Research Ethics Regulations (JABI)

Adopted in March 2024

Preamble

Journal of Asian Business Innovation (JABI) is an academic journal aiming at the development of Asian business and academic exchange. JABI is the main channel to release research findings and communicate academic knowledge. JABI is required to expose academic fraud such as the authenticity of submitted papers, multiple publications, forgery, falsification and plagiarism while setting up and implementing appropriate measures against them to contribute to ethical research compliance. This Research Ethics Guideline seeks to comply with applicable principles and rules in the research activities while presenting some principles and rules to the authors, editing staff and examiners for compliance.

Chapter 2. Research Misconduct

Journal of Asian Business Innovation (JABI) is an academic journal aiming at the development of Asian business and academic exchange. JABI is the main channel to release research findings and communicate academic knowledge. JABI is required to expose academic fraud such as the authenticity of submitted papers, multiple publications, forgery, falsification and plagiarism while setting up and implementing appropriate measures against them to contribute to ethical research compliance. This Research Ethics Guideline seeks to comply with applicable principles and rules in the research activities while presenting some principles and rules to the authors, editing staff and examiners for compliance.

Article 4: Multiple Publication

1. 1. 1. (1) Any paper that has been published in other journals should not be submitted and published in the JABI.
   2. (2) To differentiate submitted papers from existing ones concerning the paragraph (1) above, the following criteria are applied:
      1. A. submitted paper should have a remarkable difference from existing papers in research purpose, method, scope, data, findings, logical development, etc.
      2. B. Use of a different language is not recognized as a difference.
   3. 2. If a paper submitted to JABI modifies or improves partially or entirely another paper that has been previously presented in an academic conference, symposium, and etc., such a fact should be specified.
   4. 3. If a paper submitted to JABI modifies or improves partially or entirely another research project report that has been previously presented in an academic conference, symposium, and etc., such a fact should be specified.
   5. 4. If a paper submitted to JABI modifies or improves partially or entirely another Ph.D. or master's degree dissertation, the author of such dissertation must be included as authors in the submitted paper.

Article 5: Forgery & Falsification

1. Forgery or falsification includes behaviors intentionally expressing the data, measurements and photographs, and etc., differently from the truth.
   1. A. Forgery refers to behaviors falsely generating non-existent data or research findings, etc..
   2. B. Falsification refers to behaviors distorting research details or findings by arbitrarily manipulating the research process, etc. or changing/deleting data.

Article 6: Plagiarism

1. 1. Plagiarism refers to behaviors that use previously published academic ideas, views, expressions, research findings, etc., without specifying a clear source.
2. 2. Regarding the parts used in papers without specifying citation sources, plagiarism also applies to the cases of similar details and expressions to those previously published ones. Plagiarism decisions are irrespective of the amount used without citation source specification.
3. 3. Plagiarism applies to the cases where an author plagiarizes his or her own previously disclosed details (self-plagiarism).
4. 4. However, plagiarism is not applied to the cases of using without source specification academic knowledge, research findings, etc., that have already been generally utilized in the public domain.

Chapter 3. Deliberation and decision on the fraudulent act

Article 8: Decision on Fraudulent Acts in Research

1. 1. In the event of a report on a fraudulent act, the Editorial Board should collect related data and investigate the reliability of such a report.
2. 2. The Editorial Board, if the report is found to be reliable, should introduce the issue to the Research Ethics Committee and submit deliberation data.
3. 3. The chairperson of the Research Ethics Committee allows an opportunity for the involved author to present an explanation for the issue prior to deliberation.
4. 4. The Research Ethics Committee decides on fraudulent research acts based on the presentation of at least 2/3 of the current members and votes for agreement by at least 2/3 of the present members.
5. 5. The chairperson notifies the corresponding author of voting results and reasons.

Article 9: Objection

1. 1. The author of a paper that decided to involve a fraudulent research behavior can file an objection once within 2 weeks if he or she views that the Board's decision or reasons are unfair.
2. 2. The Research Ethics Committee reviews the validity of such an objection and can re-examine or modify its resolution.
3. 3. The chairperson notifies the Committee's resolution and causes thereof to the corresponding author.

Article 10: Confidentiality

1. 1. Research Ethics Committee and Editorial Board members should not disclose to the outside the identity of a reporter who has informed a fraudulent research act.
2. 2.Research Ethics Committee and Editorial Board members should not disclose the identity of the author before the final decision that a reported behavior is fraudulent or when such behavior is found not to be fraudulent.

Chapter 4 Penalty

Additional Rules