1. Ethical Publishing Commitment

JHCR aims to ensure the reliability, originality, and integrity of published scholarly work. The journal takes reasonable steps to prevent plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, authorship misconduct, and other forms of research misconduct.

2. Duties of Authors

• Authors must present an accurate and objective account of the research performed.
• Authors must ensure that submitted work is original and properly cited.
• Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously.
• Authors must properly acknowledge all sources, data, software, and third-party materials.
• Authors must disclose financial, institutional, personal, or other conflicts of interest.
• Authors must identify all individuals who made significant scholarly contributions.
• Authors must obtain ethical approval for studies involving human participants where required.
• Authors must provide corrections or clarifications if significant errors are discovered after publication.

3. Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the research. All listed authors should approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission and publication.

4. Duties of Editors

• Editors are responsible for making fair and unbiased editorial decisions.
• Manuscripts must be evaluated based on scholarly merit and relevance to the journal scope.
• Editors must maintain confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
• Editors must not use unpublished materials without written consent from the author.
• Editors must manage conflicts of interest appropriately.
• Editors must take reasonable action when ethical concerns or misconduct allegations arise.

5. Duties of Reviewers

• Reviewers must treat manuscripts as confidential documents.
• Reviewers must provide objective and constructive feedback.
• Reviewers must avoid personal criticism of authors.
• Reviewers must disclose conflicts of interest and decline review where necessary.
• Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited.
• Reviewers should report suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, or ethical issues.

6. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any conflicts of interest that may influence the research, review, or editorial decision. Conflicts may include financial relationships, institutional affiliations, personal relationships, academic competition, or other circumstances that may affect objectivity.

7. Research Misconduct

Research misconduct includes plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, unethical research practices, and failure to disclose conflicts of interest. If misconduct is suspected, the journal will investigate the matter and take appropriate action.

8. Corrections, Retractions, and Clarifications

JHCR is committed to correcting the scholarly record when necessary. The journal may publish corrections, clarifications, expressions of concern, retractions, or apologies depending on the nature and seriousness of the issue.

9. Human Participant Research

As JHCR focuses on human-centered research, studies involving human participants must comply with appropriate ethical standards. Authors must document institutional review board approval, informed consent, privacy protection, and responsible handling of participant data wherever applicable.

10. Ethical Concerns

Ethical concerns related to submitted or published work may be reported to the Editorial Office.

Email: managerofjhcr@jhcr.net