The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. The Publication of manuscript involves utmost conscientious, systematic and comprehensive processes by publishers and editors which is required to be dealt with efficiency and competency. The Publication is a direct reflection of author’s work quality and their supporting institutions.

The publisher strives to work closely at all the times with journal editors, authors and peer-reviewers to maintain high ethical standards and quality research of the publication.

The essentials of IJIIMR publishing ethics for all groups involved in the publishing process are as follows:

Editors’ Responsibilities:

• ➢ The editor of the journal holds a vital position in taking important editorial decisions on all peer-reviewed manuscripts submitted for publication.

• ➢ The editor should maintain the transparency of the academic research & record and necessarily preclude professional needs from cooperating ethical standards.

• ➢ The editor should assess manuscripts for their research quality and intellectual content. Such assessment should free from any sort of biasness based on discrimination of race, gender, geographical origin, favoritism or religion of the author(s). The evaluation should be strictly on merit and free from any self or commercial interests.

• ➢ The editor should not disclose any information of submitted manuscripts before their publication.

• ➢Promoting research rectitude must be preserved. If at any stage the publisher suspects any kind of misconduct in the research, it should be investigated promptly in detail with suitable authority; and if any suspicious act of misconduct is observed in the peer review, it should be resolved with diligence.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities

• ➢The Reviewers should provide a detailed, constructive, and unbiased evaluation in a timely manner on the research content of the manuscript submitted.

• ➢ The Reviewers should indicate whether the writing is relevant, concise & clear and must evaluate the originality and accuracy.

• ➢ The Reviewers should maintain the confidentiality of the complete review process.

• ➢ The Reviewers should notify the journal’s editor about any financial or personal conflict of interest, if any. In case of any possibility of existence of such interest(s), the Reviewer must ethically decline to be part of the reviewing.

• ➢The Reviewers should notify the journal’s editor of any ethical concerns in their evaluation of submitted manuscripts; such as any violation of ethical treatment of animal or human subjects or any considerable similarity between the previously published article and any reviewed manuscript.

Authors’ Responsibilities

• ➢All the work reported in the manuscript must be original and free from any kind of plagiarism.

• ➢ The work should not have been published elsewhere or submitted to any other journal(s) at the same time.

• ➢ Any potential conflict of interest must be clearly acknowledged.

• ➢ Proper acknowledgements to other work reported (individual/company/institution) must be given. Permission must be obtained from any content used from other sources.

• ➢Only those who have made any substantial contribution to the interpretation or composition of the submitted work, should be listed as ‘Authors’. While other contributors should be mentioned as ‘co-authors’.

Publishers’ Responsibilities:

• ➢IJIIMR is committed to work with utmost transparency and quality research work free from any encumbrances. We, the publishers, play the checks and balances with journal editors and reviewersby defining clearly their relevant roles to ensure appropriate decisions regarding publication procedures and maintaining the transparency of editorial decisions.

• ➢ IJIIMR respects Intellectual Property Rights of original Authors. Authors are thereby requested to submit ONLY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT of which has a complete right to authors. Any kind of Plagiarism, being a serious offence, will not be tolerated by IJIIMR. It is our policy, as per the Copyright Act, to respond to notices of claimed copyright infringement submitted by rights owners in accordance with the notice and takedown procedures. In case any plagiarised content is published by mistake by IJIIMR, then the same shall be taken down with immediate effect without refund. In case of any inadvertent plagiarism Authors shall be solely responsible for the acts. We ensure the integrity autonomy of each published article with respect to:

  • - publication and research funding(s)

  • - publication ethics and rectitude

  • - conflicts of interest

  • - confidentiality

  • - authorship

  • - article modifications

  • - timely publication of content.