Policies

The GMJACS is a free online multidisciplinary journal in the field of management sciences. The journal policies are mentioned below. 

1. Peer Review Policy
GMJACS has a double blind peer review policy. Initial screening for the suitability of the article for publication is carried out by the editorial committee and subsequently the manuscript is processed for a blind paper review. Authors are informed about the comments or suggestions of the reviewers and are required to revise their paper within a stipulated time period.

2. Plagiarism Policy
  GMJACS has zero tolerance for plagiarism and follows the guidelines given by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan. Each submitted manuscript will be evaluated for plagiarism (https://www.turnitin.com/).using Turnitin, plagiarism detecting software. The journal only accepts papers that have a similarity index score of less than 19%. Moreover, no single source should have a matching similarity index score of greater than 5%. It is expected that the submitted manuscript is not under review of any other journal or has not been published before. BU is following the HEC Plagiarism Policy, the details of the same can be found on the given link:
https://hec.gov.pk/english/services/facultv/Plagiarism/Pages/ defauIt.aspx

 

3. Article Acceptance Policy
The submitted manuscripts are accepted for publication only after the acceptance from two reviewers. If the manuscript isrejected by any of the reviewers it issent for the review process again (to a reviewer of the same capacity) and if that reviewer also rejects the manuscript, then the authors are informed about the decision of the reviewers. Only those manuscripts are eligible for publication which are either accepted "without any revision" or "with minor or major revisions" by the reviewers.

4. Article Publication Policy
GMJACS follows the general publication guidelines that are provided by HEC where the journal holds the rights of publication and distribution of the accepted manuscripts. However, the authors have the rights for the commercial and non-commercial utilization of the published material. Moreover, the journal holds the rights to retract the publication at any point based on the publication policy and HECguidelines for research article publications.

5. Steps Involved in the Publication of the Article
The following publication steps are followed by the journal:
5.1 After submission of the manuscript the authors receive the acknowledgement from the journal.
5.2 The submitted manuscript is sent for a desk review to the editorial committee. It examines the manuscript for appropriateness and relevancy for the journal.
5.3 If the editorial committee finds that the manuscript does not meet the journal's standards the paper is rejected and the author(s) are informed of the decision. If the manuscript is found to meet the standards of the journal, it is then sent to the reviewers for the blind review process.
5.4 As per the article reviewing policy the accepted manuscripts remain in the publication process are sent to authors for further processing while the rejected manuscripts are retracted from the publication process.
5.5 After the revision of the manuscript by the author, it is again revaluated by the editorial committee to ensure that the manuscript conforms to the journal's guidelines for publication.
5.6 After copy editing, the manuscripts are sent in online and print publications.

6. Policy regarding the Conflict of Interest
At the time of submission, the author(s) should make it clear that they do not have any conflict of interest. If author(s) have received any funding or grant for the research they have to report all the relevant details.

7. Policy for the Correction and Retraction of the Research Article
Bahria University retains all the rights to correct or retract the articles that have been published or under the publication process. However, the author(s) are encouraged to notify the editorial committee of any error they find in their publication. In case of any dispute between the journal and the author(s), the decision will be taken by the Editor as per HECguidelines.

8. Policy for the Contribution and Consents of the Author(s)
At the time of submission, the corresponding author should ensure that all authors agree to the order of authorship shown in the manuscript. All the content of the manuscript is pre-approved by all the authors and there should be no conflict of interest. Furthermore, all the relevant information regarding all the author(s) and their respective affiliation must be updated and complete. Journal will not accept more than two affiliations for a single author.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Papers must be submitted with the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or thesis) and are not currently under consideration by another journal published by or any other publisher. The submitting (corresponding) author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other co-authors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes and confirms the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the corresponding author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition for submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to the Journal Editor at saadahmed.bukc@bahria.edu.pk; egmjacs.bukc@bahria.edu.pk