International Journal of Business and Sustainable Development (IJBSD)’s Publication Ethics
and Publication
Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by
the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The relevant duties and expectations of authors,
reviewers, and editors of the journal are set out below.
Publication information
Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original research should present
an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its
significance. Data, facts, and figures should be represented accurately in the paper. A
paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the
work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are
unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have
written entirely original works, which are not partially or totally published elsewhere, or
submitted for publication elsewhere. If the authors have used the work and/or words of
others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Authors are responsible for
obtaining written permission in the case of using other images and artwork or for
adaptations of such images if they do not have copyright for them.
Plagiarism will be followed by the rejection of the manuscript. Authors have full
responsibility for the authenticity of their papers. In the case of multiple authors, the
authenticity of the article needs to be ensured by all of them.
Any unethical behavior, manufacture of research results, or promotion of deceitful or
incorrect arguments may cause the rejection of a submission or the withdrawal of a published
article.
Copyright: Published articles are under the copyright of the journal.
Partially or totally publication of an article elsewhere is possible only after the consent
from the editors.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication: An author should not, in general, publish
manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or conference.
Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal or conference constitutes unethical
publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must
always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining
the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have
made a significant contribution 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 there are others who 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 are included on 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. The corresponding author must maintain
communication with all the co-authors.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their
manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed
to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial
support for the project should be disclosed.
Author Self-Archiving: The authors are not permitted to post published
articles on their personal or institutional websites. However, they should post the
published article information with a clear indication of that the paper was published in the
International Journal of Business and Sustainable Development (IJBSD) with a link to the
journal’s website.
Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a
significant error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, it is the author’s
obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor
to retract or correct the paper.
All submitted papers are subject to strict double-blind peer-review process by at least two reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper. The factors that are taken into account in review are as follows:
Of these, the main factors taken into account are significance and originality.
Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists Editor-in-Chief/Editor and the
Editorial Board in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with
the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
IJBSD reviewers perform work for the journal on a volunteer basis. Peer review assists
Editor-in-Chief/Editor and the Editorial Board in making editorial decisions and through the
editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions but without re-review,
revise and resubmit, or rejection. Articles that are often rejected include those that are
poorly written or organized or are written in poor English. If authors are encouraged to
revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be
accepted. Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed. Articles may be rejected without review
if the Editor-in-Chief/Editor considers the article obviously not suitable for publication.
Promptness: If a reviewer feels that the received manuscript does not suite
his/hers
specialty field and the reviewing process will suffer, he needs to notify the editor.
All reviews should be delivered to the editorial staff in due time. On a regular basis, the
review of an article should not take more than one month from the submission of the
manuscript to the reviewer to the transmission of the completed review form to the IJBSD
editorial board.
Confidentiality: Received manuscripts are confidential documents and
reviewers are not
allowed to reveal information or discuss about the articles, beside the editor and other
persons authorized by the editor. Any suspected conflicts of interest need to be reported.
The reviewing process needs to be objective, reviewers should argue their statements and
personal criticism is not permitted.
The reviewers must use the review form delivered by the editors together with the submitted
article. By consenting to do a review the reviewers accept that their names will be
published in the list of former reviewers of the journal.
The editorial staff can resubmit a manuscript to additional reviewers in case that considers
the answer from previous reviewers insufficient, inappropriate or not timely.
Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal
criticism of the author is unacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with
supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers should attempt to identify relevant
published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that a result 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 of which they have
personal knowledge.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Privileged information or ideas
obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting
from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the
authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
All submissions must receive an answer from the Editor-in-Chief/Editor, either if the
manuscript is rejected, considered for publication, or accepted for publication. On a
regular basis an article should be processed in less than 3 months from the date of
submission by the author to the date of the communication of the editors’ final decision.
The Editor-in-Chief/Editor of the IJBSD is responsible for deciding which of the articles
submitted to the journal should be published. Both of them may be guided by the editorial
policies of the journal and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force
regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor-in-chief may confer with
the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision.
Editor-in-Chief/Editor is responsible for the overall quality of the publication. The editor
always considers the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the
publication. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to
internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
Editor shall accept or reject a manuscript based only on its scientific content and they
will not consider the nationality, gender, race, age or institutional affiliation of the
authors.
Only manuscripts that are considered for publication will be sent to blind peer review.
Editor-in-Chief/Editor will choose appropriate reviewers considering the manuscript’s
content. During the peer review process, editor or any editorial staff will not reveal to
reviewers the identity of the authors.
Editors will expose information about a submitted manuscript only to the corresponding
author, reviewers, and other editorial advisers, except in the case of a manuscript that is
suspected of double submission.
Editor may ignore any material that breaks legal requirements regarding libel, copyright
infringement and plagiarism.
The editors have to defend the integrity standards of the journal. They will notice and
decide about any misconduct on behalf of authors or reviewers. If editor suspect the
authenticity of an article, its publication is delayed until any doubt is clarified.
Confidentiality: The Editor-in-Chief, Editor, the members of the Editorial
Board, and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted
manuscript to anyone other than the authors of the manuscript, 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 the own research of the Editor-in-Chief/Editor or
the members of the Editorial Board without the express written consent of the author.
The publisher of IJBSD is the only person having the rights to sell the journal to the
individual, agencies and institutions or authorize an agency for marketing of the journal.
Authors are not permitted to be involved in the financial activities/selling of their
published papers or journal. All disputes are subjected to the exclusive jurisdiction of
competent courts and forums in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
All rights are reserved with the publisher of IJBSD. No part of the published items of the
journal reproduced or copied in any form by any means without written permission of the
Publisher or Editor. The views expressed by the authors are their own. They do not
necessarily reflect the views of IJBSD or the organization they represent.