Authors Responsibilities Guidelines

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) are expected to meet the highest standards with respect to academic integrity, transparency in research, and professional ethics. It is the author(s) responsibility to read the journal’s Authors’ Responsibilities guidelines.  Manuscript submission by the author(s) implies that all authors have read, approved and complied with the following Author’s Responsibilities.

Originality, Exclusivity and Academic Integrity:

Any submitted research work by the authors to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) should be their own original work and should not been previously published (in print or electronic format). By submitting their manuscripts to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE), the author(s) commit that they will not submit their manuscript to any other journal or publication outlet. If the manuscript is based on work previously made available, including preprints, authors must disclose this and ensure that the submission complies with the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) guidelines for such material. Manuscripts must be free of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or any type of academic misconduct. All sources, including published works, datasets, software, instruments and any conceptual contributions, should be properly acknowledged and cited.

Authorship and Contributor Accountability:

Authorship must be based on a significant contribution to the study. All authors listed must have made substantial contributions to the study and manuscript, and are willing to take public responsibility for the content of their submission to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE).

Ethical Approval and Research Compliance:

Authors submitting to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) are required to make sure that their manuscript fully complies with the obligatory ethical standards and requirements. If applicable, studies involving human participants, personal data or sensitive materials (or involving surveys, interviews, or experiments) require ethics Institutional Review Board (IRB) review and approval of the study or experiment by a suitably constituted body. Authors should indicate the ethical status in their manuscript, provide details of the obtained ethical approval(s), and illustrate whether informed consent was given by the research participants or not.

Data and Materials Availability and Accuracy:

Authors are accountable for all aspects of their work submitted to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE). Authors need to ensure that the accuracy and integrity of all parts of their research work are appropriately investigated and resolved. The integrity and completeness of research records are the responsibility of the author(s), who must be able to provide evidence that the results are accurate. Meanwhile, authors should be willing to provide supplemental files, instruments, data documentation or other methodological information when requested by the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) editors or reviewers (within the constraints of issues concerning confidentiality and legal or ethical limitations).

When data cannot be made publicly available (e.g. due to privacy, contractual or security restrictions), authors must provide an explanation of this within the manuscript in addition to a statement from their approving institutional review board that imposed these restrictions. In such cases, reviewers will be expected to take this into consideration when assessing the conclusions of the study.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest:

Authors submitting to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) must provide detailed information on any professional, financial or institutional relationships that may be perceived to influence (or that they believe could have influenced) the research process and interpretation of the results. This can include funding bodies, consultancies, travel grants, fellowships, honoraria for speaking at symposia and other forms of financial support. If there are no conflicts, authors should state that there is none within the submitted manuscript.

Funding and Sponsorship Transparency:

All sources of funding, sponsorship or material support should be disclosed in any manuscript submitted to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE). Authors should indicate whether the funder(s) had any involvement in any part of the research or not. If the funder had no involvement, this also should be indicated in the manuscript.

Citations and Academic Attribution:

All citations used in the manuscript submitted to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) must be relevant, not biased or outdated references. All citations should have relevancy, balance, and accuracy. Authors must not inflate citation counts for particular authors, journals, or institutions. All references used by authors must be read by them and cited in the context of their original meaning.

Compliance with Intellectual Property Laws and Removal Policy:

Authors are responsible for securing permission to reproduce any copyrighted figures, tables, survey instruments, proprietary datasets, or long quotations published elsewhere. Full credit and copyright notice must be given.

Manuscript Quality and Professional Standards:

All submitted manuscripts to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) should offer correct academic language and style, and must be formatted taking into consideration the detailed authors' guidelines provided on the journal website (https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/SBE/submission/authorGuidelines). 

Peer Review and Editorial Communication:

Authors submitting manuscripts to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) should participate in the peer review process respectfully and professionally. Authors should give due consideration to the reviewers’ comments, provide revision notes clearly, and respond to the queries raised by the editors in a timely manner. Interference (or potential for interference) with the review process is considered unacceptable, such as inappropriate editor or reviewer contact.

Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Responsibility:

Should an author learn of an error, omission or inaccuracy in a paper submitted by him/her for publication in the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE) after the paper is accepted by a journal but before online posting or print publication, the author must promptly notify the journal editorial office ASAP. The journal editorial will work with the author(s) to address any issues related to the manuscript. When required, this will include the issuance of a correction or clarification (or, in the most extreme case, a retraction) in accordance with the journal’s publication ethics guidelines.

Compliance with Journal Policies:

By submitting to the Studies in Business and Economics Journal (SBE), authors agree to the SBE journal policies on ethical standards, plagiarism, confidentiality of the review process, copyrights, and other pertinent matters. Failure to meet any of these duties may result in rejection of the submitted manuscript or other subsequent actions by the journal editorial team.