Responsibilities of Authors
Originality, accuracy, and transparency in scholarly research
Authors submitting to GIAR IJIR must ensure their work meets the highest standards of integrity and originality. Plagiarism, data falsification, or duplicate submission are grounds for immediate rejection and potential reporting.
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Originality & PlagiarismAuthors must submit only original work. Plagiarism in any form — including self-plagiarism — is strictly prohibited. All sources must be properly cited.
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Data Accuracy & IntegrityAuthors are responsible for the accuracy of reported data. Fabrication, falsification, or selective reporting of results is a serious violation of research ethics.
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Authorship CriteriaAll listed authors must have made a genuine intellectual contribution. Honorary or ghost authorship is not acceptable. Changes to authorship after submission require editorial approval.
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Conflict of InterestAuthors must disclose any financial, professional, or personal interests that could influence the work. All funding sources must be declared in the manuscript.
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Multiple SubmissionSubmitting the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal is unethical. Authors must confirm their work is not under review elsewhere.
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Ethical ApprovalResearch involving human subjects or animals must have received appropriate ethical clearance from the relevant institutional committee, and this must be stated in the manuscript.
Responsibilities of Editors
Fair, unbiased, and confidential management of the review process
Editors of GIAR IJIR are committed to fair and unbiased evaluation of all submitted manuscripts. Decisions are based solely on academic merit, relevance, and adherence to journal scope — never on author identity or institutional affiliation.
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Fair EvaluationEditors must evaluate manuscripts purely on their scholarly merit, without regard to the authors' race, gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or institutional affiliation.
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ConfidentialityEditors must treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents. Information about manuscripts must not be shared with anyone except reviewers and relevant editorial staff.
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Conflict of InterestEditors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest — whether competitive, collaborative, or personal — with any of the authors.
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Publication DecisionsThe editor-in-chief is solely responsible for accepting or rejecting a paper, always guided by the journal's policies and legal requirements, including defamation, copyright, and plagiarism.
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Timely Review ProcessEditors are responsible for maintaining a responsive and efficient peer review process, providing authors with timely decisions and clear, constructive feedback.
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Investigation of MisconductEditors must take appropriate action when ethical concerns arise — including contacting author institutions or issuing retractions — to maintain the integrity of the published record.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Expert, timely, and confidential peer evaluation
Peer review is the cornerstone of scholarly publishing. Reviewers for GIAR IJIR play a critical role in ensuring the quality, validity, and relevance of published research. Their expertise and objectivity are essential to the journal's credibility.
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Contribution to Editorial DecisionsPeer review assists editors in making publication decisions and may help authors improve their manuscripts through constructive editorial communication.
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Promptness & AvailabilityReviewers should only accept manuscripts they have the expertise and time to review promptly. If unable to complete a review on time, they must notify the editor immediately.
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ConfidentialityManuscripts received for review are privileged communications. Reviewers must not share or discuss them with others, or use information from them before publication.
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Standards of ObjectivityReviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should clearly express their views with supporting evidence.
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Acknowledgement of SourcesReviewers should identify relevant published work not cited by the authors. Any statement of observation, derivation, or argument should be accompanied by its citation.
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Disclosure of ConflictsReviewers must declare any conflicts of interest with regard to the research, authors, or funding bodies, and recuse themselves if necessary.