Conflict of Interest
Disclosure and management requirements for conflicts of interest involving authors, reviewers, and editors at Jurnal Meta-Yuridis.
A conflict of interest exists when financial or personal relationships may influence, or appear to influence, a person’s judgment of a manuscript. Jurnal Meta-Yuridis requires everyone involved in the publication process to disclose potential conflicts of interest.
1. Authors
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Authors must disclose all sources of research funding, including grant numbers, and any financial or non-financial relationships that could influence the research. These may include employment, consultancy, sponsorship, or personal or professional relationships with schools, institutions, or organizations involved in the work.
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Authors must include a Conflict of Interest statement in the manuscript. If no conflict exists, use the following statement:
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
2. Reviewers
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Reviewers must decline an invitation if they have a competitive, collaborative, or personal relationship with an author or institution connected to the manuscript, or if they cannot assess the manuscript objectively.
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Reviewers must not use unpublished information from a manuscript for personal gain.
3. Editors
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Editors must not handle manuscripts involving a conflict of interest, including manuscripts submitted by close collaborators. Such manuscripts must be assigned to another editor.
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Manuscripts submitted by an editor or editorial board member must undergo the same peer-review process as other submissions. The submitting editor must not participate in any decisions concerning their manuscript.
4. Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest
Undisclosed conflicts of interest discovered after publication will be handled in accordance with Jurnal Meta-Yuridis’ Publication Ethics and Research Misconduct policy and its Corrections and Retractions policy. [link to the official policy pages]