Plagiarism Policy of Management and Finance Bulletin
Commitment to Originality
Management and Finance Bulletin is committed to maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing. The journal publishes only original, authentic, and unpublished scholarly work. All submitted manuscripts are expected to be the authors' own original work and must not contain plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, or duplicate publication.
What Constitutes Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the use of another person's words, ideas, data, figures, or intellectual work without proper acknowledgement or citation, presenting them as one's own. The journal also considers self-plagiarism or redundant publication to be unethical. Self-plagiarism occurs when authors substantially reuse their own previously published work without appropriate citation or justification. This includes duplicate publication and "salami slicing," where minimal new data are added to previously published work and presented as a separate publication.
Types of Plagiarism
Complete Plagiarism
Submitting another person's entire work as one's own without permission or acknowledgement.
Source-Based Plagiarism
Using incorrect, fabricated, or misleading citations, or citing only the primary source while relying on information obtained from secondary sources without proper acknowledgement.
Direct (Verbatim) Plagiarism
Copying text word-for-word from another source without quotation marks, attribution, or appropriate citation.
Self-Plagiarism
Reusing substantial portions of one's own previously published work without proper citation or disclosure.
Paraphrasing Plagiarism
Rewriting another author's work by making minor changes to the wording while retaining the original ideas or structure without proper citation.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Combining phrases, ideas, or text from one or more sources without appropriate attribution, thereby creating a work that appears original.
Accidental Plagiarism
Unintentional failure to acknowledge sources due to oversight, incorrect citation, or improper paraphrasing. Authors are expected to exercise due diligence to avoid such occurrences.
Plagiarism Screening Procedure
All submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening using recognised plagiarism-detection software before they are sent for peer review.
The editorial office evaluates the similarity report carefully to distinguish legitimate similarity (such as references, standard terminology, quotations, and methodological descriptions) from potential plagiarism. Editorial decisions are based on the nature, extent, and context of the similarity rather than solely on the overall similarity percentage.
Where significant plagiarism or unethical text overlap is identified, the manuscript may be rejected. If the overlap is considered minor or correctable, the manuscript may be returned to the author for revision and resubmission before further editorial consideration.
Policy Statement
Every manuscript submitted to Management and Finance Bulletin—including Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Studies, Book Reviews, Perspectives, Commentaries, and Short Communications—is subject to plagiarism screening prior to peer review.
The journal follows a strict policy against plagiarism and expects all submissions to be original, properly referenced, and prepared in accordance with internationally accepted standards of publication ethics. Where plagiarism or other forms of publication misconduct are detected, the journal reserves the right to reject the manuscript, suspend the review process, or take any other appropriate editorial action. The corresponding author will be informed of the editorial decision and the reasons for it.
Plagiarism Detected After Publication
If plagiarism or any other form of publication misconduct is identified after publication, the journal will investigate the matter in accordance with its publication ethics policies.
Depending on the severity of the case, one or more of the following actions may be taken:
- Publication of a correction or editorial notice.
- Retraction of the published article with a clear explanation of the reason for retraction.
- Removal of the downloadable PDF from the journal website while retaining the bibliographic record and retraction notice.
- Notification of the corresponding author and, where appropriate, the authors' affiliated institution(s).
- Temporary or permanent restriction on future submissions by the author(s), depending on the seriousness of the misconduct.
The Editorial Board reserves the right to take any additional action deemed necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
