Conflict of Interest

Conflicts of Interest:

• Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence their objectivity.
• Transparency is essential to avoid any perceived or actual conflicts of interest that might affect the integrity of the research or the publishing process.
• Conflict of Interest for Authors

  All articles that are published in the journal will be accompanied by a conflict-of-interest disclosure statement, or a statement that the author(s) have replied that they have no conflicts of interest to declare.

  All authors should privately disclose ‘ALL their potential conflicts of interest’ to the editors of the journal at the time of submission. These include all financial and non-financial interests and relationships, direct employment with a private sector entity (whether full or part-time), and service on private sector and non-profit boards and advisory panels, whether paid or unpaid. At the time of submission of the manuscript, add the authors who made significant contributions in the article and finalize the list of authors(s); once the article is submitted, addition and deletion of author(s) is not allowed as per the policy of publication ethics of JSE, however, in case of conflict, a request for permission may be sent to the editorial committee. Authors should also disclose any conflict of interest that may have influenced either the conduct or the presentation of the research to the editors, including but not limited to close relationships with those who might be helped or hurt by the publication, academic interests and rivalries, and any personal, religious, or political convictions relevant to the manuscript.

  Note: In case of a concern, complaint, dispute, or grievance raised by any one or more of the co-authors of a written or submitted, or published research paper prior to the publication or post-publication and that may be related to the inclusion, exclusion or order of authorship or any related mishandling, such issue/issues must be communicated to the Managing Editor/Associate Editor, and a request must be made to look into the matter within 30 days of printing or publishing the online issue. After thirty days, no such issues will be entertained.