Publication ethics
Author Ethics
1. Authors must not have previously published or disseminated articles in any other journals and must not submit duplicate manuscripts to other journals.
2. Authors must not infringe or plagiarize the work of others.
3. Authors must revise their articles to conform to the journal's format.
4. Authors must cite or identify the source of their work, including text, images, graphs, tables, and other sources, if used in their articles to prevent copyright infringement. (If a lawsuit is filed, the author will be solely responsible. The journal will not be held liable.)
5. Authors must not cite sources in the bibliography that are not cited in the text. References must be included in the references. and must cite at least five references.
6. Authors must revise their articles based on the evaluations of the reviewers and editorial team within the specified timeframe.
7. Authors must identify the funding sources supporting the research (if any) and state any conflicts of interest (if any).
8. Authors must not misrepresent information in their articles, including fabrication, falsification, distortion, or embellishment, or selectively display information consistent with their conclusions.
9. Authors should not cite retracted documents, unless the content requested is relevant to the retracted process. The references must also state the retracted document.
10. To receive a publication acceptance letter, the article must undergo a peer-review and revision process.
11. If the author fails to revise and submit a revised version within the specified timeframe, the journal will consider the article unintentional. and not published in that issue.
12. Authors must not use AI to write the manuscript without citing the source.
13. If AI is used for manuscript writing, the source must be cited (indicate the author's name).
14. If AI is found to be used in manuscript writing, which does not comply with the author's ethical guidelines regarding AI, the journal may consider canceling the manuscript.
Ethics of Article Reviewers
1. Article reviewers must maintain confidentiality and not disclose information about the submitted manuscript to unrelated parties during the manuscript review period.
2. After receiving an article from a journal editor, if a reviewer realizes that they may have a conflict of interest with the author that prevents them from providing independent feedback and suggestions, they should notify the journal editor and decline to review the article.
3. Article reviewers should evaluate articles in their field of expertise, taking into account the importance of the article's content to the field, the quality of the analysis, and the rigor of the work. They should also identify important research findings relevant to the article being reviewed, but the authors did not cite them in the review. Reviewers should not rely on unsupported personal opinions as a basis for judging articles.
4. Reviewers must not attribute any or all of the information in an article to their own work.
5. If reviewers discover any similarities or duplication of content from other articles, they must notify the editor.
Editor Ethics
1. Editors are responsible for assessing the quality of articles for publication in their respective management journals. Articles must be selected for publication after the review process, based primarily on clarity and consistency with the journal's policies. They must include insights reflecting perspectives and theoretical concepts derived from experience, document synthesis, or research, with a focus on presenting new theoretical concepts and conceptual models that enhance understanding and lead to research on important academic topics.
2. Editors must not disclose author and reviewer identities to unrelated parties during the article review process.
3. Editors must not publish previously published articles. Plagiarism checks must be conducted thoroughly and reliably using reliable software. To ensure that articles published in the journal do not plagiarize, if plagiarism is detected, the review process must be halted and the authors immediately contacted to request clarification before accepting or rejecting the article.
4. Editors must not have conflicts of interest with the authors or reviewers.
5. Editors must not claim any or all of the information in the article as their own.
6. Editors are responsible for reviewing research that has sound methodology and reliable results, using the research findings as a guideline for determining whether it is appropriate for publication.
7. If editors discover that an article has inappropriately plagiarized or falsified information, which should be retracted, but the author refuses to retract the article, the editors can withdraw the article without the author's consent. This is the editor's right and responsibility.