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Publication Ethics
Eduistiqomah in Economic (EIE) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity, transparency, research integrity, and ethical conduct in scholarly publishing. The journal follows established principles of publication ethics and expects all authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher to uphold these standards throughout the publication process.
The following ethical guidelines apply to all manuscripts submitted to and published by EIE.
1. Responsibilities of Authors
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts:
- Present original, accurate, and reliable research.
- Have not been previously published.
- Are not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
- Properly acknowledge and cite all sources.
- Do not contain plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data.
- Accurately report research methods, data, analysis, and findings.
- Obtain appropriate ethical approval and informed consent where required.
- Disclose relevant funding and conflicts of interest.
- Ensure that all listed authors have made substantial contributions to the research.
- Obtain approval from all authors before submission.
- Ensure that the manuscript complies with the journal's Author Guidelines.
- Take responsibility for responding to questions concerning the integrity and accuracy of the research.
Authors must promptly inform the editorial office if a significant error or omission is discovered in a submitted or published manuscript.
2. Plagiarism and Originality
EIE has a strict policy against plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct.
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
- Copying text, ideas, data, arguments, or other intellectual contributions without appropriate attribution.
- Presenting another person's work as one's own.
- Excessive reuse of an author's previously published work without appropriate citation.
- Unauthorized reproduction of published material.
- Appropriating another researcher's unpublished work or ideas.
Manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism or similarity-detection software.
Manuscripts identified as containing significant plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected, withdrawn, or subject to further investigation.
3. Fabrication and Falsification
Authors must not fabricate, falsify, manipulate, or selectively report research data.
Fabrication refers to making up data, observations, participants, analyses, or research results that did not occur.
Falsification refers to manipulating research materials, procedures, data, statistical analyses, tables, figures, or results in a way that misrepresents the research.
Examples include inappropriate manipulation of statistical results, omission of relevant findings without justification, or alteration of data to support a predetermined conclusion.
Confirmed cases may result in manuscript rejection, withdrawal, correction, retraction, or other appropriate editorial action.
4. Duplicate and Simultaneous Submission
Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time.
EIE does not accept manuscripts that have already been substantially published elsewhere unless the submission qualifies as a legitimate secondary publication and appropriate permission, disclosure, and citation are provided.
Authors must disclose any substantial overlap between the submitted manuscript and their previous publications.
5. Authorship and Contributions
Authorship should reflect substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or development of the research.
All listed authors should:
- Make a meaningful contribution to the research.
- Participate in drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
- Approve the final version.
- Agree to be accountable for the work.
- Approve the manuscript before submission.
Individuals who do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged rather than listed as authors.
Changes to authorship after submission require a clear justification and approval from all affected authors and the editorial team.
The journal does not accept honorary, guest, or ghost authorship.
6. Conflict of Interest
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, academic, or personal relationships that could influence their judgment.
Potential conflicts may include:
- Financial relationships.
- Employment or consultancy.
- Personal relationships.
- Institutional interests.
- Academic competition.
- Funding relationships.
- Ownership of relevant businesses or financial interests.
- Other relationships that could reasonably affect objectivity.
A disclosed conflict does not automatically prevent publication or participation in peer review, but it must be appropriately managed.
7. Research Ethics and Human Participants
Research involving human participants, personal data, confidential information, or sensitive organizational information must comply with applicable ethical standards and institutional requirements.
Where applicable, authors should provide information concerning:
- Ethical approval.
- Informed consent.
- Participant confidentiality.
- Protection of personal information.
- Data security.
- Appropriate handling of sensitive economic, financial, or organizational information.
Authors must not disclose personally identifiable information without appropriate consent.
Where ethical approval is not required, authors should clearly state the reason where appropriate.
8. Data and Research Transparency
Authors are expected to report research methods, data, analysis, and findings accurately and transparently.
Where appropriate, authors should provide a Data Availability Statement explaining whether research data are:
- Publicly available.
- Available upon reasonable request.
- Available through a recognized repository.
- Restricted for ethical, legal, privacy, confidentiality, or institutional reasons.
- Not available.
Research data should not be fabricated, falsified, manipulated, selectively omitted, or presented misleadingly.
For quantitative and econometric research, authors should provide sufficient methodological information to enable readers to understand and evaluate the analytical procedures.
9. Use of Artificial Intelligence
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used for appropriate purposes such as language improvement, grammar correction, translation, or technical assistance.
However:
- AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
- Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and academic content of the manuscript.
- AI-generated information must be carefully verified.
- Authors must not use AI to fabricate references, data, quotations, statistical results, or research findings.
- Substantive use of generative AI in manuscript preparation should be disclosed where appropriate.
- Authors remain responsible for ensuring that AI-assisted content does not violate copyright, confidentiality, privacy, or ethical requirements.
The use of AI does not transfer responsibility for the manuscript from the authors to the AI tool.
10. Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers are expected to:
- Provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations.
- Maintain strict confidentiality throughout the review process.
- Assess manuscripts based on academic and methodological quality rather than personal preferences.
- Evaluate the originality, theoretical foundation, methodology, data analysis, findings, and contribution of the manuscript.
- Identify relevant published work that has not been cited where appropriate.
- Inform the editor of potential conflicts of interest.
- Decline the review if they lack appropriate expertise or cannot provide an impartial assessment.
- Not use unpublished information obtained during peer review for personal, academic, financial, or professional advantage.
- Not share the manuscript or its contents with unauthorized individuals.
Reviewers must not contact authors directly about the manuscript unless authorized by the editorial team.
11. Responsibilities of Editors
Editors are responsible for ensuring that editorial decisions are based on:
- Academic quality.
- Originality.
- Relevance to the journal's scope.
- Methodological rigor.
- Research integrity.
- Publication ethics.
- Scholarly contribution.
Editors must maintain confidentiality throughout the editorial and peer-review process.
Editors should not discriminate against authors based on nationality, gender, religion, ethnicity, institutional affiliation, political views, or other irrelevant characteristics.
Editors must declare and appropriately manage conflicts of interest.
Editors must not use unpublished information from submitted manuscripts for personal research or professional advantage.
12. Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions should be made independently and should not be influenced by:
- Commercial interests.
- Personal relationships.
- Institutional pressure.
- Political considerations.
- Financial interests.
- Author reputation.
- Institutional prestige.
The publisher should respect the editorial independence of the journal and its editorial team.
The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief or designated editor based on academic and ethical considerations.
13. Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern
EIE is committed to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record.
Depending on the circumstances, the journal may publish:
Correction – for significant errors that do not invalidate the overall findings or conclusions of the article.
Retraction – when published research is found to be seriously unreliable or affected by major ethical, methodological, or academic misconduct.
Expression of Concern – when there are serious unresolved questions regarding the reliability or integrity of a published article and further investigation is required.
Appropriate editorial action will be taken based on the nature and seriousness of the issue.
14. Complaints and Appeals
Authors may submit complaints or appeals concerning editorial decisions, peer review, authorship, publication procedures, or other journal-related matters to the editorial office.
Complaints and appeals should:
- Be submitted formally.
- Clearly explain the concern.
- Identify the relevant manuscript or publication.
- Provide relevant evidence where applicable.
- Avoid personal, discriminatory, or inappropriate language.
The editorial team will review complaints and appeals fairly, confidentially, and independently.
Where necessary, the Editor-in-Chief may appoint an independent editor or seek external advice to resolve a complaint or appeal.
15. Copyright and Permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material where necessary.
All sources, figures, tables, images, datasets, instruments, and other materials obtained from third parties must be appropriately acknowledged and cited.
Authors must ensure that submitted materials do not infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
Articles published by EIE are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
16. Citation Ethics
Authors, reviewers, and editors should avoid citation manipulation.
The journal does not permit:
- Excessive self-citation without scholarly justification.
- Coercive citation.
- Irrelevant citations.
- Citation stacking intended to artificially increase citation metrics.
- Adding citations solely to increase the visibility or ranking of an author, reviewer, editor, or journal.
Citations should be relevant, accurate, and genuinely support the statements for which they are provided.
17. Peer Review Integrity
EIE applies a Double-Blind Peer Review process.
Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts objectively and independently.
Authors must not attempt to identify or influence reviewers.
Editors must ensure that manuscripts are assigned to reviewers with appropriate expertise and without significant conflicts of interest.
Manipulation of the peer-review process, including fabricated reviewer identities, inappropriate reviewer recommendations, or attempts to influence reviewers, is considered academic misconduct.
18. Ethical Commitment
Eduistiqomah in Economic (EIE) is committed to promoting responsible research, transparent scholarly communication, rigorous peer review, research integrity, and the reliability of the academic record.
All participants in the publication process—authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher—share responsibility for maintaining these standards.
EIE reserves the right to investigate suspected violations of publication ethics and to take appropriate action in accordance with the seriousness of the case and applicable standards of scholarly publishing.





