Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Journal of Energy Economics and Financial Studies (JEEFS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved in the act of publishing (authors, editors, and reviewers) must agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

  1. Duties of Editors
  • Publication Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published based on the manuscript’s validity and its importance to researchers and readers.
  • Fair Play: Editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and potential reviewers.
  • Conflict of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
  1. Duties of Reviewers
  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may also assist the author in improving the paper.
  • Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
  • Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
  • Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
  1. Duties of Authors
  • Reporting Standards: Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
  • Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review.
  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. If authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited. JEEFS uses Turnitin/iThenticate to check for plagiarism (maximum similarity threshold: 20%).
  • Multiple Publication: An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.
  • 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.
  1. Identification of and Response to Allegations of Misconduct

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe cases, the retraction of the affected work.