The ethical principles governing the Journal of Technical Market Research and all Society publications.
The Society’s publications programme adheres to internationally recognised principles of publication ethics, including those articulated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Authorship must reflect substantial contribution to the conception, design, analysis or drafting of the work. Guest, ghost and gift authorship are prohibited.
Submitted works must be original. All prior work, ideas and language must be appropriately cited. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism and undeclared reuse are grounds for rejection or retraction.
Data must be accurately reported. Fabrication, falsification, selective reporting and inappropriate manipulation of data or figures are grounds for rejection or retraction.
All research articles undergo double-blind peer review. Reviewers are expected to provide constructive, timely and unbiased evaluations and must disclose conflicts of interest.
Editorial decisions are made independently of the Society’s promoter, knowledge partner and sponsors, and are based solely on scholarly merit.
Authors, reviewers and editors must disclose all conflicts of interest that could reasonably be perceived to influence their work.
The journal will publish corrections, expressions of concern and retractions in a timely and transparent manner in accordance with COPE guidance.
Articles are published under an open-access licence. Copyright terms are specified in the author agreement and the journal’s copyright policy.
Authors and readers may raise complaints or appeals with the Editor-in-Chief. Unresolved matters may be escalated to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee.