BMIJ Journal Publication Ethics Rules
Business & Management Studies: An International Journal [BMIJ] is an international, peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal that publishes scholarly articles on all aspects of business and management sciences. Available online and published four times, the journal aims to become one of the leading platforms worldwide for new findings and discussions of all fields of business and management sciences.
THE POSITION OF RESEARCH ON BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT STUDIES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL [BMIJ] PUBLISHING ETHICS
Business & Management Studies: An International Journal [BMIJ] is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards for all parties involved in publishing in a peer-reviewed journal: the author, the journal's editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher.
The publishing ethics of Business & Management Studies: An International Journal, internally and externally, are based on and adhere to the Double-blind refereeing process applied in the journal BMIJ. The referee and the author (s) are unaware of each other's identities. Scientific studies are sent to at least two referees in the evaluation process.
EDITOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Accountability:
The editors of Business & Management Studies: An International Journal [BMIJ] are accountable and responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism as shall then be in force. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers to make this decision.
Impartiality:
The reviewing process and publication decision will occur without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality:
The editor(s) and any editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in an editor's research without the author's written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review will be confidential and not used for personal benefit. Editors make fair and unbiased decisions independent of commercial considerations and ensure a fair and appropriate peer-review process. Editors recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor, or other members of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors will require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. Other appropriate action will be taken if needed, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.
Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations:
Editors of Business & Management Studies: An International Journal [BMIJ] will guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the individual complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies, and if the complaint is upheld, the publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant. Every reported act of unethical publishing behaviour must be considered, even if discovered years after publication.
REVIEWERS RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribution to Editorial Decisions:
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.
Promptness:
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
Confidentiality:
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Therefore, they must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
Standards of Objectivity:
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Instead, referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources:
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they know personally.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest:
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be confidential and not used for personal benefit. Reviewers should also not consider manuscripts with conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
AUTHOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting Standards:
Authors should present their results honestly and honestly without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. In addition, authors should describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that others can confirm their findings.
Originality, Plagiarism and Acknowledgement of Sources:
Authors should adhere to publication requirements that the submitted work is original, not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unacceptable behaviour. If an author has used the work and words of others, this original has been appropriately cited or quoted and accurately reflects individuals' contributions to the work and its reporting.
Data Access and Retention:
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data for editorial review concerning a paper. Therefore, they should be prepared to retain such data reasonably after publication.
Ethics:
Authors should only submit work papers conducted ethically and responsibly and comply with all relevant legislation.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. In addition, all sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Authorship of the Paper:
Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication:
An author should not generally publish manuscripts describing the same research in multiple journals or primary publications. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals concurrently constitutes unacceptable publishing behaviour.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works:
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, the author should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. Likewise, suppose the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error. In that case, the author should promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.
PUBLISHER'S RESPONSIBILITIES
ACC PUBLISHING©®, as the publisher of Business & Management Studies: An International Journal (BMIJ), encourages the editors to follow the Double-blind refereeing process. The referee and the author (s) are unaware of each other's identity. Scientific studies are sent to at least two referees in the evaluation process. The publisher defines the relationship between the publisher, editor and other parties in a contract, respects privacy (for example, for research participants, authors, and peer reviewers), protects intellectual property and copyright, and fosters editorial independence.
Publisher works with journal editors to set journal policies appropriately and aim to meet those policies, particularly concerning:
- Editorial independence,
- Research ethics, including confidentiality, consent, and the special requirements for human and animal research,
- Authorship,
- Transparency and integrity (for example, conflicts of interest, research funding, reporting standards,
- Peer review and the role of the editorial team beyond that of the journal editor,
- Appeals and complaints,
Publisher works with journal editors to:
- Communicate journal policies (for example, to authors, readers, and peer reviewers),
review journal policies periodically, particularly for new recommendations from the Double-blind refereeing guidelines,
- Maintain the integrity of the academic record,
- Assist the parties (for example, institutions, grant funders, governing bodies) responsible for the investigation of suspected research and publication misconduct and, where possible, facilitate the resolution of these cases,
- Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and
- Publish content on a timely basis.
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