Allegations of Research Misconduct

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Review of Management, Accounting, and Business Studies (REVENUE) takes all allegations of research and publication misconduct seriously and follows the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in handling such cases, whether they arise before or after publication.

1. What Constitutes Misconduct

  • Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism and text recycling without proper citation;
  • Fabrication or falsification of data, survey results, financial data, or sources;
  • Duplicate or redundant publication and simultaneous submission to other journals;
  • Authorship misconduct, including guest, gift, or ghost authorship;
  • Undisclosed conflicts of interest;
  • Citation manipulation, including excessive self-citation or coercive citation;
  • Manipulation of the peer review process;
  • Undisclosed or inappropriate use of generative AI tools;
  • Ethical violations in research involving human participants, including the absence of informed consent where required.

2. How to Report an Allegation

Anyone may report suspected misconduct to the Editor-in-Chief through the contact page or by email at journal.revenue@undiknas.ac.id, providing the title, authors, DOI or submission ID, a clear description of the concern, and supporting evidence where available. The identity of the person reporting will be kept confidential. Anonymous reports will be considered if supported by sufficient and verifiable evidence.

3. Investigation Procedure

  1. Acknowledgement: The editorial office acknowledges receipt within 7 working days.
  2. Preliminary assessment: The Editor-in-Chief, with at least one Editorial Board member who has no conflict of interest, assesses whether the allegation has a reasonable basis.
  3. Author response: If supported by evidence, the corresponding author is informed and given 14 days to respond.
  4. Further investigation: If the response is unsatisfactory, the journal may contact the authors' institutions and request an institutional investigation.
  5. Decision: The editors reach a decision based on the evidence and inform all parties involved.

4. Possible Outcomes

  • Rejection of the manuscript if still under review;
  • Correction of the published article (see the Correction and Retraction Policy);
  • Publication of an Expression of Concern;
  • Retraction of the published article;
  • Notification of the authors' institutions or funding bodies;
  • A ban on future submissions for a period determined by the Editorial Board.

5. Fairness and Confidentiality

All allegations are handled confidentially, fairly, and without prejudice. Authors are presumed to have acted in good faith until the investigation is concluded. Editors and reviewers with a conflict of interest are excluded from the process.