Publication Ethics

All parties must follow principals for ethical professional practices to be able to publish their research in this Publication.

Authors must confirm and guarantee that their submitted paper adheres to all established submission criteria.

Achievements of the economy: prospects and innovations follows the Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors to ensure ethics and quality in publication.  It is expected of authors, reviewers, and editors that they follow the best-practice guidelines on ethical behaviour contained therein. In addition, some key points are listed below.

Plagiarism policy:

The publisher and journals have a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy. We check the issue using two methods: a plagiarism prevention tool (StrikePlagiarism) and a reviewer check. All submissions will be checked by StrikePlagiarism before being sent to reviewers.

We insist a rigorous viewpoint on the self-plagiarism. The self-plagiarism is plagiarism, as it fails to contribute to the research and science..

Achievements of the economy: prospects and innovations maintains an anti-plagiarism policy that aims to guarantee that all the works evaluated and published are previously verified.

Each manuscript is subjected to similarity verification through StrikePlagiarism software to guarantee the originality of all manuscripts. This anti-plagiarism policy ensures compliance with high standards of originality in its published papers.

All details about plagiarism policy you can read here: Plagiarism policy

Authorship

Author is someone, who:

  • Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work;
  • Drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content;
  • Gave final approval of the version to be published;
  • Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Data Integrity and Fabrication:

Authors should accurately state the results of the authors' research should not contain fabrications, falsifications or manipulations of data. Any potential errors or inaccuracies should be immediately corrected or refuted.

Informed Consent:

Research involving human subjects must guarantee the autonomy, privacy and confidentiality of participants or patients. Authors must provide evidence of informed consent from participants.

Research on live subjects

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the submission adheres to WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. Authors must seek and record established ethics committee approvals, participant consents, and other documents necessary for the research if live subjects are involved.

For non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys, questionnaires, social media research), all participants must be fully informed if the anonymity is assured, why the research is being conducted, how their data will be used and if there are any risks associated

Funding

Authors must supply all funding details, including grant numbers. Funding sources or sponsors can be individuals, businesses, or public entities like universities or research councils. If these funders or sponsors have any involvement, no matter how minor, in the design or execution of the research, this must be clearly detailed. This information should be added if available.

Vulnerable Groups and Individuals

Enhanced attention is warranted for groups or individuals who may lack the capacity to foresee, cope with, or rebound from the impacts of study participation. There exists a possibility that they did not fully comprehend the study's nature to provide informed consent and thus were susceptible to coercion. Engagement of these groups and individuals in the study should only occur if their participation is indispensable for research conduct, and the study's outcomes prove advantageous to them.

Citation

Authors should not engage in excessive self-citation of their own work.

Authors should not copy references from other publications if they have not read the cited work.

Authors should not cite advertisements or advertorial material.

Confidentiality

This journal utilizes a double-anonymized peer review process. Therefore, all authors are requested to maintain strict confidentiality and refrain from disclosing the identities of authors and/or reviewers.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to notify the journal editor or publisher promptly and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Post-publication corrections and retractions

Although every papers undergoes multiple checks during the prepublication process, published papers may still contain errors. When such errors are identified, regardless of their origin, a correction notice is issued detailing the amendments made to the original publication. In cases where significant errors undermine the study's findings and conclusions, the original papers may be retracted. The journal reserves the right to retract work if serious misconduct, such as plagiarism, is confirmed. In these situations, in line with ethical standards and appropriate COPE guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/), the journal will take necessary actions without hesitation.

Discrimination policy

Researchers deserve to be treated with fairness, sensitivity, and dignity, and should be respected and free from prejudice, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, race, ethnicity, nationality, language, cultural identity, partnership status, religion, faith, disability, health conditions, political beliefs, socio-economic status, or any other notable differences.

 

Roles and responsibilities

1. Author's responsibilities

Authors certify by submitting a work to the journal that the submission is the authors’ original study that has not been published elsewhere or is not currently under review by another journal. If the manuscript, or portions of the manuscript, or its supporting data is published or presented before, the editors should be notified during submission. The submission should comply with the journal’s ethical policies. Authors should disclose any potential competing interests openly and transparently. Works that involve living subjects should be carried out in accordance with institutional, national, and international rules and regulations by obtaining appropriate ethical approval documents and participant consents. All works of others should be correctly referenced. All funding information should be clearly stated, and all non-author contributions should be acknowledged. The editor should be notified promptly if substantial mistakes or inconsistencies are discovered in a submitted manuscript or in an papers that is already published.

2. Responsibility for the reviewers

Any researcher who has been invited to review the manuscript should notify the editor if they believe they are not able to evaluate the submission or have a competing interest. All data concerning the manuscript must be treated as privileged information and kept private. Reviews must be conducted fairly and within a reasonable timeframe. Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is unsuitable. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Ethical responsibilities of reviewers

Peer reviewers are essential in upholding the highest ethical standards for manuscripts submitted to Achievements of the economy: prospects and innovations. Their ethical responsibilities include:

Subject Expertise: Reviewers should accept manuscripts only within their area of expertise, ensuring a timely and thorough evaluation.

Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep the peer review process confidential, not disclosing any details of the manuscript or its review, both during and after the process.

Conflict of Interest: If a conflict of interest exists, such as a personal or professional connection with the author that might bias the review, reviewers should return the manuscript, clearly indicating the conflict.

Professionalism: Reviewers must provide accurate personal and professional information reflecting their expertise and avoid impersonation during the review process.

Plagiarism and Falsification: Any allegations of plagiarism, authorship issues, or data falsification should be supported by reasoned explanations and relevant references.

Timeliness: Reviewers should complete their reviews promptly, respecting the author's work.

3. Editorial responsibilities

All editors are selected from among outstanding researchers in their respective scientific disciplines. They are responsible for managing the editorial processes of the incoming manuscripts. In order to get additional expert opinions and to assist in their decisions, editors invite external reviewers to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the papers. Next, editors decide whether to accept the papers for publication based on review reports and their own objective assessments. During editorial processes, editors are expected to treat all authors and manuscripts equally, without bias. All information about the text must be kept strictly secret. In the event of a competing interest, the editor must notify the managing editor to release him or her from responsibility for the work. Editors must take the appropriate steps and/or impose the appropriate consequences in the event of a malpractice. If errors are detected in published papers, the literature should be corrected by issuing appropriate correction or retraction notices. Editorial process for papers submitted by a member of the editorial board must be conducted by another editor to ensure the objectivity and transparency.

Ethical responsibilities of editors

Editors of the Achievements of the economy: prospects and innovations are responsible for maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the publication process. Their ethical responsibilities include:

Confidentiality: Editors must protect the confidentiality of the peer-review process and avoid disclosing any manuscript details without the author's consent.

Conflict of Interest: Editors should require peer reviewers to disclose any potential conflicts of interest and consider this information carefully.

Citations: Editors should request authors to add citations only when there is a solid scholarly reason.

Reviewer Selection: Editors may ask authors for suggestions of potential peer reviewers or request exclusions of certain individuals from reviewing their paper.

Quality Control: Editors should oversee the performance of peer reviewers, avoiding those who provide substandard, delayed, abusive, or non-constructive reviews.

4. Publisher responsibilities

The publisher provides the journal with the required resources, such as submission and publication portal, plagiarism checking tools, DOI identifiers, hosting, and content preservation. The publisher should take reasonable steps to protect the editorial autonomy.