GLOBEIS Journal: Global Business Ecosystem and Innovation Studies is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. This statement applies to all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher. The journal upholds the principles of originality, transparency, objectivity, accountability, and fairness in scholarly publishing.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and free from plagiarism. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published previously or be under consideration by another journal. Authors must properly acknowledge all sources, data, ideas, tables, figures, and other materials used in their work.
All authors listed in the manuscript must have made a significant scholarly contribution and must approve the final version before submission. Any form of plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, or citation manipulation is strictly prohibited. Authors must also disclose any financial support, institutional affiliation, or potential conflict of interest that may affect the objectivity of the manuscript.
For studies involving organizations, respondents, employees, consumers, business data, financial information, or digital platform users, authors must ensure that ethical principles, confidentiality, informed consent, and data protection are properly addressed.
Editors are responsible for making publication decisions based on the manuscript’s academic quality, originality, relevance, and contribution to the focus and scope of the journal. Editorial decisions must be made objectively and fairly, without discrimination based on nationality, gender, religion, ethnicity, political view, institutional affiliation, or personal background.
Editors must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not use unpublished materials for personal or professional purposes. Editors are also responsible for identifying and addressing possible ethical issues, including plagiarism, duplicate submission, data manipulation, authorship disputes, and conflicts of interest.
Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, timely, and academically responsible feedback. Review comments should help authors improve the clarity, quality, relevance, and scholarly contribution of the manuscript. Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts based on academic merit and relevance to the journal’s fields of global business, digital transformation, sustainability, innovation, finance, supply chain, marketing, human capital, ESG, and artificial intelligence.
Reviewers must keep all manuscript materials confidential and must not share, copy, or use the content for personal advantage. Reviewers should decline a review assignment if they have a conflict of interest or if the manuscript is outside their area of expertise.
All manuscripts submitted to GLOBEIS Journal: Global Business Ecosystem and Innovation Studies must be free from plagiarism and unethical use of sources. The journal may use similarity detection software to check submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts containing plagiarism, excessive similarity, improper paraphrasing, or unattributed materials may be rejected or returned to the authors for revision.
Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any potential conflict of interest that may affect the publication process. Conflicts of interest may include financial relationships, institutional connections, personal relationships, academic competition, consultancy activities, or other circumstances that could influence judgment and objectivity.
Authors may use artificial intelligence tools to support language editing, grammar correction, formatting, or technical preparation. However, AI tools must not replace the author’s intellectual contribution, critical analysis, data interpretation, or scholarly responsibility. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, and ethical integrity of the manuscript. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
If significant errors or ethical violations are identified after publication, the journal may issue corrections, clarifications, expressions of concern, or retractions, depending on the seriousness of the case. Authors are expected to cooperate with the editorial team in resolving any ethical concerns related to their published work.
The publisher supports the editorial team in ensuring that the publication process is conducted ethically, transparently, and professionally. The publisher does not interfere with editorial decisions and is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.