Publication Ethics

Stardom Scientific Journal of Economy and Management Studies follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The integrity of the scientific record is a shared responsibility of authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher.

Author Responsibilities

• Submit only original work; cite the work of others appropriately.
• Avoid duplicate, redundant, or concurrent submissions.
• List all and only those who made substantive intellectual contributions.
• Disclose all conflicts of interest and sources of funding.
• Retain raw data for at least 5 years and make them available on reasonable request.
• Notify the editor promptly of any significant error discovered after publication.

Reviewer Responsibilities

• Treat the manuscript as confidential.
• Decline reviews where conflicts of interest exist.
• Provide constructive, evidence-based assessments within agreed deadlines.
• Report suspected misconduct privately to the editor.

Editor Responsibilities

• Decide which submissions are published based solely on scientific merit, relevance, and originality.
• Ensure a fair, timely, and confidential peer review.
• Take action on credible allegations of misconduct in accordance with COPE.
• Publish corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern as warranted.
• Maintain editorial independence from commercial influence.

Publisher Responsibilities

• Support editorial independence and adherence to COPE.
• Maintain the digital archive and ensure perpetual access.
• Implement systems for plagiarism detection and conflict screening.

Misconduct

The journal investigates allegations of:

• Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism).
• Data fabrication or falsification.
• Image manipulation beyond accepted standards.
• Authorship disputes / ghost or gift authorship.
• Duplicate submission or salami publishing.
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest.
• Citation manipulation.

Confirmed misconduct may lead to rejection, retraction, notification of the author's institution, and a publication ban for repeat offenders.

Human and Animal Research

Studies involving humans must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and obtain documented ethics-committee approval and informed consent. Animal studies must comply with relevant guidelines (e.g., ARRIVE). Approval information must be stated in the manuscript.