About the Journal

International Journal of Advanced AI Applications (IJAAA)
Online ISSN 3104-9338 · Print ISSN 3104-932X · Acronym: IJAAA · Frequency: 12 issues per year · Published by Hong Kong Dawn Clarity Press Limited

Aims and Scope
IJAAA addresses the international community of researchers in artificial intelligence, computing and electronics, from universities, research institutes and industry. Its editorial policy encourages original research that integrates advanced AI into real applications. Topics include: (1) Natural Language Processing — conversational AI, machine translation, sentiment analysis, context-aware dialogue; (2) Smart Cities and IoT Integration — traffic optimisation, energy management, waste reduction, urban infrastructure; (3) Autonomous Systems and Robotics — self-driving vehicles, drones, industrial automation, human–robot collaboration; (4) Edge AI and Distributed Systems — real-time processing, federated learning, low-latency AI at the network edge; (5) Creative and Generative AI — art, music and content generation with GANs and transformers; (6) AI in Education and Industry — adaptive learning, intelligent tutoring, AI-driven supply-chain optimisation; (7) Ethical and Explainable AI — fairness, transparency and accountability in real-world deployment.

Open Access
IJAAA is a fully open access journal. All content is freely available without delay, without embargo and without registration. Any user may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text, crawl it for indexing, or use it for any other lawful purpose, in accordance with the DOAJ definition of open access. Print copies may be sold.

Copyright and Licensing
The Author(s) retain copyright in the Article and grant to Hong Kong Dawn Clarity Press Limited a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual licence to publish, reproduce and distribute the Article in all formats and media, and to sublicense these rights to abstracting and indexing services, archives, repositories and discovery platforms (including but not limited to DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Wanfang and Google Scholar), and to deposit the Article's metadata and full text with them; and to register metadata with Crossref and assign a DOI. The Article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Third parties may reuse the Article, including commercially, provided the original work is properly attributed; no further permission is required. Articles published before 1 January 2027 remain under the licence stated on their own title page.

Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are screened by the editorial office for scope, completeness and originality. Manuscripts passing this check are assigned to a handling editor and sent to at least two independent reviewers under single-blind review. Reviewers assess originality, methodological soundness, significance and clarity, and recommend accept, minor revision, major revision or reject. Decisions rest with the handling editor and the Editor-in-Chief. A first decision is normally returned within 1 week; substantively revised manuscripts are re-reviewed. Editors and reviewers declare competing interests and are recused where a conflict exists. Special issues, where published, are subject to the same external peer review and editorial oversight, and are clearly labelled.

Author Charges
No submission, handling, page or colour charges are levied. An article processing charge of 200 CNY per accepted article is payable only after acceptance and covers copyediting, typesetting, hosting and digital preservation. No charge is made for withdrawing a manuscript.

Archiving and Preservation
The journal does not currently participate in a third-party long-term preservation service. Content is safeguarded by a backup regime in which a complete copy of the OJS database and all article files is taken monthly and stored on two servers in separate locations, with a full XML export of content and metadata retained annually. All metadata is openly harvestable via OAI-PMH at https://www.dawnclarity.press/index.php/ijaaa/oai. The journal is preparing to join the PKP Preservation Network and will update this statement once participation is confirmed.

Self-Archiving
Authors may deposit the preprint, the accepted manuscript and the published version in any institutional or subject repository at any time, without embargo.

Publication Ethics
Submissions are screened for plagiarism and duplicate publication. Authorship, funding and competing interests must be declared. Research involving human or animal subjects requires prior ethics approval and informed consent. Corrections, expressions of concern and retractions follow COPE guidance. Complaints about editorial decisions may be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. 

Retraction, Correction and Expression of Concern
IJAAA follows the COPE guidance on retractions and corrections. A retraction is issued where, after publication, evidence shows that the findings are unreliable as a result of misconduct or honest error, that the work has been published elsewhere without disclosure, or that the research was conducted unethically. A correction is issued where an error does not affect the conclusions, and an expression of concern is published while an investigation is unresolved. Decisions are taken by the Editor-in-Chief after consultation with the handling editor and, where appropriate, the authors. Every notice is published as a dated announcement on this site, is linked to and from the article page, states the reason for the retraction, and is free to read. The retracted article remains accessible with the word RETRACTED added to its title, so that the published record is preserved rather than removed; retraction notices are also exposed in the journal's OAI-PMH metadata feed. Authors may withdraw a manuscript at any stage before acceptance without charge.

Publication Model
IJAAA publishes continuously: accepted and typeset articles are released online as soon as they are ready and are assigned to the current volume and issue, which remains open for further articles until it is closed at the end of the volume year. Twelve issues are organised per volume year. Articles are citable immediately upon publication, and the version of record is the version published in the issue; where page numbers are used they run continuously within an issue, and articles published earlier keep their assigned pages.

Use of AI and Automated Tools
Authors must disclose any use of generative AI in preparing the manuscript, beyond language correction; AI tools cannot be credited as authors and cannot be cited as a source. Reviewers and editors must not use generative AI to produce their assessments. Automated integrity checks are supervised by a human editor.

Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief: Zhengjie Gao, Geely University of China, China。Editorial board members, with institutional affiliations, are listed at https://www.dawnclarity.press/index.php/ijaaa/about/editorialMasthead.

Publisher
Hong Kong Dawn Clarity Press Limited, Rm 9042, 9/F, Block B Chung Mei Centre, 15-17 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. Contact: ijaaa@dawnclarity.press.

Disclaimer The author(s) of each article are solely responsible for its content; publication does not constitute any representation by the Editors or by Hong Kong Dawn Clarity Press Limited that the data are original, correct or sufficient to support the conclusions, or that the experimental design and methodology are adequate.

Notice IJAAA accepts submissions only through its online submission system. Warning: fraudulent invitations requesting submissions or confirming acceptance by e-mail are not issued by this journal.