Ethics and decision making in publishing journal: Issues to be taken into account

Safa, Mohammad Samaun (2008): Ethics and decision making in publishing journal: Issues to be taken into account. Published in: International Journal of Business and Management Research , Vol. 1, No. 1 (15 July 2008): pp. 1-9.

Abstract

One of the most prioritized questions of publishing a new journal in the almost similar fields covered by many other journals warrants certainly some clarification which needs to be addressed in the inaugural issue. A very straight response to this query is promoting business and management science in the country as well as in the region. The unique aim of IJBMR is to focus on quantitative aspects of business and management research. IJBMR has envisioned a future for IJBMR to surrogate the research works that centre around business and management problems of this century with a quantitative view. In this editorial ethical issues in publishing journal articles has been discussed from the perspective of editor, author and reviewer. For decision making in journal publication a new method has been proposed which is known as the SAFA system. the SAFA stands for the "Standardized Acceptance Factor Average". The SAFA of the articles included in this issue are also analyzed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Standardized Acceptance Factor Average, the SAFA system, IJBMR, ethics, PR-PR dilemma, Texoplagiarism
• Subjects: Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y2 - Introductory Material

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