Publication Ethics

Utkalpa: Journal of Management Innovation is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and responsible research practices.

Ethical standards

  • Originality: Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and free from plagiarism and duplicate submission.
  • Authorship: All authors must have made genuine scholarly contributions.
  • Peer review: Manuscripts are evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process.
  • Confidentiality: Editors and reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
  • Conflict of interest: Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose relevant conflicts of interest.
  • Research integrity: Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and other forms of research misconduct are prohibited.
  • Corrections and retractions: Appropriate action will be taken to correct or retract publications when necessary.
  • AI use: Authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of their work and must disclose AI assistance when required by journal policy.

The journal expects authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher to follow ethical publishing practices and uphold academic honesty in accordance with recognized publication-ethics principles.