PUBLICATION POLICIES
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| ‘International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment (IJSSEE)’ (e-ISSN: 2456-7485) is committed to supporting stringent peer review process, scientific , ethical and quality standards in publishing and as such we work hard to educate researchers, authors, board members, editors and reviewers on understanding and meeting those standards, as a team. |
| Authors & Authors’ Responsibilities |
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By submitting a manuscript to the International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment, the author(s) guarantee that the manuscript is the result of their original research or review work, and that it has not been previously published or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. They also guarantee that any ideas and/or words in the text that are not their own have been appropriately credited via citations and/or quotations.
- Reporting standards: Authors of the original research article must present the accurate data of work performed during their research. Authors are also expected to discuss the objective of their work and the significance of their results. An article should contain sufficient information and references to ensure the reproducibility of the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements considered unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
- The identities of the authors are not hidden. Editors and reviewers are required to treat papers with the utmost confidentiality.
- The authors advised avoiding copying and pasting while preparing the manuscript(s).
- Authors must prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal's criteria. Otherwise, it will not be processed for publication.
- The manuscript(s) should provide enough information and references to allow others to duplicate the work. Review articles should be truthful, impartial, and complete, with 'opinions' or 'perspectives' explicitly identified as such. False or obviously erroneous remarks may be regarded unethical behaviour/ practice and, as a result, unacceptable.
- Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw/supplementary data for a paper that is under editorial review. The authors should be prepared to provide the public access to these data (if practicable) and to retain such data for a reasonable time after the publication.
- At any point throughout the publishing process, all authors must disclose any possible conflict(s) of interest, such as when an author has a competing interest (actual or perceived) that might be regarded or seen as having an undue influence on their obligations and/or tasks. In addition, any financial or other substantial conflicts of interest that might be perceived as influencing the findings or interpretation of their paper must be disclosed by all authors in their submission.
- The journal needs to be notified when an author submits their work. When a substantial mistake is discovered in a published article, editors or the publisher should be informed immediately. If an erratum, addendum, corrigendum, or retraction of the manuscript is found to be appropriate or required, authors must work with the journal to have it published.
- Accurate citations and references to particular papers, authors, and publications are anticipated in the manuscript preparation process (s).
- In order to improve their work, authors must acknowledge and repair their faults and take into account the recommendations of the reviewers and/or editors.
- Whatever sources are accessed and utilised throughout the research must be acknowledged in the paper for publication.
- All co-authors must have viewed and accepted the final version of the paper before it is submitted for publication, according to the corresponding author(s).
- Plagiarism: Authors should ensure the originality of their contents while preparing a manuscript draft. In case the authors have used the work and/or words of others this must be appropriately cited or quoted. All the articles submitted to IJSSEE shall be screened for plagiarism using iThenticate or Turnitin (online plagiarism detection software). In case, plagiarism is detected during the review/editorial process, such manuscript(s) will be rejected immediately. If the plagiarism is proven after publication, such manuscript(s) will be retracted from the journal and an appropriate announcement will be placed in this regard.
We can also consider appropriate action against the authors depending upon the seriousness of the case which includes;
- Debarring the authors from publication in the future
- Such incidents shall be brought to the notice of author's funding agencies, author's institutes (where they work) and to the original authors whose work has been plagiarized.
COPE flow charts will also be considered while dealing with plagiarism complaints
Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript
http://publicationethics.org/files/Suspected%20plagiarism%20in%20a%20submitted%20manuscript%20%281%29.pdf
Suspected plagiarism in a published manuscript
http://publicationethics.org/files/Suspected%20plagiarism%20in%20a%20published%20manuscript_0.pdf
- Redundant or duplicate submission/publication: Duplicate or redundant submission is the same manuscript (or the same data) that is submitted to different journals at the same time. International copyright laws, ethical conduct, and cost-effective use of resources require that readers can be assured that what they are reading is original. An author should not publish manuscripts that describe the same concept or present similar data, in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
- In case the editor was not aware of the violation and the article has been published, a notice of the duplicate submission and the ethical violation will be published.
- Acknowledgment of Sources: Authors should provide the proper acknowledgment for the work of others. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
- Authorship of the Paper and corresponding author: Only the contributors who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study should be titled as the author. All those who have not made as significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author is the author responsible for communicating with the journal for publication. The corresponding author should ensure that no inappropriate contributors are listed as co-authors in the paper. All the co-authors should check the final draft of the manuscript before submitting it to the journal.
- Acknowledgment of Funding Sources: All the funding sources must be properly acknowledged.
- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All the authors should disclose the possible financial or any other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
- Fundamental errors in published work: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, he should promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
- Data Falsification: Submitted research materials that are found to have falsified experimental outcomes will incur falsification penalty. The penalty will be decided by the Publication Ethics Committee (PEC).
- Citation Manipulation: Citation Manipulated articles are those articles that are found to include citations whose objective is to increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal. These Citation Manipulated manuscripts will incur penalty. The penalty will be decided by the Publication Ethics Committee (PEC)
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| Editorial Board & Editors’ Responsibilities |
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The editorial board of the International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment comprises highly qualified experts and subject-specific specialists are invited from time to time depending on unique needs. Editors are in charge of choosing whether or not an article submitted to the International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment should be published, and the journal's rules govern them in doing so.
- Decision on the Publication of Articles: The Editor-in-chief (EIC) of the International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment (IJSSEE) is responsible to make the decision regarding publication of submitted articles. The EIC may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and subjected to such legal requirements. The Editor is authorized to carry out the decision in consultation with reviewers and editorial board members.
- Fair play: The manuscripts should be evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. All papers are evaluated and approved entirely based on their academic value, without commercial considerations.
- Confidentiality: The Editor and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a manuscript that is submitted to the journal to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. The editor must ensure the integrity of double-blind peer-review and should not disclose the identity of the reviewers to the authors of that manuscript, and vice versa.
- Any Editor/Editorial Board Member who has a conflict of interest stemming from competing, collaborative, or other ties or affiliations with any of the authors, corporations, or (potentially) institutions involved should not urge other Editors to examine the manuscript(s).
- Disclosure and conflicts of interest: A conflict of interest occurs when an author's or reviewer's financial or other personal interests have the potential to impair or prejudice professional judgement and impartiality. To minimise bias, authors, reviewers, and editorial staff(s) should state any conflicts of interest relevant to the work under consideration (i.e., financial and personal ties that can interfere with the interpretation of the work). Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by editor or reviewer or anyone else who has a view of the manuscript while handling it in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author.
- The Editors may also be bound by legal requirements/frameworks in line with the journal's rules on copyright infringement, plagiarism, and other issues.
- Wherever possible, the Editors should seek clarification from the author(s) regarding the approval of the institutional ethics committee and/or review board for the experimental findings in question.
- In collaboration with the publisher, the Editors are required to assume responsibility for any ethical concerns received about submitted manuscripts or published papers. Such measures typically entail contacting the manuscript or paper's author and giving due consideration to the respective complaint or claims made. However, they may also entail additional communications with relevant institutions and research bodies. If the complaint is upheld, the publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as appropriate, even if it is discovered years after publication.
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| Reviewers & Reviewers’ Responsibilities |
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Contribution of Peer Review: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and editorial communications help the author to improve his paper.
Promptness: If a selected reviewer feels unqualified to review an article then he/she should notify the Editor-in-Chief and should not take part in the review process. Reviews will be expected to be professional, honest, courteous, prompt, and constructive, their judgment should be objective.
Confidentiality: Manuscripts assigned to a reviewer must be treated as confidential documents. The manuscript(s) must not be shown to or discussed with, others except as authorized by the Editor in Chief.
Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should mark the uncited work that is published previously. Authors are expected to provide the proper citation for each statement that is quoted from a previously published work. A reviewer should inform the Editor in Chief for any substantial similarity between the manuscript assigned him for review and the other previously published paper of which they have personal knowledge or they have found the similarity during the review process.
Confidentiality: Information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Conflict of Interest: Reviewers should not review 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. |
| Publisher’s Responsibilities |
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The publisher is supposed to protect the intellectual property and copyright of the contents submitted by the authors. We respect the privacy and personal data, especially for authors and peer reviewers. We work in close co-operation with the editors and peer reviewers to maintain editorial independence and to guarantee transparency and integrity in peer-review process.
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question.
- The Acadres consulting will ensure that excellent procedures are followed to achieve the aforementioned requirements.
- More comprehensive concerns pertaining to publishing ethics are raised from time to time by the International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment, which brings them to the attention of journal editors, editorial boards, reviewers, and authors.
- The publisher shall take all relevant actions in situations of claimed or confirmed scientific misconduct, fraudulent publishing, or plagiarism. This might involve publishing an erratum, addendum, explanation, or, in the most serious cases, retraction of the published work if considered fit/suitable.
- The publisher will take reasonable efforts to detect and prevent publishing articles in which research misconduct is suspected or has occurred and will not promote or tolerate such misconduct if it comes to their attention.
- All of the articles have been published with the understanding that the writers are solely responsible for the statements and opinions stated in them and that their publication does not indicate that such statements and/or opinions represent the editor's or publisher's views or opinions.
- Any and all intellectual property rights are explicitly disclaimed. Without the copyright holder's express permission, no portion of the work may be duplicated or used in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storing and retrieval system.
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| Copyright & Access |
- The simple act of submitting an unpublished manuscript does not constitute a violation of any copyright or trademark.
- When the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) automatically agrees to transfer the copyright to the publisher.
- All author(s) jointly declare that the text is original, that it does not infringe on any copyright or violate any other third-party right, and that it has not been published or is being considered for publication anywhere.
- All authors agree to the terms and conditions set out by the ‘International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment (IJSSEE)’ (e-ISSN: 2456-7485) and acknowledge that the journal has the right to retract any published paper if misconduct is discovered.
- All authors must ensure that the manuscript has been prepared to ensure the highest ethical standards and solely responsible for the originality of the contents
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Publishing Ethics Issues
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Monitoring: The Editor in chief must ensure to establish the mechanism for monitoring and safeguarding of publishing ethics. All the complaints received from the reviewers or the authors or anybody else should be taken into the proper consideration and appropriate action should be taken promptly for such complaints.
Retraction & Corrections: The published articles will be retracted if there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable. The retraction can be a result of scientific misconduct or honest error. To maintain the integrity of the scientific record, the retracted article will not be removed from the journal's website, however, a notice of retraction will be posted and is made freely available to all readers. Retraction can be published by the authors or the editor or the publisher. In rare cases involving legal infringement, the Publisher may remove an article. Bibliographic information about the article will be retained to ensure the integrity of the scientific record. We follow the COPE guidelines in such a case. Sometimes it may be necessary to publish corrections/erratum in an article published in the Journal to maintain the integrity of the academic record. Appropriate notice regarding the correction will be placed and made freely available to the readers. We are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.
Article withdrawal: We expect our authors to comply with best practices in publication ethics as well as in the quality of their articles. To avoid withdrawal of articles we sincerely request the corresponding author to undertake the issues related to authorship, publication ethics and accurateness of data and results at the time of submission of the manuscript.
The authors can withdraw their article(s) at any stage of peer-review and publication process (before the publication of the article that will not yet have the complete volume/issue/page information). The authors should be aware that the withdrawal action takes the manuscript out of the peer review & publication process and places it back into the author's dashboard, in the withdrawn Manuscripts list. The manuscript number of withdrawn articles cannot be used by the system and cannot be resubmitted.
If an article found to violate the ethical publishing guidelines of the journal such as duplicate submission, fraudulent data, plagiarism, false claim of authorship, etc. the article will be withdrawn by the journal. The journal will remove the article from the website and an appropriate note for article withdrawal will be posted.
No response from the authors to journal communication after review and provisional acceptance is also considered as withdrawal of the article.
Preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards: We believe that the funding agencies and sponsors should not be able to influence the author's findings or decision making. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed. |
| Ownership and Management |
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The Acadres Consulting owns the ‘International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment (IJSSEE)’ (e-ISSN: 2456-7485). The journal is managed by a dedicated team of experienced academic researchers who are guided by the editorial and advisory boards. The journal's major purpose is to close the gap between research and practice by encouraging and publishing original articles in important fields of social sciences and economic environment.
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