The African Journal of Economic Transformation and Development (AJETD) is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity and ethical scholarly publishing.

The journal expects authors, editors, reviewers and the publisher to act honestly, transparently and responsibly throughout the publication process.

Authors

Authors must:

• Submit original work;
• Ensure that all information and research findings are accurately presented;
• Properly acknowledge sources and contributions;
• Avoid plagiarism, fabrication and falsification;
• Ensure that the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal;
• Obtain appropriate permission for copyrighted material where necessary;
• Disclose relevant conflicts of interest; and
• Provide information concerning research funding where applicable.

Editors

Editors must:

• Evaluate manuscripts objectively and fairly;
• Maintain confidentiality;
• Avoid discrimination or bias;
• Manage conflicts of interest;
• Ensure that peer review is conducted appropriately; and
• Protect the integrity of the publication process.

Editors must not use unpublished information obtained through manuscript evaluation for personal advantage.

Reviewers

Reviewers must:

• Maintain confidentiality;
• Provide impartial and constructive assessments;
• Identify relevant published work that has not been appropriately cited where necessary;
• Declare conflicts of interest; and
• Decline assignments where they lack appropriate expertise or cannot provide an objective assessment.

Research Misconduct

AJETD does not tolerate:

• Plagiarism;
• Fabrication of data or results;
• Falsification or manipulation of research findings;
• Duplicate or redundant publication;
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest;
• Improper authorship practices; or
• Manipulation of the peer-review or publication process.

Where allegations of misconduct arise, the journal may investigate the matter and take appropriate action, which may include rejection, correction, expression of concern or retraction of a published article.