Conflicts of Interest

Conflict of Interest Policy

MIJST adheres to COPE and ICMJE best practices to ensure that professional judgment is never compromised by secondary interests.

Conflict of Interest (CoI) applies to all participants in the publication process:

Authors: Financial interests (funding, stocks), personal relationships, or professional collaborations.

Reviewers: Competitive/collaborative relationships with authors or stakes in the outcome.

Editors: Institutional affiliations or prior collaborations with submitting authors.

Authors: Must include a CoI Statement. If none exists, use: "The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

Reviewers/Editors: Must disclose conflicts immediately and recuse themselves from the decision-making process.

Pre-Publication: The Editor-in-Chief evaluates disclosures to decide on participation or exclusion.

Post-Publication: If undisclosed conflicts emerge, MIJST follows COPE guidance, which may result in:

To ensure impartiality, submissions from editorial members are handled by external editors to avoid any internal bias.