Publication Ethics and Journal Regulations

Authors’ Responsibilities

1- Providing scientific and standard manuscripts 

The Journal of International Political Economy Studies (IPES) publishes original manuscripts based on valid research methods that comply with the subjects and requirements of the journal. Authors of articles of original research should present an accurate account of the method performed and accurately report the data used in the development of the manuscript. They should cite publications that have influenced their work and avoid expressing sensitive, unethical, personal, fake, and inaccurate information.  Authors of submitted manuscripts must have significantly contributed to the research within the scope of the journal and be their original work.

2- Provide raw data if required

- The author is required to provide raw data, interviews, questionnaires, or other research tools if needed.

3- Originality of the manuscript

- Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author. Authors are required to practice caution when using previous research and publications by giving proper credit where due. Manuscripts from student dissertations are shall be published under the names of supervisor, adviser, and student.

- The Ethics Commitment Form should be signed by the author (s) and uploaded on the journal website.

4- Not submitting the manuscript to two or more journals concurrently

 - Authors must certify that their manuscript has not previously been published, reviewed, or even submitted to other national or international journals. The abstracts presented in congresses, symposiums, internal and external seminars can be submitted completely.

- The author's commitment form in this regard is required to be uploaded on the website.[1]

5- Mention appropriate referral 

- Mention all references to books, publications, websites, and other research in your manuscript. In citing material from other journals, the source must be accurately mentioned so as not to interfere with the impact factor calculated for other journals. 

6- Specifying the corresponding author and the contributors to the manuscript 

- The corresponding author of the manuscript is the person responsible for the writing and design of the article and other authors are listed as contributors to the article. The corresponding author should be ensured about the names and affiliation of all authors. Concerning manuscripts with more than one author, the corresponding author is responsible for the conflict of interest between authors. The corresponding author is responsible for the accuracy of the contents of the article, and for the views and opinions stated in the manuscript.  Publishing the manuscript does not imply confirmation of the entire manuscript content. 

7- Translation manuscripts 

- Adapted, compiled, or translated manuscripts will not be considered for publication. 

8- Editing the content 

-  The editor, editorial board, and referees have the right to accept or reject manuscripts s. Furthermore, linguistic and literary editing of the manuscript content is permitted by the editor.

- The journal does not return received manuscripts. 

9- The corresponding author is required to do the required revisions of their manuscript; otherwise the manuscript will be deleted. The author is responsible for the delay in responding to the requested revisions at the time specified. In case of requesting the submitted manuscript or submitting a paper to two or more journals concurrently, the manuscript will not only be rejected but also the authors' names will be put on the list so that the authors will not be permitted to publish any other manuscripts in the journal. 

 

Principles pertaining to the quarterly journals

- All manuscripts submitted to the journal are controlled by the plagiarism checker system. Twenty or twenty-five percent resemblance of the manuscripts to the published texts is acceptable, and manuscripts that overlap with the available sources are returned to the author only once and if the revisions are not applied, the manuscript is excluded from the review process.

- The Editor shall protect the confidentiality of all content submitted to a journal.

- Decisions on the manuscripts at any stage will be made, regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or the political philosophy of the authors.

- Submitted manuscripts are sent to review after initial acceptance by the editor, within one week. The result of the review will be emailed to the author within two to four months.

 

Review process

- All submitted manuscripts are subject to strict peer-review. That is, the names of authors are hidden from the reviewers and vice versa.

- Respected referees should notify the journal if the evaluation process is delayed.

- The review of manuscripts shall be based on scientific reasoning and evidence and referees should provide sufficient evidence for their decisions.

- The reviewers required to practice caution in examining the sources of the manuscript. The references to all research, books, and citations used in the manuscript should be cited in the library.

- Reviewers should base their decisions on the papers' originality and relevance to the journal’s scope.