Announcements

The journal has the following policies on publishing ethics:

Aim and Scope of the Journal :

The journal strives to integrate the practices of the professional world with knowledge creation in the relevant academic arena to enrich the analysis of the researches occurring in the fields of Management in a more pragmatic way and to ensure speedy dissemination of such research outcomes among the pertinent consumers. Management Insight welcomes research-based papers, original articles, cases, and relevant/contemporary book reviews from both academicians and corporate professionals on various facets of management and its integration with other fields of research.

A Double-Blind Peer review process is followed for reviewing the papers.

Copyright and Licensing: The author owns the copyright of the paper. It is distributed under creative commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

Author fees: No fee of any kind is charged

Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct: Publisher and editors reserve the right to take necessary actions to prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct like plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication has occurred

Publication Ethics: 

Reporting Standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Data, facts and figures should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

  • Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original work, which is not partially published elsewhere, or submitted for publication elsewhere. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission in the case of using other images and art work or for adaptations of such images if they do not have a copyright for them. The Similarity Index in the Plagiarism Report should be less  than 10% on the standard Anti – Plagiarism Software and the AI Report must be below 10%.
  • Plagiarism and AI Report will be followed by the rejection of the manuscript if it is not following the norms. Authors have full responsibility for the authenticity of their papers. In the case of multiple authors, the authenticity of the article needs to be ensured by all of them.
  • Any unethical behaviour, fabrication of research results or promotion of deceitful or incorrect arguments may cause the rejection of a submission or the withdrawal of a published article.
  • Acknowledgement of Sources: Proper acknowledgement of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
  • Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co- authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the paper and that all co- authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. The corresponding author must maintain communication with all the co-authors.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
  • Author Self-Archiving: The authors are not permitted to post published articles on their personal or institutional websites. However, they should post the published article information on the Social Media with a clear indication that the paper was published in SMS Journals with a link to the journal’s website. Author should promote their articles through the Digital Research Platforms like Academia, Research Gate, Google Scholar etc.  
  • Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.
  • Declaration of Originality: Once the paper is accepted, every Author has to submit duly filled Declaration of Originality provided by the journal.
  • Withdrawal of Manuscript: In case, the author wants to withdraw paper from the SMS Journals, a written intimation should be given to the Managing Editor of the respective journal before sending it to another journal. Failing which, the matter will be reported both to the Author’s Institution and the Journal for breach of Integrity.