Journal of Commerce and Management (JCM)

Open Access Policy

In order to ensure maximum reach of contents published by Journal of Commerce Management (JCM),we have adopted the open access policy, meaning that;

All the published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Articles can be shared and adapted, provided the attribution for the work is given

All the published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Articles can be shared and adapted, provided the attribution for the work is given

Peer-review Policy

All the manuscripts submitted to Journals Published by DBCY Publications will be subjected to double blinded peer review process;

The manuscript will be reviewed by two suitable experts in respective subject areas.

The reports of both the reviewers will be considered while deciding on acceptance/revision or rejection of a manuscript.

The Editor-In-Chief will make the final decision, based on the reviewer's comments.

Editor-In-Chief can ask one or more of the advisory board members for their suggestions upon a manuscript, before making the final decision.

Associate editor and review editors provide the administrative support to maintain the integrity of peer review process.

In case, authors challenge the editor's negative decision with suitable arguments, the manuscript can be sent to one more reviewer and the final decision will be made based upon his recommendations.

Licensing Policy

To fully realize the potential of open access to research literature, barriers to reuse need to be removed. The Creative Commons (CC) licenses have emerged as an effective legal instrument to achieve this. Instead of transferring rights exclusively to publishers (the approach usually followed in subscription publishing), authors grant a non-exclusive license to the publisher to distribute the work, and all users and readers are granted rights to reuse the work. CC-BY allows for unrestricted reuse of content, subject only to the requirement that the source work is appropriately attributed.

Archiving Policy

This journal published by JCM utilizes the AWS system to create permanent archives of the journal contents for purposes of preservation and restoration.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The Journals published by DBCY Publication is an electronic double blind peer reviewed journal upholding the highest standards.

Articles not in accordance with publication ethics and malpractices will be removed from publication if detected at any time.

Plagiarism and research fabrication such as making up of data, manipulation of existing data, tables etc. and ethical clearance on the use of humans or animals for the study will also be checked.

The publisher reserves the right to use plagiarism detecting software to screen submitted papers at any time and suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing will be reported immediately.

Author(s)’ Responsibility

They must ensure that:

Their work is original, Must not have been published elsewhere

Other authors, contributors or sources should be appropriately credited

They are responsible for language editing before submission

Their work has not been copied or plagiarized in whole or part from any other work The financial support and conflict of interest for the project / research work if any should be disclosed

They are obliged to notify the editor if any error or inaccuracy is discovered and co- operate with the editor to correct the same

Articles should be submitted using online procedures. Simultaneous publication in more than one publication is a breach of publication ethics.

Editor’s Responsibility

They must ensure that:

The submitted manuscript undergoes Double - blind peer review before publishing

They will strive to prevent any conflict of interest between the author and editorial and review personnel

All the information related to the submitted manuscript is kept confidential prior to publishing

Reviewer’s responsibility

They must ensure that:

Reviews of the manuscript is completed and provides suitable comments for improvement

Promptness in notifying the editor about his inability to review the manuscript

Maintains confidentiality about the manuscript obtained for review, by not discussing with others

Standards of Objectivity preserved by reviewing the manuscripts objectively with clear views and supporting arguments and without any personal criticism

Acknowledgement of Sources

All References not cited by the author should be removed. All citations should be accompanied with any previously reported observation, derivation or argument.

The editors should be intimated for any overlap of the reviewed manuscript with any other published paper.

Disclosures and Conflict of Interest– manuscripts having conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or any other relationships or connections with institutions connected to the paper will not be considered.

In case, plagiarism is detected during the review/editorial process, such manuscript(s) will be rejected immediately and we can also consider other steps depending upon the seriousness of the case. If the plagiarism is proven after publication, such manuscript(s) will be removed from our website and appropriate announcement will be placed in this regard. Further, Journal’s Editorial Board representative can bring such instances to the notice of author's funding agencies, author's institutes (where they work) and to the original authors whose work has been plagiarized. Please report the plagiarism to editor-jcm@dbcyelagiri.edu.in

Editorial board or Publisher of the Journals reserves the right to verify the originality of research content submitted for publication with the organization where the research reportedly carried out.

Manuscript Withdrawal Policy

Authors must abide by these policies after submission of their manuscript. Authors must provide their consent to publish their manuscript prior to the peer- review process. Withdrawing an already confirmed manuscript after it has been accepted would attract a minimal article handling charge.

Disclaimer

The author(s) of each article appearing in Journal is/are solely responsible for the content thereof; neither the Publisher nor the journal editors or anyone else involved in creating, producing or distribution assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided in the Journal (s), nor shall they be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of the use of the journal content.

Plagiarism

For every Journal, the peer review process is at the heart of the success of publishing. As part of our commitment to the protection and enhancement of the peer review process, The Journal would like to ensure that all published articles are within the accepted level of plagiarism. The publisher uses the very well and widely accepted Plagiarism Detection tool, iThenticate alone or in combination with other tools. All submitted Manuscripts are first subjected to Plagiarism check and then the Publishing cycle begins.
In case, plagiarism is detected during the review/editorial process, such manuscript(s) will be rejected immediately and we can also consider other steps depending upon the seriousness of the case. If the plagiarism is proven after publication, such manuscript(s) will be removed from our website and appropriate announcement will be placed in this regard. Further, the publisher or Journal Editor can bring such instances in notice of author's funding agencies, author's institutes (where they work) and to the original authors whose work has been plagiarized.

Article Retraction

Editor’s decision is the decisive factor for all scholarly publications. However, this decision is based on Editorial Policies – which includes plagiarism, copyright etc. It becomes important to retain the Published articles as it is – without any alterations. However, owing to certain circumstances, a published article may at times be retracted, removed or may require a change.

Retraction could be due to:

Plagiarism

Bogus Authorship

Fraudulent Data

Correction in Publication

Standards for Article Retraction at Indian Society for Education and Environment Journals are: The article PDF will remain available with the watermark “Retracted” available on it. Only in case of legal/controversial/incorrect PDF, they will be replaced or removed completely from the website with a note.