Publish Journal of economic geography Authentic and authoritative scientific articles, with the aim of providing high quality to their readers by adhering to the principles of the code of publication ethics and preventing malpractice.
The ethical code is classified within the publication ethics committee (COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics) and is the guiding basis for authors, researchers and other influential parties in the publication of articles in the journal from arbitrators, consultants, reviewers and publishers, so that the Journal seeks to establish uniform standards of behavior; the journal ensures that everyone accepts the laws of the ethical code in agreement, and thus it is fully committed to Apply them in the light of acceptance of responsibility and fulfillment of the duties and responsibilities assigned to each party :
1-publisher's responsibility:
Publication decisionThe editor-in-chief is responsible for the decision of publication and printing, which is based on the policy of the Journal and compliance with the legal requirements of publication, especially with regard to defamation, slander, copyright infringement or piracy, the editor-in-chief can also consult members of The editorial board or reviewers make the decision.
Integrity: The editor-in-chief ensures that the content of each article submitted for publication is evaluated, regardless of the gender, origin, religious belief, citizenship or political affiliation of the author.
Confidentiality: The information of the authors of the articles must be strictly confidential and maintained by all persons who have access to it, such as the editor-in-chief, members of the editorial board, or any member related to editing and publishing and other trusted parties as required by the arbitration process.
Express consent: It is not possible to use or benefit from the results of other people's research related to unpublishable articles without the permission or written permission of their author.
The journal uses specialized software (such as Dedectia or Turnitin) to screen all submitted papers before sending them for peer review.“
2-Peer Review Policy
The journal employs a double-blind peer review system to ensure the highest standards of scientific integrity and objectivity; the identities of the authors are not disclosed to the reviewers, nor are the identities of the reviewers disclosed to the authors.
Workflow Steps:
- Initial Screening: All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial evaluation by the editorial board to verify alignment with the journal's scope, ethical publishing standards, and similarity index.
- Scientific Evaluation: The manuscript is sent to at least two expert reviewers in the relevant field of study.
- Evaluation Criteria: Manuscripts are assessed based on the originality of the concept, methodological rigor, analytical accuracy, and contribution to scientific knowledge.
- Final Decision: Based on the reviewers' reports, the Editor-in-Chief takes one of the following decisions: (Accept for publication, Accept with minor revisions, Accept with major revisions, or Reject).
3. Reviewer Responsibilities:
Contribute to the publishing decision: The arbitrator, the editor-in-chief and the editorial board help in making the decision to publish as well as assist the author in improving and correcting the article.
Speed of Service and compliance with deadlines: The arbitrator should take the initiative and speed in evaluating the article addressed to him within the specified deadlines, and if this is not possible after the initial study of the article, he should inform the editor-in-chief that the topic of the article is outside the scope of the arbitrator's work, delaying arbitration due to lack of time or lack of sufficient possibilities for arbitration.
Confidentiality: All information of the article must be confidential to the arbitrator, and the arbitrator seeks to maintain its confidentiality and cannot disclose or discuss its content with any party except those authorized by the editor-in-chief.
Objectivity: The arbitrator must prove his review and evaluation of the research addressed to him with arguments and objective evidence, and avoid arbitration on the basis of a statement of his personal point of view, personal taste, racial, sectarian and others.
Identification of sources: The arbitrator should try to identify sources and references related to the topic (article) that the author did not marginalize, and any text or paragraph taken from other previously published works should be properly marginalized, and the arbitrator should inform the editor-in-chief and warn him of any similar, similar or overlapping works with the work under arbitration.
Conflict of interests: The arbitrator should not arbitrate articles for personal purposes, that is, he should not accept the arbitration of articles through which there can be interests of people or institutions or personal relationships are observed in them.
4. Author Responsibilities:
Preparation criteria: The author must submit an original research and present it accurately and objectively, in a consistent scientific manner that matches the specifications of the articles, whether in terms of language, form or content, in accordance with the standards and policy of publication in the Journal, and indicate the data correctly , by full referral, and taking into account the rights of others in the article; avoid showing sensitive and unethical topics, Taste, personality, ethnicity, denomination, false and incorrect information and translation of other people's works without mentioning the source of the quote in the article.
Authenticity and piracy: The author must prove the authenticity of his work and any quotation or use of other people's paragraphs or words must be marginalized in an appropriate and correct manner ; andMagazine You reserve the right to use piracy detection software for works submitted for publication.
Republication: The author cannot submit the same work (essay) to more than one journal or conference, doing so is considered unethical and unacceptable behavior.
Data access and retention: The author is obliged to keep the special data that he used in his article, and provide them upon request by the editorial board or the evaluator.
Disclosure: The author must disclose any conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, that may affect the research results and their interpretation, and the source of all financial support for his article project must be disclosed.
Authors of the article: The authors of the article should be limited to those contributors only in a large and clear way, both in terms of design, implementation and interpretation, with the need to identify the responsible author of the article, who plays a major role in the preparation and planning of the article, and the rest of the authors are also mentioned in the article as contributors to The existence of the names and information of all authors, and not to include other names of non-authors of the article ; also, the authors must inform all of them about the article well, and explicitly agree on what is stated in its content and publish it in the form required by the publication rules.
References and references: The author of the article is obliged to mention the referrals appropriately, and the referral should include the mention of all books, publications, websites and other people's research in the list of referrals and references, quoted or referred to in the text of the article.
Reporting errors: If the author is alerted and discovers a fundamental error and inaccuracy in the parts of his article at any time, he should immediately notify the editor-in-chief of the magazine or the publisher, and cooperate to correct the error.
5. Copyright and Licensing Policy:
Copyright: Copyright for all articles published in this journal is retained by the respective authors without restrictions. Authors grant the Journal of Economic Geography the right of first publication.
Licensing: All articles published in the Journal of Economic Geography are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows anyone to copy, distribute, adapt, or build upon the material in any medium or format, provided it is for non-commercial purposes, and proper attribution and credit are given to the original author and the journal.
Open Access Policy: The Journal of Economic Geography is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are freely, permanently, and immediately accessible online upon publication, without any barriers or fees, including full-text research papers.
Article Processing Charges (APC): The journal is non-commercial and does not charge any fees for peer review processing, article processing, publication acceptance, or printing (No Article Processing Charges – APCs).
6-Usage Guidelines and Privacy Policy:
Disclaimer: Organizational or corrective modifications may be made to journal publications when necessary, in accordance with publishing ethics standards.
Individuals may view, download, print, or save journal content for research and educational purposes.
Any use or citation of articles from this journal must include standard bibliographic attribution (author attribution, date, article title, journal name, and DOI/website URL).
Account credentials (username and password) must not be shared with third parties.
Privacy Statement: Names and email addresses entered on the journal website are used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available to any third party.
7- Repository Archiving Policy and Author Rights:
The journal adopts a flexible self-archiving policy, allowing authors to self-archive their scholarly work. Authors retain the right to deposit all versions of their manuscripts (submitted version, accepted version after review, or final published version) in institutional repositories, subject repositories, or personal websites at any time, with no embargo period.
The journal only requires that explicit acknowledgment be provided indicating that the research was first published in the Journal of Economic Geography, accompanied by a link (URL) or Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to the original article on the journal's website.
” (URL) أو معرف الكائن الرقمي (DOI) للبحث الأصلي على موقع المجلة.