Publication Ethics

Journal of Design, Management and Technology
Innovation is committed to preventing any forms of misconduct in research and
maintaining the ethical standards in academic publication. Any cases of
suspected plagiarism or self-plagiarism will be taken seriously. If cases of
plagiarism and self-plagiarism are found, regardless of the severity of the
case, the editorial team will halt the review process and return the article to
the author(s).

Journal of Design, Management and Technology
Innovation holds that plagiarism is the unacknowledged inclusion of material
derived from the published or unpublished work regardless whether intentional
or not. Self-plagiarism is defined as the act of submitting a draft that has in
whole or in part has been published elsewhere with the intend of passing the
draft to the editors as an unpublished original piece of work.

The responsibility of all involved parties in the
review process are as follows:

1. Journal editors

1.1 The editors are responsible for examining all
submitted manuscripts to ensure that the content of manuscripts are in
consistent with the aims and scope of the journal. Thereafter, the editors will
assure a fair peer review process is in place absent of any discriminatory
practices.

1.2 The editors are responsible for checking
manuscripts for redundancy and plagiarism by using Anti-Plagiarism Software. If
the editor finds grounds that the manuscripts have been duplicated or
plagiarised, the editors will stop the evaluation process and will proceed to
contact the corresponding author immediately for clarification.

1.3 The editors will consider all manuscripts
based on academic principles without bias.

1.4 The editors must not have any
conflict-of-interest with any of the author(s) or reviewer(s). The editors will
not seek to benefit from the article(s) in any form.

1.5 The editors must not modify or change the
content of manuscripts or the assessment results of the reviewer(s). This
includes obstructing or interfering with the reviewer’s comments intended for
the author(s).

1.6 The editors must strictly follow procedures
and processes to maintain the overall academic quality of the journal.

2. Author(s)

2.1 The author(s) must ensure that all submitted
manuscripts are original contributions that have not been previously published
elsewhere. Submission of manuscripts to more than one academic source is
classified as self-plagiarism and is deemed as unethical and unacceptable.

2.2 Academic plagiarism is prohibited. All sources
used in submissions should be appropriately cited or acknowledged.

2.3 All financial support for the manuscripts
should be disclosed in the acknowledgments and conflict of interest should be
stated.

2.4 All manuscript based on research involving
animals, volunteers or human participants must comply with ethical standards.

2.5 All those who have claimed authorship of any
submission must contribute in a meaningful way to the design, research,
analysis, or writing of the submission.

3. Reviewer(s)

3.1 The review process should be conducted
objectively. The reviewer(s) must express their views clearly with supporting
arguments and references if necessary.

3.2 The reviewer(s) must not seek to benefit from
peer review process for personal advantage.

3.3 The reviewer(s) must ensure that they have
sufficient and appropriate knowledge and understanding of the submission.

3.4 If the reviewer(s) finds any grounds for
plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication and/or falsification, the
reviewer(s) must notify the editors immediately.

3.5 The reviewer(s) must not disclose any
information of the article(s) or the review process.