Publication Ethics

In order to maintain the academic standard and credibility of the journal, PDUAMT Business Review has outlined the responsibilities of its authors, editors and reviewers as follows:

• Authors must ensure:
  1. The manuscript is their original work and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
  2. Refrain from using racist and sexist terms.
  3. Check plagiarism of the manuscript before submitting for publication (Maintain a similarity index below 10 percent).
  4. Refrain from using artificial intelligence (AI) software while preparing the manuscript.
  5. Declare conflict of interest, if any.
  6. Proper citations and references are included for all sources mentioned in the manuscript.
  7. A submitted manuscript may be withdrawn depending on analysis of the situation, on a case-to-case basis. However, the decision of the Editorial Board regarding the withdrawal of a manuscript will be final.
• Editors must ensure:
  1. All submitted manuscripts are evaluated based on their scientific merit.
  2. Maintain confidentiality of all submitted manuscripts and not disclose any information about them to anyone except the authors, reviewers and publishers.
  3. Manuscripts are evaluated and processed in a timely manner.
  4. All editorial policies, procedures and decisions are transparent and communicated clearly to authors, reviewers and readers.
• Reviewers must ensure:
  1. Maintain confidentiality of the manuscripts under review and not disclose the article or any of its part to anyone except when necessary to the Editor concerned.
  2. Refrain from considering manuscripts wherein they have conflict of interest of any nature.

(The Editorial Board of PDUAMT Business Review will review and update the ethical policy periodically)