The "Innovative Economics and Management" journal complies with international standards for publication ethics.

 

The journal strongly follows the guidelines of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics). COPE policy refers all participants in publication process: Publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. The guidelines address ethical concerns such as reviewer objectivity, treating all publications and authors equally, originality and plagiarism, confidentiality, false and misleading citations and data, and potential conflicts of interest. It is strongly recommended for all participants in the publication process to read and follow the COPE guidelines for publication ethics.

 

The journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publishing ethics and takes all necessary precautions to prevent publishing malpractice.

 

Editors' responsibilities

Publication decisions: The editorial board is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editorial board will be guided by the policies of the journal and constrained by legal requirements related to libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. When making this decision, members of the editorial board will discuss and consider the suggestions made by reviewers.

Equality: Manuscripts will be evaluated for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, political philosophy, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, or religious belief of the authors. Decisions to edit and publish are not determined by the policies of governments or any other agencies outside of the journal itself. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal.

Anonymity and confidentiality: The edition board guarantees to keep information regarding a given manuscript confidential, information will be shared with the authors' respective representatives, reviewers, other editorial advisers, and, if required, the publisher.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Unpublished information disclosed in a submitted paper is prohibited from being used without the author's explicit written consent in the editor's, reviewers, or any other reader's own research. Editors agree to keep any information, ideas or insights they get from working with the manuscript confidential and not to use them for their own gain. The editors are not allowed to review and evaluate the paper, in which the ideas expressed, the authors involved, institutes, companies or other organizations cause a conflict of interest and may affect the evaluation process. Instead, they must request that another editorial board member handle the manuscript.

 

Reviewers’ responsibilities

Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review results in evaluation and critique that help author make improvements to their manuscripts and, importantly, help the editorial board decide if the paper should be accepted for publishing in the journal.

Qualification: Any elected referee who believes they are to evaluate the research presented in a paper or is aware that doing so in a reasonable timeframe will be impossible should inform the editor and exclude himself from the review process. The editorial board is in responsible for making sure that responses are given as soon as possible during the review process. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and conclusions should be made with sufficient evidence to allow writers to use them to strengthen their papers.

Confidentiality: All reviewers have to follow the ethical guidelines for peer reviewers established by COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics). As a reviewer, they agree to keep information regarding a given manuscript confidential; information may only be shared with the authors' respective representatives, reviewers, other editorial advisers, and, if required, the publisher. Unpublished information disclosed in a submitted paper is prohibited from being used without the author's explicit written consent in the editor's, reviewers', or any other reader's research. Editors agree to keep any information, ideas, or insights they get from working with the manuscript confidential and not use them for their own gain during or after the peer review process.

Objectivity: The review should be completely objective. During the evaluation, the reviewer should not express his own position on the issue. The review should not contain personal criticism of the author..

Referencing and Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should look for instances when relevant published work cited in the manuscript has not been cited in the reference section. They should specify whether observations or arguments obtained from other publications are accompanied by a reference. Reviewers should alert the editor if there is a significant similarity or overlap between the article under consideration and any other published paper about which they are personally aware.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Unpublished information disclosed in a submitted paper is prohibited from being used without the author's explicit written consent in the editor's, reviewers, or any other reader's own research. Editors agree to keep any information, ideas or insights they get from working with the manuscript confidential and not to use them for their own gain. The editors are not allowed to review and evaluate the paper, in which the ideas expressed, the authors involved, institutes, companies or other organizations cause a conflict of interest and may affect the evaluation process. Instead, they must request that another editorial board member handle the manuscript.

 

Authors' responsibilities

Reporting standards: The author presents his original work in the journal, where there is an adequate report of the work carried out and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should include enough detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or willfully inaccurate statements are unethical and should be avoided.

Originality and Plagiarism: The author must present a completely original, own work. Any idea, word, sentence, work should be properly cited or quoted in the paper. Publications that have influenced the character of the paper should also be referenced. Plagiarism in any form is unethical and therefore also unacceptable. If any form of plagiarism is detected, the paper will be rejected and will not be accepted for future consideration.

Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to individuals who made a major contribution to the paper's conception, design, implementation, or interpretation. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author guarantees that the author list includes all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved individuals. The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to publish it before submitting it for publication.

 Finding flaws in the paper: When an author or editor detects a critical mistake or inaccuracy in a published research, it is the author's responsibility to tell the journal editor immediately and work with the editor to remove or correct the article. If the Editors or publisher gets information from a third party that a published article includes a critical mistake or inaccuracy, it is the authors' responsibility to immediately edit or retract the manuscript or present evidence of the paper's accuracy to the Editors.

Publication of paper in different journals: Papers presenting fundamentally the same study should never be submitted to more than one publication. Submitting the same work to more than one journal is unethical, unacceptable, and inappropriate. Articles that have previously been published as copyrighted work elsewhere are not acceptable for submission. Furthermore, articles that are being reviewed by the journal should not be submitted to copyrighted journals.

The process of conducting a survey: If the research includes a survey, it should be conducted in full compliance with the methodological, procedural and ethical norms of the survey. The survey questionnaire should be straightforward and objective. Leading inquiries that induce an answer by word choice or a limited choice of answers should be avoided. Surveys should not include rhetorical questions or elements that are intended to embarrass or humiliate respondents. The survey should be conducted with the full consent of the respondents. Respondents should have the right to stop the survey at any time. Respondents should be selected purposively, depending on the objectives of the study. The selection should be representative and it should be possible to draw conclusions based on the survey. Respondents should be guaranteed their anonymity. If identifiable personal information is requested, it should be ensured that nothing contained in a research report would make them identifiable or recognizeable.

 

The journal strongly follows the guidelines of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics). COPE policy refers all participants in publication process: Publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. The guidelines address ethical concerns such as reviewer objectivity, treating all publications and authors equally, originality and plagiarism, confidentiality, false and misleading citations and data, and potential conflicts of interest. It is strongly recommended for all participants in the publication process to read and follow the COPE guidelines for publication ethics.