Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

MBU Journal of Educational Administration Innovation (MBU-JEAI) follows the code of conduct and best practice guidelines defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Duties of Editors

• Fair Play: Evaluate manuscripts exclusively on their academic merit.
• Confidentiality: Must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author and reviewers.
• Decision: Responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published based on validity and importance.

2. Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution: Assist the editor in making editorial decisions and help the author improve the paper.
• Confidentiality: Treat any manuscripts received for review as confidential documents.
• Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively with supporting arguments.

3. Duties of Authors

• Originality: Ensure that they have written entirely original works. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
• Multiple Publications: An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal.
• Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study.