Focus and Scope

Journal of Management and Business Innovations (JOMBI) is a peer reviewed journal that publishes original research, review articles and book reviews on all areas of developments in fields related to management and business innovations.

The scope of JOMBI’s Journal are:

• Aim to link the research and practice of innovation management
• Focus on the management and firm levels of analysis, rather than policy or sector issues
• Adopt an inter-disciplinary, multi-functional problem-oriented approach
• Integrates management of technological, organizational and market innovation
• Technology Entrepreneurship/New Technology Start-Ups
• Technology and Innovation Marketing
• Management of Innovation and Technology
• Management of Emerging/Disruptive Technologies
• New Product/Process Development
• Innovation in currencies

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

If the content and format of the submitted essay are seen as appropriate by the editors, the paper will then be sent out for 'blind review' by independent referees. Revisions may be required in the light of referees' comments before a decision is made to accept or reject the paper. All paper sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised articles can be sent to the editorial office through the Online Submission Interface. The revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

Reviewers are asked to evaluate a manuscript for:

• Originality and significance of contribution. Is the manuscript in congruence with the mission of the journal?
• Interest to research community and/or practitioners. How useful is the material to the field?
• International relevance.
• Coverage of existing literature. Does the literature review contain relevant information in support of the article?
• Satisfactoriness of methodology, analysis, and comprehension. Does the article contain a detailed explanation of research methods and procedures?
• Clear, concise, and jargon-free writing. Does the article clearly state the issues being addressed?
• Organizational structure. Is the article clearly organized in a logical fashion? Are the author’s conclusions supported by the research?

Publication Frequency

Publication Schedule

Open Access Policy

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Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics

1. JOMBI adheres to the prevailing industry standards and procedures for investigating publication ethics.
2. JOMBI  does not allow dual publication (the same material published twice in the peer reviewed literature), or dual submission (the same material simultaneously submitted to more than one journal).
3. Specifically, JOMBI  does not tolerate plagiarism, data or figure manipulation, knowingly providing incorrect information, copyright infringement, inaccurate author attributions, attempts to inappropriately manipulate the peer review process, failures to declare conflicts of interest, fraud, and libel. This list is not exhaustive - if there is uncertainty of what constitutes such actions, then more resources may be found at the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), or the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
4. JOMBI  will rigorously enforce our standards, and follow up on any transgressions. In extreme cases, this may call for individuals to be reported to their institutions and/or for manuscripts to be retracted.

Journal of Management and Business Innovations is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication. The journal's ethical policies are informed by the principles and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and internationally recognized standards of scholarly publishing.

All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to uphold ethical standards and maintain the integrity of the scholarly record. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, research fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, manipulation of the peer-review process, or other forms of publication misconduct.

1. Editorial Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts are evaluated fairly, objectively, and independently. Editorial decisions must be based on the scientific quality, originality, methodological rigor, and relevance of the research.

• Fair Evaluation: Manuscripts must be assessed without discrimination based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, institutional affiliation, or political beliefs.
• Editorial Independence: Decisions regarding manuscript acceptance or rejection must remain independent of financial, commercial, personal, or institutional interests.
• Confidentiality: Editors must protect confidential information contained in submitted manuscripts and associated editorial communications.
• Conflict of Interest: Editors must disclose potential conflicts and withdraw from handling manuscripts when their impartiality may be compromised.
• Publication Integrity: Editors are responsible for addressing suspected ethical violations and taking appropriate corrective action when necessary.

The Editor-in-Chief or an authorized handling editor makes the final editorial decision after considering reviewer evaluations and the journal's scientific and ethical standards.

2. Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the scientific quality and integrity of published research. Reviewers must provide independent, objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.

• Maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and review materials.
• Evaluate manuscripts objectively and avoid personal criticism of authors.
• Declare any financial, institutional, professional, or personal conflicts of interest.
• Decline review assignments when they lack appropriate expertise or cannot complete the review within the agreed period.
• Identify relevant scholarly literature that has not been appropriately acknowledged.
• Report suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data manipulation, or other ethical concerns to the editor.
• Refrain from using unpublished manuscript information for personal or professional advantage.

Reviewers must not disclose, distribute, or use confidential manuscript content without appropriate authorization. Detailed procedures are provided in the Peer Review Policy.

3. Author Responsibilities and Authorship

Authors are responsible for the originality, accuracy, transparency, and integrity of their submitted research. Manuscripts must present an accurate account of the research conducted, including the methods, data, results, and conclusions.

Authors are required to:

• Submit original work that has not been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
• Present research data and findings accurately without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate manipulation.
• Properly acknowledge and cite the work of other researchers.
• Disclose funding sources and potential conflicts of interest.
• Obtain required ethical approvals and permissions where applicable.
• Ensure that all listed authors have made substantial scholarly contributions.
• Obtain approval from all co-authors before manuscript submission.
• Cooperate with editorial inquiries concerning research integrity or publication ethics.

Authorship must reflect genuine intellectual contributions. Guest authorship, gift authorship, ghost authorship, and unauthorized changes to the authorship list are unacceptable.

All authors must approve the final manuscript and accept accountability for their contributions. Detailed authorship requirements are available in the Author Guidelines.

4. Research Integrity and Plagiarism

Journal of Management and Business Innovations requires all submitted manuscripts to comply with recognized standards of academic honesty and research integrity. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism involving undisclosed substantial text reuse, inappropriate citation practices, data fabrication, data falsification, and redundant publication are considered unacceptable.

Manuscripts are subject to similarity screening using Turnitin. Similarity reports are evaluated by the editorial team with consideration of the nature of matched content, appropriate citations, and the context of textual overlap.

A similarity percentage alone does not establish whether plagiarism has occurred. The editorial team may request clarification, manuscript revision, or supporting documentation when potential irregularities are identified.

Detailed screening requirements are available in the Plagiarism Policy.

5. Ethical Oversight and Research Data

Research involving human participants, personal information, sensitive datasets, or other ethically regulated materials must comply with applicable laws, institutional regulations, and recognized ethical standards.

Where applicable, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board and secure informed consent from research participants. Relevant approval or consent information should be clearly reported in the manuscript.

Authors must take appropriate measures to protect confidential information, personal data, and the privacy of research participants. Data collection and processing must comply with applicable privacy and research ethics requirements.

Research findings should be supported by reliable and appropriately documented data. Authors may be requested to provide underlying research data or supporting materials for editorial verification, subject to ethical, legal, privacy, and confidentiality restrictions.

Authors should retain research records for a reasonable period and provide sufficient methodological information to support the transparency and reproducibility of their work.

6. Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Journal of Management and Business Innovations recognizes the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and AI-assisted technologies in scholarly research and publishing. The journal permits responsible and transparent use of these technologies by authors, subject to appropriate disclosure, human verification, academic integrity, and compliance with the journal's AI Use Policy.

AI Use by Authors: Authors may use AI-assisted technologies for legitimate research activities and manuscript preparation. Every submitted manuscript must include an AI Use Declaration, either identifying relevant AI-assisted technologies and their specific purposes or confirming that no AI-assisted technologies requiring disclosure were used. Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, scientific validity, and integrity of their work. AI systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Prohibition of AI Use by Peer Reviewers: Journal of Management and Business Innovations  strictly prohibits peer reviewers from using AI, generative AI, Large Language Models, or AI-assisted technologies during the manuscript peer-review process. Reviewers must not use AI to analyze, summarize, evaluate, or interpret submitted manuscripts; assess scientific quality or originality; generate, draft, rewrite, or substantively edit peer-review reports; or determine or recommend editorial decisions.

Reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading, copying, pasting, or otherwise entering submitted manuscripts, manuscript excerpts, supplementary materials, unpublished research data, or confidential review information into AI applications or services. This prohibition applies throughout the peer-review process and cannot be waived through authorization from editors or authors. All peer-review assessments must be conducted independently by qualified human reviewers.

AI Use by Editors and Editorial Staff: Editors and editorial staff may use AI-assisted technologies only for appropriate administrative or publishing activities that do not compromise confidentiality, data protection, scientific integrity, or editorial independence. Such activities must not involve unauthorized disclosure of confidential manuscripts, peer-review reports, unpublished research materials, or protected editorial communications.

AI must not replace independent scientific evaluation, independently assess the substantive merit of manuscripts, or determine editorial decisions concerning manuscript acceptance, revision, or rejection. Final editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized handling editor.

Editors and editorial staff must disclose relevant AI-assisted technologies used in permitted editorial or production-related activities to the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized editorial representative. Such disclosures must be appropriately documented in the journal's internal editorial records.

Research Integrity and Accountability: AI-assisted technologies must not be used to fabricate research data, falsify findings, generate fictitious references, manipulate scientific evidence, conceal plagiarism, or otherwise compromise research integrity. All parties remain accountable for their respective scholarly and editorial responsibilities.

Verification and Editorial Assessment: Concerns involving undisclosed AI use, prohibited reviewer AI use, breaches of confidentiality, fabricated references, manipulated research content, or other inappropriate applications of AI will be evaluated in accordance with the journal's research misconduct procedures. Automated AI-content detection results must not be treated as conclusive evidence of misconduct without appropriate human assessment and consideration of the available evidence.

Suspected violations may result in appropriate corrective or editorial action following a fair assessment. Affected parties must be given a reasonable opportunity to provide explanations and supporting evidence before final determinations are made.

Detailed requirements for authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial staff are provided in the AI Use Policy and Peer Review Policy.

7. Complaints and Appeals

Journal of Management and Business Innovations provides a mechanism for authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders to raise concerns about editorial decisions, publication procedures, ethical conduct, or the handling of submitted and published manuscripts.

Complaints and appeals should be submitted through the journal's official contact information and should include a clear explanation of the concern, relevant manuscript or article details, and any supporting evidence.

Appeals against editorial decisions must provide substantive grounds, such as a demonstrable factual error, procedural irregularity, or significant misunderstanding of the manuscript's scientific content.

Complaints are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or an appropriate independent editorial representative when a conflict of interest exists. Matters concerning the conduct of the Editor-in-Chief may be referred to the publisher or another uninvolved representative.

The journal evaluates complaints objectively and communicates the outcome to the complainant where appropriate. An appeal does not automatically reverse an editorial decision.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Promptness 

In case, any reviewer feels that it is not possible for him/her to complete the review of the manuscript within the stipulated time then the same must be communicated to the editor so that the same could be sent to any other reviewer.

Confidentiality

Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information.

Standards of Objectivity 

Reviews should be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.  

Acknowledgement of Sources 

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the Editor in Chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.  

Conflict of Interest 

Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Decision on the Publication of Articles 

The Editor in Chief of Mumtaz is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The Editor in Chief may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and subjected to such legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor in Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Review of Manuscripts

The Editor in Chief must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated by the editor/co-editor, who may make use of appropriate software to examine the originality of the contents of the manuscript and after passing this test, the manuscript is forwarded to two referees for blind peer review and each of whom will make a recommendation to publish the manuscript in its present form or to modify or to reject the same. The time required for each review stage is at least a month after the reviewer states willingness (each article has a different review stage, depending on the quality of the article). If the article is of very good or very poor quality, it is possible to get a decision faster.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest 

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author.  

Fair play 

Manuscripts shall be evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. 

Confidentiality 

The Editor in Chief/editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

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. Underlying data 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.  

Data Access and Retention 

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such, if practicable, and should, in any event, be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.     

Originality and Plagiarism 

Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple Publications

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.  

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 there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts 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.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Become a Reviewer

Thank you for your interest in becoming an  reviewer. As an reviewer, you have the valuable opportunity to review some of the most advanced scholarly research papers in the field. The overall success of a refereed journal is dependent on quality and timely reviews. As such, ad hoc reviewers are appointed to serve for one year. Upon completion of this term, ad hoc reviewers will have the potential to be promoted to a full editorial review board member. This promotion will be determined on the timeliness and quality of the reviews received.  Please send your detail CV to jombi@uinsu.ac.id

Authorship Criteria

Authorship carries both academic credit and responsibility. Journal of Management and Business Innovations (JOMBI) establishes authorship criteria to ensure that credit is assigned fairly, contributions are transparent, and every listed author accepts responsibility for the integrity of the published work. These criteria are intended to prevent inappropriate authorship practices, clarify the responsibilities of corresponding authors, and provide a consistent procedure for changes to the author list and the resolution of authorship disputes. They are informed by internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

1. WHO QUALIFIES AS AN AUTHOR

A person may be listed as an author only when they have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the research and the preparation of the article, have approved the final manuscript, and are willing to accept accountability for their contribution. For operational purposes, JOMBI recommends that authorship eligibility be assessed against all four criteria below.

A. SUBSTANTIAL INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION

The individual must have made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the research, or to the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, evidence, or other material reported in the article.

In management and business research, this may include: developing the research question or theoretical framework, designing a survey or case study, developing a conceptual model, collecting and curating organizational or market data, conducting statistical or qualitative analysis, interpreting empirical findings, or developing a substantive theoretical argument.

Routine administrative assistance or participation in data collection without meaningful intellectual involvement does not, by itself, establish authorship.

B. DRAFTING OR CRITICAL REVISION

The individual must have contributed to drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content.

Contributions may include developing the argument, interpreting findings, evaluating the theoretical implications, critically revising the methodology or analysis, and improving the scholarly interpretation of the results.

Language correction, formatting, proofreading, reference checking, or administrative assistance alone does not qualify a person for authorship.

C. APPROVAL OF THE FINAL MANUSCRIPT

Every author must read and approve the version submitted to JOMBI and the final version accepted for publication. Authors must also review and approve substantive revisions that affect the research, interpretation, conclusions, or their stated contributions.

No individual may be added to the author list without being informed of the manuscript's content and approving the relevant version.

D. ACCOUNTABILITY

Every author must accept responsibility for their contribution to the research and manuscript and cooperate in addressing questions about accuracy, integrity, or ethical compliance.

Authors should understand their own contributions and have confidence in the integrity of the work contributed by their co-authors. If a concern arises about any part of the research, the authors must cooperate with the editorial team in clarifying the matter and providing relevant information.

Funding, supervision, and institutional position do not automatically confer authorship.

Obtaining research funding, supervising a student, leading a department, providing access to an organization, facilitating data collection, or holding a senior academic position does not, by itself, justify authorship. Individuals who also make substantial intellectual contributions and satisfy the applicable authorship criteria may be listed as authors.

2. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS STATEMENT

JOMBI requires authors to ensure that contributions are accurately represented and that all listed authors have made substantial scholarly contributions. To strengthen transparency, the journal recommends including an Author Contributions statement in every manuscript, identifying each author's specific role.

The statement should be placed before the References section or in another location specified by the official JOMBI article template. Authors may use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) as a standardized framework for describing contributions. The use of CRediT should be confirmed by the editorial team before it is made a mandatory journal requirement.

AVAILABLE CONTRIBUTION ROLES

Conceptualization · Methodology · Software · Validation · Formal Analysis · Investigation · Resources · Data Curation · Writing – Original Draft · Writing – Review and Editing · Visualization · Supervision · Project Administration · Funding Acquisition.

Authors should list only the roles that accurately describe their actual contributions. A contribution statement must not be used to justify honorary authorship or to conceal the omission of a qualified contributor.

EXAMPLE STATEMENT

“A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft. C.D.: Investigation, Data Curation, Validation. E.F.: Supervision, Writing – Review and Editing, Funding Acquisition. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and accept responsibility for their respective contributions.”

SINGLE-AUTHOR ARTICLES

For a single-author article, the author may provide the following statement if it accurately reflects the work:

“The author was responsible for the conception, research design, data collection or analysis, interpretation, and preparation of this article.”

The statement should be adjusted when some activities were not applicable or were performed by acknowledged contributors.

3. ORDER OF AUTHORS AND THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

ORDER OF AUTHORS

The author order should reflect the authors' relative contributions and the conventions of the relevant research discipline. All authors must discuss and agree on the order before submission.

JOMBI does not automatically assign authorship order based on academic rank, institutional position, seniority, or responsibility for funding. The submitting author must ensure that the proposed order has been agreed upon by all co-authors.

EQUAL CONTRIBUTION

Where two or more authors have made equal contributions, the authors may request an equal-contribution statement, provided that the claim is accurate and consistent with their contribution statements. Any such statement should follow the journal's formatting requirements and be approved by all affected authors.

THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

One author must be designated as the corresponding author. The corresponding author serves as the primary contact between the authors and JOMBI throughout submission, peer review, revision, publication, and subsequent editorial communication.

The corresponding author is responsible for:

• Confirming that all listed authors meet the applicable authorship criteria and have approved the submitted manuscript.
• Ensuring that the author order and contribution statements are accurate and agreed upon.
• Providing complete and accurate author names, affiliations, email addresses, and other metadata requested by the journal.
• Coordinating the submission, revision, and proof-correction processes.
• Ensuring that relevant funding information, ethical approvals, and conflicts of interest are disclosed.
• Communicating editorial requests and sharing relevant decisions and reviewer comments with co-authors.
• Coordinating responses to reasonable editorial inquiries after publication.

The corresponding author does not assume sole responsibility for the conduct of all co-authors. Every author remains accountable for their own contribution and for cooperating in matters affecting the integrity of the article.

ORCID AND INSTITUTIONAL EMAIL

Authors are encouraged to provide their ORCID iDs to support accurate identification and attribution of scholarly work. The corresponding author should provide an active email address that can be used reliably for editorial communication. Institutional email addresses are recommended where available.

An institutional email address or ORCID iD should not, by itself, be treated as a condition of authorship unless explicitly required by the journal.

4. AFFILIATIONS

• Affiliation at the time of research: Authors should identify the institution or organization with which they were affiliated when the research was conducted. If an author subsequently changes institutions, the current address may be included separately where appropriate.
• Multiple affiliations: Multiple affiliations may be listed when they accurately reflect genuine institutional relationships relevant to the author or the research. Affiliations must not be added merely to increase institutional publication counts or imply an association that does not exist.
• Complete institutional information: Authors should provide the department or study program, faculty or school where applicable, institution, city, and country. Institutional names should be written consistently and accurately to support indexing and attribution.
• Student research and theses: Articles derived from undergraduate projects, master's theses, or doctoral dissertations should identify the individuals who made qualifying scholarly contributions. Students and supervisors should be listed as co-authors only when they satisfy the applicable authorship criteria. The relationship between the article and the underlying thesis or research project should be disclosed where relevant.
• Organizational and industry affiliations: Research involving companies, public institutions, or other organizations must accurately identify the affiliations of the authors and disclose relevant relationships that could influence the study or its interpretation.

5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INSTEAD OF AUTHORSHIP

Individuals who contribute to a project but do not meet the authorship criteria may be acknowledged in an Acknowledgements section, with their contribution described accurately.

Examples include technical assistance, administrative coordination, language editing, proofreading, access to research facilities, assistance with recruitment, or other forms of support that do not constitute a substantial intellectual contribution to the article.

Acknowledgement must not be used as a substitute for authorship when a contributor qualifies as an author. Conversely, a person should not be listed as an author merely because they provided general supervision, funding, institutional access, or other support.

The corresponding author should obtain permission from individuals named in the Acknowledgements before submission. This practice helps ensure that their contributions are described accurately and that acknowledgement does not imply an endorsement they have not agreed to provide.

6. AUTHORSHIP PRACTICES THAT JOMBI DOES NOT ACCEPT

GIFT OR HONORARY AUTHORSHIP

Adding a senior academic, supervisor, department head, funder, or other individual who has not made a qualifying scholarly contribution is unacceptable, even when the inclusion is intended as a courtesy or to acknowledge institutional hierarchy.

GUEST AUTHORSHIP

Adding a well-known researcher or an individual from another institution or country to increase the perceived prestige, credibility, or international character of a manuscript without a genuine qualifying contribution is unacceptable.

GHOST AUTHORSHIP

Omitting an individual who made a substantial intellectual contribution to the research or manuscript is unacceptable. This includes students, research assistants, professional writers, consultants, or other contributors whose actual contributions satisfy the authorship criteria.

SOLD OR PURCHASED AUTHORSHIP

Selling, purchasing, brokering, or otherwise exchanging authorship positions without legitimate scholarly contributions is unacceptable. Manuscripts obtained through paper mills or other fraudulent authorship arrangements may be rejected, and suspected misconduct may be investigated in accordance with JOMBI's publication ethics policies.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS AN AUTHOR

Artificial intelligence systems, generative AI tools, and large language models cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot accept the responsibilities and accountability required of authors.

JOMBI requires authors to comply with its AI Use Policy. Where disclosure is required, authors must identify the relevant tool and its use in the manuscript. Human authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and scholarly validity of the submitted work, including any AI-assisted content and references.

MISREPRESENTED CONTRIBUTIONS

Authors must not exaggerate, fabricate, or misrepresent individual contributions. Contribution statements must accurately reflect the work performed and may be reviewed by the editorial team if concerns arise.

7. CHANGING THE AUTHOR LIST AFTER SUBMISSION

The author list, author order, and corresponding-author designation should be agreed upon before submission. Any subsequent change must be justified, transparent, and consistent with the journal's authorship criteria.

A. BEFORE AN ACCEPTANCE DECISION

The corresponding author should submit a written request to the editorial office explaining the proposed change and its reasons. Requests to add an author should describe the person's specific contribution and explain how it satisfies the authorship criteria.

The request should include written confirmation from all originally listed authors and from any individual being added or removed. The editorial team may request further information before deciding whether the change is appropriate.

B. AFTER ACCEPTANCE BUT BEFORE PUBLICATION

Changes after acceptance require a documented justification and approval from all affected authors. The request must be submitted to the editorial office and reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized editor.

Publication may be delayed while the request is assessed. Approval is not automatic, and the journal may decline a change that is unsupported by the evidence or inconsistent with its authorship criteria.

C. AFTER PUBLICATION

The published author list forms part of the scholarly record and must not be changed silently. If a legitimate authorship error is identified after publication, the corresponding author should notify the editorial office and provide supporting documentation.

Where a correction is justified, JOMBI may publish a formal correction or corrigendum linked to the original article, explaining the change in accordance with the journal's correction procedures. If the matter raises concerns about serious publication misconduct, the journal may investigate and take further action under its publication ethics policies.

8. AUTHORSHIP DISPUTES

Authorship disputes must be handled fairly, confidentially where practicable, and on the basis of relevant evidence.

• Initial notification: Authors should notify the editorial office when a dispute arises concerning author eligibility, contribution, author order, or the inclusion or omission of a contributor.
• Editorial assessment: The journal may suspend the affected editorial process while the dispute is assessed, particularly when the dispute affects the accuracy or legitimacy of the author list.
• Resolution by the authors and their institution: Authors should first attempt to resolve the disagreement through a documented discussion. Where the matter cannot be resolved, JOMBI may request assistance or a formal determination from the relevant institution or research-integrity office.
• Editorial action: The journal will consider the available evidence and any institutional findings when deciding how to proceed. It may defer a decision or publication until the authorship issue has been adequately addressed.
• Disputes involving published articles: A published article will not be altered without a documented and justified editorial process. Where a concern may affect the integrity of the scholarly record, JOMBI may consider a correction, expression of concern, or retraction, depending on the findings and applicable policy.
• Confidentiality and records: Relevant correspondence and documentation will be handled in accordance with the journal's confidentiality and record-management practices.

JOMBI does not automatically determine the relative contribution of members of a research team solely on the basis of academic rank or institutional position. Where the facts require an institutional investigation, the journal may rely on the findings of the relevant institution while retaining responsibility for decisions concerning its own publication record.

9. WHAT AUTHORS CONFIRM AT SUBMISSION

By submitting a manuscript to JOMBI, the corresponding author confirms, on behalf of all authors, that:

• Every listed author has made a substantial scholarly contribution consistent with JOMBI's authorship criteria.
• No individual who qualifies for authorship has been knowingly omitted.
• All authors have read and approved the submitted manuscript and agreed to the author order.
• The Author Contributions statement, where required, is complete and accurate.
• All author names, affiliations, and contact details have been provided accurately.
• Individuals named in the Acknowledgements have given permission for their contributions to be acknowledged.
• Relevant funding sources, conflicts of interest, ethical approvals, and permissions have been disclosed as applicable.
• Any use of artificial intelligence has been disclosed in accordance with JOMBI's AI Use Policy.
• The manuscript is original, is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere, and complies with JOMBI's publication ethics requirements.
• All authors agree to cooperate with reasonable editorial inquiries concerning the accuracy, integrity, and ethical conduct of the research.

All authors remain responsible for the integrity of their contributions and must cooperate with the journal if questions arise before or after publication.

Policy note: These criteria should be read together with JOMBI's Publication Ethics, AI Use Policy, Conflict of Interest requirements, and other applicable editorial policies. Where a specific procedural requirement is not yet formally established, the journal's editorial team should approve it before it is presented as a mandatory rule.

 Information about article preparation and how to submit can be found Guidelines for Authors

Peer Review Guidelines

Peer reviewers’ comments and recommendations are an essential guide to inform the editor’s decision on a manuscript. Peer review ensures that manuscripts receive unbiased critique and expert feedback, allowing authors to improve their manuscript and therefore high-quality scientific research and reviews to be published. It also helps the readers to trust the scientific integrity of the article and to make informed decisions where peer reviewer comments are available.

After receiving a request to peer review it is essential that peer reviewers respond in a timely fashion, particularly if they cannot do the review, to avoid unnecessarily delaying the process.

Peer reviewers should declare any conflicts of interest (seeking advice from the publisher if they are unsure), and possess sufficient knowledge in the field to perform a thorough assessment of the manuscript. You can find further information on competing interests here.

Peer reviewers must keep any information regarding the identity of the authors and the content of the manuscript confidential.

Peer review comments should be objective and constructive without being of a hostile or derogatory nature.

Further information on ethical peer review issues and conflicts of interest can be found in the COPE guidelines.

Plagiarism Policy

Journal of Management and Business Innovations is committed to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and ethical scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts must represent original scholarly work and appropriately acknowledge the intellectual contributions, ideas, data, methods, and publications of other researchers.

Plagiarism, improper citation, substantial unattributed text reuse, and duplicate publication are unacceptable. All manuscripts are subject to plagiarism screening using Turnitin as part of the journal's editorial quality assurance process.

1. Definition and Types of Plagiarism

Plagiarism occurs when an individual presents another person's words, ideas, data, research findings, or intellectual contributions as their own without appropriate acknowledgement.

The journal recognizes several forms of plagiarism and related publication misconduct:

• Direct Plagiarism: Reproducing another author's words or text without appropriate quotation and citation.
• Paraphrasing Plagiarism: Rewriting another person's ideas or arguments without acknowledging the original source.
• Mosaic Plagiarism: Combining copied or closely paraphrased material from multiple sources without proper attribution.
• Self-Plagiarism: Reusing substantial portions of previously published work without appropriate citation, disclosure, or justification.
• Data and Figure Plagiarism: Using another researcher's datasets, tables, figures, images, or experimental findings without appropriate acknowledgement or required permission.
• Source Misrepresentation: Providing misleading citations or representing secondary information as original research.
• Duplicate or Redundant Publication: Publishing or submitting substantially overlapping research findings as separate original publications without appropriate disclosure.

The editorial team evaluates suspected plagiarism based on the nature, extent, and context of the overlap rather than relying solely on automated similarity percentages.

2. Originality and Proper Citation

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts contain original scholarly contributions and that all sources used in preparing the research are accurately and appropriately acknowledged.

Authors are required to:

• Present original research findings, analyses, and scholarly interpretations.
• Properly cite published research, datasets, methodologies, and intellectual contributions obtained from other sources.
• Use quotation marks and appropriate citations when reproducing exact wording from another source.
• Paraphrase existing literature appropriately while acknowledging the original authors.
• Obtain permission when reproducing copyrighted figures, tables, images, or other protected materials, where required.
• Avoid misleading attribution, fabricated references, and inappropriate citation practices.
• Clearly disclose substantial overlap with previously published or publicly available versions of the manuscript.

Proper citation does not automatically justify extensive reproduction of previously published material. Authors must ensure that their manuscripts demonstrate meaningful originality and comply with applicable copyright requirements.

3. Similarity Screening and Threshold

Journal of Management and Business Innovations uses Turnitin to evaluate textual similarity and identify potential overlap with published literature and other available sources.

The journal applies a maximum overall similarity threshold of 25% during the initial manuscript screening process.

A Turnitin similarity score indicates textual overlap and does not independently establish plagiarism. The editorial team examines the similarity report by considering the matched sources, quotation practices, citations, and the context of overlapping material.

Similarity arising from correctly cited quotations, standard terminology, reference lists, or commonly used methodological expressions may require contextual evaluation. Such material does not automatically constitute plagiarism.

Conversely, a manuscript with a similarity score below 25% may still be considered problematic if it contains unattributed copying, inappropriate paraphrasing, or other evidence of plagiarism.

The editorial team retains responsibility for determining whether the manuscript meets the journal's originality and research integrity requirements.

4. Plagiarism Screening Procedure

Plagiarism screening is integrated into the manuscript evaluation process and may involve the following stages:

• Initial Screening: Submitted manuscripts are examined for textual similarity using Turnitin before proceeding to external peer review.
• Similarity Report Evaluation: The editorial team reviews the similarity report, examines substantial matches, and evaluates whether the identified overlap is properly acknowledged.
• Editorial Assessment: Manuscripts that meet the journal's originality requirements may proceed to further editorial evaluation and peer review.
• Revision or Clarification: When potentially inappropriate overlap is detected, the editor may request clarification, improved citation, rewriting of affected sections, or other necessary corrections.
• Reassessment: Revised manuscripts may undergo additional similarity screening to determine whether the identified concerns have been adequately addressed.
• Editorial Decision: Manuscripts containing serious, unresolved, or deliberate plagiarism may be rejected in accordance with the journal's publication ethics requirements.

The editorial team may conduct additional similarity checks during subsequent manuscript revisions or before final publication when necessary.

Manuscripts are not automatically accepted or rejected solely on the basis of an automated similarity score. Editorial decisions consider the available evidence and the seriousness of any identified irregularities.

5. Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication

Authors must not submit the same manuscript simultaneously to multiple journals or present previously published research as an entirely new scholarly contribution.

Submissions must not have been previously published as journal articles or be under consideration by another journal at the time of submission.

An extended version of a conference paper may be considered when it contains substantial new scholarly contributions, appropriately cites the original publication, and clearly discloses the relationship between the previous and submitted versions.

The editorial team determines whether such submissions demonstrate sufficient originality and comply with the journal's publication ethics and manuscript requirements.

Authors must disclose relevant earlier versions of their research to avoid misleading claims of originality or duplicate publication.

6. Plagiarism and AI-Assisted Content

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies does not exempt authors from their responsibilities concerning originality, appropriate citation, research integrity, and intellectual property rights.

Authors must verify AI-assisted content to ensure that it does not contain unattributed reproduced material, fabricated references, misleading citations, or other forms of academic misconduct.

AI-generated text is not automatically classified as plagiarism. Concerns regarding AI-assisted content must be assessed based on evidence of inappropriate attribution, research misconduct, or violations of the journal's disclosure requirements.

Detailed requirements regarding responsible AI use and disclosure are provided in the AI Use Policy .

7. Handling Suspected Plagiarism

When suspected plagiarism is identified, the editorial team evaluates the concern in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and research integrity procedures.

Depending on the nature and severity of the concern, editorial actions may include:

• Requesting clarification or supporting documentation from the authors.
• Requiring correction of citations, quotations, or improperly reused material.
• Requesting manuscript revision and additional similarity screening.
• Rejecting manuscripts containing significant or unresolved plagiarism.
• Referring serious research integrity concerns to the relevant institution when appropriate.

Authors should be given a reasonable opportunity to explain the identified concerns before a final determination of misconduct is made.

If significant plagiarism is identified after publication, the journal may initiate an investigation and consider appropriate corrective actions, including publication of a correction, expression of concern, or retraction.

Post-publication actions must follow the journal's established procedures for maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.