FsM%2FOtsZYD0%2B3oS1WiOFghp2FptA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors<\/a>. The collection process has started and will roll out as a requirement throughout 2023. We are committed to improving author discoverability, ensuring proper attribution, and contributing to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethics The Web Science Conference 2026 adheres to the ACM Code of Ethics\u00a0and\u00a0ACM Policy Against Harassment. Any participant who experiences unacceptable behavior may contact the General Chairs. 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