COPE Compliance Statement

The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, transparency, fairness, and accountability in scholarly publishing. The journal follows the principles, guidelines, and best practice recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) throughout its editorial and publication processes.

IJMR applies internationally recognized ethical standards to manuscript handling, authorship and contributorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, plagiarism prevention, research misconduct, editorial decision-making, corrections, and retractions. All submitted manuscripts are processed through a fair, confidential, impartial, and transparent editorial procedure.

The journal expects authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to follow responsible research and publication practices. Authors must ensure that their work is original, accurately presented, properly referenced, and free from plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, and data falsification. All authors must disclose relevant funding sources, ethical approvals, and conflicts of interest where applicable.

Reviewers are required to provide objective, constructive, and confidential evaluations of submitted manuscripts. Reviewers must avoid any personal, financial, or professional conflicts of interest and should report any ethical concerns identified during the review process.

Editors of IJMR are responsible for ensuring fair editorial decisions based on academic quality, originality, relevance, and contribution to knowledge. Editorial decisions are made independently and without discrimination based on authors’ background, institutional affiliation, nationality, gender, religion, or other personal characteristics.

The journal provides a transparent mechanism for handling complaints, appeals, and allegations of research misconduct. Any concerns regarding plagiarism, authorship disputes, unethical research practices, peer-review misconduct, or conflicts of interest are investigated according to COPE guidelines and established journal policies.

IJMR follows COPE recommendations for maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. Where necessary, the journal may publish corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions to ensure that published information remains accurate and reliable.

The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) continuously reviews and updates its publication ethics policies to remain aligned with international standards of responsible publishing and the evolving recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).