IJHM Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement 2025

Indian Journal of Hospitality Management

ISSN: 2582:4082

Publication Ethics & Malpractice Statement 2025

Since 2019 @ IHM Ahmedabad

Open Access to Content

i) Journal complaints and appeals process
ii) Options for post-publication discussions and corrections
iii) Policies on conflicts of interest / competing interests
iv) Policies on data sharing and reproducibility
v) Policy on intellection property
vi) Policy on ethical oversight

Publication Malpractice

Responsibilities of the Publisher

1) Upholding complaints of misconduct

Responsibilities of the Editors

i) Independence and disclosure of competing interests
ii) Neutrality and fairness
iii) Confidentiality and theft of intellectual property
iv) Editorial decisions
v) Compliance with investigations

Responsibilities of the Author(s)

i) Academic standards
ii) Original research and theft of intellectual property
iii) Disclosure of competing interests
iv) Manuscript revisions and editorial compliance
v) Allegations by a third party, investigations, and notification of errors

Authorship and Contributorship

Research Integrity

Open Access Policy

On the Parent Institute website, the (IJHM) journal offers simple, hassle-free access to its contents. Every edition of IHM Ahmedabad includes a creative network of career growth and populations that are unconditionally researching. Since the "Indian Journal of Hospitality Management" was founded in 2019, the committed group of editorial members of IJHM (e-ISSN 2582:4082) has continued to improve the quality-led research. In order to promote international knowledge sharing, IJHM wants to give scholars, researchers, students, and industry leaders a single forum to share their original, unpublished research articles and case studies for the upcoming edition. As specified in the Creative Commons licensing agreement, authors of published articles retain copyright ownership and offer third parties permission to use, reproduce, and distribute their work. Within the author's domain, reproducibility of the material allows for the reuse and distribution of the researched works. Since IHMA established IJHM as part of the academic activity, IHMA might not be the owner of the copyright under the CC BY 4.0 license, which permits others to reuse your work as long as they give you credit.

Checking for Plagiarism

Turnitin checks all articles submitted to IJHM journals for plagiarism (for both similarity and AI usage). The contributing authors are notified to revise their papers to the required percentage in accordance with IJHM Journal Standards upon receiving the percentage.

Strict Peer Review

IJHM adheres to the Double-blind Peer Review principle, which limits multidisciplinary activity to 15% similarity index (plagiarism) and less than 20% AI guidance. A rigorous double-blind peer review procedure must be completed by each submitted work. The Journal is committed to publishing articles after a rigorous, impartial, and expeditious review process. Since 2019, we have been working with the research community to enhance our submission process, with quality and community at the center of our offers. The IHMA's official website, https://ihmahmedabad.com/the-institute/ihm-journals, allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of accepted manuscripts. This expands the reach to a wide audience.

Reviewers are subject matter experts who examine the title frame, abstract, keywords, literature review/synoptic table, methodology, and analysis to ensure that the research produces trustworthy results supported by sufficient evidence. Editors are well-known and respected professionals in their industry who thoroughly examine the process and papers. They only endorse publication if the reviewers attest to the accuracy of the manuscript.

Our skilled internal peer review team supports the entire process. By validating the caliber, validity, and scientific rigor of articles and encouraging productive dialogue between authors, reviewers, and editors, the team maintains and guarantees high standards for both the review process and the manuscripts themselves.

Policy for Indexing and Archiving

IJHM is dedicated to making high-quality papers available everywhere. Since the last ten editions, IJHM has made sure to preserve journal archives. IJHM is attempting to index to UGC-Care, which is no longer necessary, according to IHMA. In advance of 2025, IJHM is continuing to index journals on services, such as Scopus, so that the publishing community may monitor the citations and the content will soon be included to the necessary anti-plagiarism database. All editions can be accessed in the future through the appropriate tab on the official website.

Statement on Publication Ethics and Malpractice

The "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is the source of the following statement.

Publication Ethics

Academic Requirements

The publisher's ethical guidelines should be followed by every study contribution that is accepted. Each paper is subjected to peer review by the publisher and editorial team, who then notify the relevant author or authors. coupled with the dates of the journal's acceptance of the work and its subsequent publication.

Open access to all versions is the responsibility of IJHM. As part of its commitment to academic research preservation, IHMA regularly reviews and updates established archives and indexing services with the most recent information (see IJHM Archiving and Indexing policy, p. 3). The journal's content is meant to be as accessible and open as possible. In order to achieve the professional outlook and quality standards with every article, IHMA is further committed to invite, collaborate with, and promote knowledge sharing and learning.

Author Name Modifications

Post-publication

In accordance with the fundamental principles of IJHM, IHMA does not publicly announce author name changes or, in many cases, the inclusion of authors who have been involved in the research study from the beginning but were not identified at the time the paper was submitted for consideration (where IHMA has the technical capacity to do so). It is possible to request proof on the aforementioned cases from the associated authors.

Our Journals' Ethics Guidelines

i) The procedure for complaints and appeals

All complaints and appeals pertaining to any submitted research paper will be carefully considered by IJHM. It will first be sent to the journal's editor, who will verify its veracity and, if appropriate, notify the publisher and IHMA and handle the matter in accordance with ethical standards. Based on the findings of this review, an appropriate conclusion will be made.

How to file a complaint?

Send a formal email to the journal's editorial team or send a written message to the publisher, IHM Ahmedabad Institute.
In accordance with COPE principles, the issue will be noted and attempted to be resolved at the editor level; if not, it may be forwarded to the publisher.
IJHM must notice cases within five working days and take immediate action before elevating them to higher authority; only difficult matters may be submitted to COPE.

ii) Any post-publication changes, retractions, or deletions of an article must be accompanied by a correction or retraction notice that identifies the article's errors and the scope of the necessary corrections. The retraction note will be connected to the original article's metadata, which will stay in place.

iii) IJHM's conflicts of interest would be open and impartial. IJHM will make sure that the contributor's confidence in the collected journal data is strengthened. When submitting an article, any competing interests—such as impartiality, money, funding, patents, etc.—must be disclosed. Declaring such affiliations contributes to maintaining academic rigor and preventing publications from being accused of excessive bias or false information.

iv) In order to facilitate reproducibility, IJHM is dedicated to a more open access environment and platform. IJHM encourages authors of works published in our journals to share any pertinent research data.

v) Intellectual property policy
IJHM journal authors give the publisher permission to distribute their work under the Creative Commons license CC BY 4.0 (and, in extremely rare cases, under other CC licenses) while retaining copyright.

vi) Since research is a human endeavor, the editorial staff also serves as the ethics team. It is expected of authors to adhere to their institution's research ethical policies.

Publication Malpractice:

The Publisher's obligations

1) Responding to misconduct accusations. Allegations of editorial misconduct, plagiarism, or any other complaints pertaining to the fraudulent publication of an article must be handled promptly and professionally by the publisher, IHMA.

Malpractice & Ethics

The Editors' Duties

1. No organization, entity, institution, or government outside the journal may try to influence an editor's judgment.
2. Editors must evaluate research objectively.
3. Editors are prohibited from plagiarizing authors' unpublished or published works that they have submitted to the journal.
4. Editors are in charge of making sure that the journal's defined editorial policies are followed throughout the whole workflow.
5. An editor must adhere to the due process procedures followed by the journal and/or publisher if a difficult scenario occurs and they are to be investigated for any claimed misbehaviour.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

i) Best practices in academia

A rigorous double-blind peer review procedure must be completed by each submitted work. The Journal is committed to publishing articles after a rigorous, impartial, and expeditious review process. Since 2019, we have been working with the research community to enhance our submission process, with quality and community at the center of our offers. After being accepted, submissions are immediately published with free online open-access, which broadens the audience by enabling users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full contents.

ii) Disclosure of conflicting interests

The subject matter experts should examine and evaluate the title framing, abstract, keywords, literature review/synoptic table, methodology, and analysis in order to ensure that the research produces trustworthy results that are supported by sufficient evidence. However, they must notify the IJHM editorial team if they recognize and/or have any link to the title, abstract, or content of the manuscript they have been asked to examine. However, at the time of manuscript submission, it is the authors' responsibility to declare any conflicting interests.

Confidentiality
Reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of every detail of the document they are examining. In the event of an anonymous review, they must also make sure that the review they submit does not contain any potentially identifying information, such as name or publications.

iii) Performing evaluations

Constructive Review/Feedback: If a manuscript complies with the reviewer's significant changes, authors may choose to resubmit it to the same publication after making extensive alterations. Time-bound submissions of updated papers may be accepted by the journal. The Editor-in-The recommendations given during the review process may be disagreed with by chief or academic editors. For the benefit of the reviewers and authors, they should explain their decision if they do.

The reviewer is prohibited from using the ideas, arguments, and textual content of the article for any purpose that might constitute personal advantage, such as disguising it as their own research. This includes reviewers who have read a portion of the research, like the abstract or manuscript title, but have declined to review. Therefore, reviewers should take care to steer clear of plagiarism, personal criticism, anonymous peer review reports, excessive subjective bias, and any pertinent sources that need to be referenced.

Responsibilities of the Author(s)

i) Academic standards

Authors should adhere to the IJHM journal’s submission guidelines when submitting a manuscript for consideration.

IHMA–IJHM is Open for submissions
ABSTRACT – Max. 500 words,
incl. KEYWORDS - 4-5 words,
FULL PAPER – Max. 5000 words,
MS-Word,
Times New Roman,
Text - 12 pt,
Headings – 14 pt. and
BIBLIOGRAPHY in APA Format.

ii) Theft of intellectual property and original research

Authors should make sure that the study was actually carried out, that the data was accurately presented, and that no plagiarism that violates someone else's intellectual property was used. It was improper to submit the same manuscript or a portion of it for consideration for publication elsewhere. It was not appropriate to submit the same paper in another language. Before submitting their work to another journal, authors should await the outcome of the review and submission to the IJHM journal.

iii) Disclosure of conflicting interests

Any conflicting interests must be disclosed by the authors at the time of paper submission. Even if the work passes peer review, failure to do so may render it inappropriate for publication with IJHM.

iv) Editorial compliance and manuscript modifications

1. An editorial pre-check ensures that the paper complies with high-quality research and ethical standards as received by the Editorial Office.
2. During the editorial preliminary review stage, the academic editor assesses whether the submission fits the journal’s scope. The editor also evaluates the scientific soundness of the work, including the accuracy of the methods used and the relevance of references. Academic editors may request revisions before peer review rather than rejecting the manuscript. The IJHM editorial team may ask authors to make necessary changes, including minor corrections, before forwarding the manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief. In cases of conflicting review reports or rejection recommendations, the academic editor is consulted before a final decision is made.

After making extensive revisions, authors may resubmit manuscripts that have undergone significant changes. Time-bound submissions of revised papers may be accepted by the journal.
Recommendations made during the review process may not always be accepted by the Editors-in-Chief or academic editors. In such cases, explanations should be provided for the benefit of reviewers and authors.
IHMA staff members and IJHM Editorial Board members, including Editors-in-Chief, do not process their own academic work. Editorial decisions are made by other board members. In some cases, an academic editor’s decision to approve a paper may differ from a reviewer’s recommendation to reject it.

i) The writers should give a thorough justification for any discrepancies in accordance with the previously described criteria and principles.
ii) Third-party allegations, inquiries, and mistake notifications

In the event that any submitted article's veracity and integrity are compromised by third-party information or malpractice. IJHM will confer, look into, and ask the writers for clarification. We much await the author's participation in resolving this issue. As a responsible publisher, IHMA will do all in its power to find a solution that benefits both the journal and the author.

v) Contributions and Authorship

The institution or organization where the majority of an author's work is being done should be their principal affiliation. All authors are welcome to submit research papers, regardless of invitation, provided that the manuscripts meet the requirements of the Indian Journal of Hospitality Management, have a suitable title, clearly defined objectives, a structured survey, and an analysis of the study's findings. Each author will be held personally responsible for their contributions. Unjustified author additions or deletions will be regarded as malpractice and will not be accepted by the journal.

The request for the authors' Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) for any submission is now being discussed by the IJHM. is a way for writers to express their digital identities?

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