Authors should submit their manuscript by sending the same through mail at the idealjournal@gmail.com The editorial team of the journal acknowledges the receipt of the manuscript through mail to the author(s) within 3 working days of receiving the paper. The paper so received is then forwarded to the Review Committee, wherein the manuscript undergoes double blind peer review process. The suggestions made by the reviewers for enriching the content of the manuscript are shared with the author(s) within a period of two weeks of submission. On successful incorporation of such suggestions in the manuscript, the editorial team intimates the author(s) regarding the acceptance of their manuscript for publication in the forthcoming volume of the journal. The author(s) is expected to furnish the form of declaration to ensure the originality of the content included in the manuscript.

Ethical Guidelines for Authors

Authors must ensure that the manuscript submitted should be an original and unpublished work. Authors should ensure that their manuscript as submitted is not under consideration (or accepted for publication) elsewhere. Where sections of the manuscript overlap with published or submitted content, this should be acknowledged and cited.

An author should not, in general publish, manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal of primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical behaviour.

Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original manuscript and if the authors have used the manuscript and/or words of other researchers; they must ensure that this has been appropriately cited or quoted and necessary permission has been taken for the same. 

Authors submitting articles/papers/cases for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright, infringement of proprietary right, invasion of privacy, or libel and will indemnify, defend, and hold Ideal Journal of Management and IT or sponsor(s) harmless from any damages, expenses, and costs against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers/articles/cases and contributions become the legal copyright of the unless otherwise agreed in writing

Authors must ensure that their contribution does not contain any libellous matter or infringe any copyright or other intellectual property rights or any other rights of any third party.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the development of the manuscript. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author(s) must ensure that all appropriate co-author(s) and no inappropriate co-author(s) are included in the paper and that all co-author(s) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed in principle to its submission for publication.

Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of original submission. Editor will consider only in exceptional circumstances the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript submission.

Authors are collectively responsible for the submitted manuscript and each individual author is accountable for ensuring the accuracy or integrity of the manuscript.

Authors must declare all sources of external research funding in their manuscript and a statement to this effect should appear in the acknowledgement section. Authors should describe the role of the funder in the entire research process, from study design to submission. 

The listing of authors should accurately reflect who carried out the research and wrote the article, and the order of authorship should be jointly determined by all of the co-authors.

All authors should be aware of the submission of their paper to the journal and agree to the main author signing a Copyright Form on their behalf.

Authors should obtain permission to reproduce any content from third-party sources (text and images).Unfortunately, the Journal is unable to publish third-party content for which permission has not been obtained (excluding content covered by fair dealing).

Authors should declare any potential conflicts of interest relating to a specific article.

Authors should inform the editor or publisher if there is a significant error in their published piece, and work with the editor to publish an erratum, addendum or retraction where necessary.

Authors have the right to appeal against editorial decisions.

reserves the right to withdraw and rescind any acceptance, should a case of ethical misconduct be discovered prior to publication.

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Ethical Guidelines for Editorial Board :

The responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief and the members of Editorial Board are as follows:

Acknowledgement: The receipt of manuscripts should be acknowledged by the Office of the Editor-in-Chief within three working days from the date of submission.

Confidentiality of work: It should be ensured by the Editor-in-Chief that the method of processing of manuscripts submitted by the author(s) is confidential. Also, in no case the content of the manuscripts should be disclosed to any outsider.

Objectivity and fairness: The Editor-in-Chief possess the right to decide whether to accept or reject a manuscript after taking into consideration the significance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript and its relevance to the journal without discrimination on grounds of gender, religious beliefs, political affiliation, ethnic or geographical origin, caste or creed, etc., of the authors.

Conviction: The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for taking prompt action and responding expeditiously when an ethical complaint occurs in relation to a submitted manuscript or a published paper. The Editor-in-Chief should provide reasonable opportunity to the author to respond to such complaint. With reference to the same, a formal retraction or correction in writing may also be required.