Editorial Policies

Statement on Ethics and Malpractice

Section I: Publication

By submitting an article to the Journal of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE, the author agrees to this statement on publication ethics and malpractice. All articles are subject to a peer-review process conducted by at least two international reviewers who are experts in the field of the submitted manuscript. The criteria considered during the review process include quality, relevance, originality, innovation, significance, and language. Possible editorial decisions made by the FACE Editorial Board are acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection. There is no guarantee that a reviewed article will be accepted. Articles will not be rejected without review.

Section II: Authorship

All articles submitted to the Journal of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE must include a relevant list of references. Authors must acknowledge any financial support received from institutions for the conduct of the research. The titles of all articles must be original. Plagiarism in any form and fraudulent data are unacceptable. FACE will not publish articles containing material identical to that published in other journals.

Section III: Authors’ Responsibilities

Authors must ensure that:

• Their articles are original;
• Their work has not been previously published elsewhere;
• All sources used in the preparation of their work are properly identified;
• All data presented in the manuscripts are real and authentic;
• All authors (in the case of co-authorship) have made significant contributions to the research.

Authors are also required to:

• Participate in the peer-review process;
• Provide retractions or corrections in the event of errors;
• Report any errors they discover in their published articles.

Authors must inform the editors of any conflicts of interest.

Section IV: Reviewers’ Responsibilities

Reviews must be conducted objectively, fairly, and without personal criticism of the author. Comments on manuscripts must be handled confidentially. Reviewers must:

• Be academically qualified to review the manuscript;
• Have no conflicts of interest with respect to the research, any of the authors, the research sponsor, company, or institution;
• Express their views clearly and with supporting arguments;
• Identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and/or any substantial similarity between the manuscript under consideration and other published documents.

Section V: Editors’ Responsibilities

Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article. Editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. Editors must:

• Have no conflicts of interest regarding the articles they accept or reject;
• Ensure the quality of published works;
• Accept articles only when they are reasonably certain of their quality;
• Preserve the anonymity of contributors;
• Ensure that all published documents comply with internationally accepted ethical guidelines;
• Promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are identified.

The Editor-in-Chief of FACE has the authority to make final decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of submitted manuscripts after reviewing reviewers’ comments and consulting with other members of the Editorial Board when appropriate. The Editor-in-Chief must not be biased against authors and must have no conflicts of interest with respect to the manuscripts under review.

Section VI: Publication Ethics

The Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, and members of the International Advisory Board of FACE commit to:

• Safeguarding publication ethics;
• Maintaining high intellectual and scientific standards, free from the influence of revenue and commercial interests;
• Protecting and enhancing the peer-review process;
• Publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary;
• Working closely with other editors;
• Ensuring that plagiarism and fraudulent data are not tolerated.