Publication Ethics

The publication decision is always based on the originality of the case study and its importance to readers in a classroom setting. The Editor will not be involved in the decision about the paper, in which he/she has a conflict of interest. The Editor will be guided by the journal policies and will be responsible for the final decision. Editor will be assisted by associate editors or reviewers to reach a final decision.

Fair play

The Editor will assess the submitted manuscript on academic merit solely, regardless of authors’ ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, nationality or political views.

Permissions

The submitted cases must be accompanied by the signed permission form from the case study organization, and/or the relevant protagonist. Permission is also mandatory in case of any kind of copyrighted material.

Confidentiality

The Editor, the Editorial Board members and the Editorial staff are responsible for not disclosing of any information about the submitted manuscript to anyone except authors, referees, editorial board adviser and publisher.

 Disclosure and Conflict of Interests

 Unpublished data from submitted manuscripts must not be used by the Editor, the Editorial Board members or Editorial staff for personal advantage or be transferred to third parties (without written consent of the authors).

 The Editor will not publish the materials if the submitted material was found to be plagiarized, fabricated and falsified. Accepted papers are published under Open Access route, copyrights are reserved.

 

Complaints during peer review process

The journal welcomes complaints from authors and will try our best to solve complaints and improve the policies for satisfaction of authors. Authors may send complaints to editor ([email protected]) and members of advisory board.

Complaints may arise due to

  1. Unhappiness or dissatisfaction regarding the publication and policies of the journal.
  2. Long delay in publication or replies related to the author.
  3. The complaint may also be about the decision of the editorial board member or editor regarding the manuscripts of the author.
  4. May be about the rude responses or a misjudgment of the editorial board member.

We aware about following misconducts could arise during peer review

  1. Complaints from the author.
  2. Complaints about plagiarism.
  3. Duplicate publication or submitting the case to various journal at the same time.
  4. Research results misappropriations.
  5. Complaints regarding the research errors and fraud.
  6. Violations of research standards.
  7. Conflicts of interest.
  8. Bias behavior of reviewers.

Correction notice

A Correction notice will be issued to correct an error or omission which can impact the outcome of the case. However, in this case scholarly integrity of the case remains intact. Examples for such type of corrections include mislabeling of a figure, missing key information on funding or competing interests of the authors. Major errors will accompanied by a separate correction notice. Issued correction notice should provide clear details of the error and the changes which were made to the Version of Record. Publisher will correct the online, issue a separate correction notice and linked it the corrected version. The correction notice will be permanently available online.

Retractions

Any major error, misconduct (missing ethical approvals, manipulated images, fabricated data, duplicate publication, plagiarism, attempt to influence the peer review process) can lead to case study retraction as per the COPE guidelines.  Editor and Staff of publisher will jointly inquire the misconduct. Author (s) affiliated institute will also be informed if it is considered necessary. Authors and institutions may request a retraction of their articles if their reasons meet the criteria for retraction.
The following measures will be under taken on articles for which the decision of retraction was undertaken by the publisher:
1. A water mark of “Retracted” will be added to the published Version of Record of the case study.
2. A retraction statement notice will be issued and linked to the retracted case study.
3. The statement will be permanently available for the readers online website of the journal.