Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics
Statement

Journal of Socio-Economic Review (JSER) uses the
principles of Transparency and Scholarly Publishing to evaluate manuscript. JSER
is Double-Blind Reviewed (peer reviewed/Refereed) journal with broad scope. Following
statement entails the ethical conduct of all parties of publication i.e. Chief
Editor/Editors, Author/s, and Reviewer/s as per the following points. 

  • All
    submitted manuscripts have to undergo a strict and pre-defined
    Double-blind-peer-review process by the reviewers who have expertise in
    the area and are not a member in Editorial team.
  • Scientifically
    sound, original, bonafide, significant, ethical and consistent with
    vision, mission, aim and scope of the journal.
  • Manuscript
    may be accepted, rejected or accepted subject to the revisions (if
    allowed). Inconsistent or low quality manuscript may be rejected outright
    at the initial stage. 
  • Manuscript
    must not have conflict of interests, against public policy, copyright
    infringements and plagiarism more than 10 percent.

Responsibility of Author/s

  1. Authors
    are bound to work with publication ethics and academic integrity. Any
    unethical approach or behavior is not acceptable.
  2. Manuscript
    should contain all necessary information which might help reader to understand
    the phenomenon deeply and it should also help them in replication of the
    topic.
  3. Authors
    are liable for any case of Plagiarism or research misconduct claimed
    against them.
  4. If
    the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately
    cited or quoted. Such quotations and citations must be listed in the
    Reference at the end of the Manuscript.
  5. Authors
    should provide names of all those who supported in work in
    acknowledgement. It should be written in form of a statement at the end of
    Manuscript.
  6. Any
    financial support should also be given due position in acknowledgement.
  7. Authors
    must have to positively participate in the Double-blind-peer-review
    process as a policy of JSER.
  8. Authors
    may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with an Manuscript
    submitted for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public
    access to such, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to
    retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
  9. Author/s
    cannot get one work published in more than one journal. Submitting the
    same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes
    unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
  10. Corresponding
    author is the person who is responsible for communication with the journal
    and other researchers. He should ensure that names of all the authors are
    properly written and Manuscript has been approved by co-author/s.
  11. Authorship
    should be limited to only those who have made a significant contribution
    in the process of research i.e. from idea generation to execution and
    results extraction. 
  12. Author/s
    should disclose any conflict of interest or opinion between authors.
  13. If
    author found a mistake or any other thing that might affect the quality of
    publication, it is his/her responsibility to notify the editor/s.

Responsibility of Editor/s

  1. Editors
    must evaluate the manuscripts purely on the basis of Merit and without any
    discrimination and favour.
  2. Editors
    must keep each and every information confidential regarding submitted
    manuscripts.
  3. Editors
    have the authority to select/reject any manuscript if it is against
    publication ethics, weak in quality and does not follow the vision,
    mission, aim and scope of the journal or a case of research misconduct.
  4. Editors
    have the responsibility to reject any manuscript if it is plagiarized more
    than the limit.
  5. Editors
    are morally bound not to use any material from unpublished manuscripts.
  6. Editors
    will report to the Chief Editor of the journal. Chief Editor is
    responsible to follow the policies laid down in this reference.

Responsibility of Reviewer/s

  1. Reviewers
    must evaluate the manuscripts purely on the basis of Merit and without any
    discrimination and favour.
  2. Reviewers
    must assist to the Editors in review process and assist the authors for
    further improvement.
  3. Reviewers
    must keep each and every information confidential regarding submitted
    manuscripts.
  4. Reviewers
    must notify the editors if the manuscript does not related to his
    expertise.
  5. Reviewers
    may contact any time to Chief Editor in case of any discrepancy,
    mal-practice or research misconduct found in Manuscript.
  6. If
    reviewer feels that he has conflict of interest with any written script,
    he/she should decline to review it.
  7. Reviewers
    are morally bound not to use any material from unpublished manuscripts.

*This
statement is in accordance with the rules laid down by Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE).
 

Query

If there is a query regarding the publication
ethics, please contact at jserccsu@gmail.com