Conflict of Interest

JCSR seeks to ensure that editorial decisions are based on the scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and academic merit of manuscripts. A conflict of interest may arise when personal, professional, financial, institutional, or other relationships could reasonably be perceived as influencing the judgment of an author, editor, or reviewer.

Authors

Authors must disclose any financial or non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation of findings, or presentation of the manuscript. Sources of financial support must be acknowledged. If no relevant conflict exists, authors should state that they have no conflict of interest to declare.

Editors

Editors must disclose relevant conflicts and must not handle manuscripts where a personal, professional, institutional, financial, or collaborative relationship could compromise, or reasonably appear to compromise, their impartiality. Such manuscripts should be reassigned to an editor without the relevant conflict.

Reviewers

Reviewers must inform the editor of any actual or potential conflict before accepting a review invitation. A reviewer should decline the assignment if a conflict could affect their impartiality. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and must not use unpublished information for personal or professional advantage.

Management of Conflicts

The journal will assess disclosed conflicts and take appropriate steps to protect the integrity of editorial decisions. These may include reassignment of editorial responsibility, appointment of an alternative reviewer, requests for further disclosure, or other proportionate measures.

Disclosures will be handled with appropriate confidentiality. Relevant declarations may be published with an article where necessary for transparency.