MJHE Code of Ethics

MJHE has a strong commitment to implementing principles regarding transparency and best practice in open access scholarly publishing. Our Code of Ethics is inspired by the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011). Funding model MJHEreceives financial and staff support from the Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. MJHE does not charge any fee for submission or publication. Authors do not pay article processing charges to publish open access in MJHE. Authors rights & liabilities Authors agree to comply with MJHE editorial standards. Authors are not paid for their contributions to MJHE. Authors retain the rights to the published material. Duplicate / Concurrent submission By submitting their work to MJHE, Authors ensure that they have not submitted the proposed article to another journal or media at the same time. Authors guarantee that the article they are submitting is not under review by another journal. Originality Authors guarantee that the article they are submitting is original. Authors guarantee that the article they are submitting has not already been published and that it is not based in whole or in part on previously published research. Authors will bring to the attention of the Editors any redundant or overlapping prepublication or publication that may exclude consideration. Conflict of interest / Integrity Authors will inform the Editors of the journal of any potential conflict of interest, be it professional, financial, or of any other nature, that could be interpreted as having influenced their work or motivated their submission. Authors should not suggest reviewers’ names to the journal, because they will be rejected. Revision MJHE articles are peer-reviewed. The Authors agree to incorporate revisions as requested by Referees/Reviewers or Editors, and to modify their text, accordingly, following the Editorial committee’s recommendations. Plagiarism Any manuscript which shows obvious signs of plagiarism will be automatically rejected. If plagiarism is discovered in a paper that has already been published by the journal, it will be retracted. Acknowledgement of sources Plagiarism may also involve a violation of copyright law, punishable by legal action. Authors guarantee that they have given appropriate credit to all of the publications they cite in the article. Authors certify that they have acquired the rights for the publication of any additional material (photographs, drawings, etc.) subject to copyright clearance, that may be incorporated into their manuscript. Defamatory statements Authors guarantee that their proposed article contains no fraudulent, defamatory, or intentionally inaccurate remarks. Article review Content published in MJHEis peer reviewed. MJHEuses a blind peer-review system for articles published in the themed dossier section and varia. Articles are reviewed by at least two experts (herein the Referees/Reviewers) who are not informed of either the author’s name or that of the other reviewer. Other contributions (debates, documents/sources, dissertation abstracts, and book reviews) are reviewed by the journal’s permanent Editors-in-chief, members of the Editorial committee, and/or Guest Editors-in-chief. Contributions may be subject to a second round review process if the Editors in charge of the journal and/or of the themed issues deem it necessary. Anonymity Any information that might identify the Authors is deleted by the Journal Office prior to peer-review. Disclosure Any manuscripts received for review is confidential. It must not be disclosed or discussed outside the Editorial committee. Conflict of interest / Impartiality Every submission will be considered impartially, and judged on intrinsic merit, regardless of the gender, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origin, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the Authors. Referees/Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the article under review. Objectivity Reviews should be conducted objectively. Referees/Reviewers fill out a standard review form provided by the journal. Review reports will be written clearly with supporting arguments. Personal attacks or criticism of the Authors are unacceptable. Prevention of plagiarism Referees/Reviewers will notify the Editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under revision and any other publication of which they become aware. Referees/Reviewers should also identify when observations or arguments inspired by other publications are not properly cited or when relevant references are missing.

Updated:: 19/03/2024 [aspah.kasim]