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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJBSMS)

1. Publication Ethics Policy

IJBSMS strictly follows the ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We are committed to ensuring the integrity and quality of every article published in the journal.

2. Plagiarism Policy

  • All manuscripts submitted to IJBSMS are screened using standard plagiarism detection tools (e.g., Turnitin, iThenticate).

  • The acceptable similarity index is below 15% (excluding references and common phrases).

  • Manuscripts with plagiarism will be rejected without review and authors may be permanently banned.

3. Author Responsibilities

  • Authors must submit original work only.

  • Data must be presented accurately without manipulation.

  • Any conflict of interest must be clearly disclosed.

  • All contributors must be listed as co-authors; ghostwriting is unethical.

4. Reviewer Responsibilities

  • Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and objectivity.

  • They should declare conflicts of interest immediately.

  • Reviews should be constructive, evidence-based, and free of bias.

5. Editorial Responsibilities

  • Editors make decisions based solely on academic merit.

  • They ensure a fair and impartial review process.

  • The editorial team handles all ethical concerns in accordance with COPE guidelines.

6. Retraction Policy

Articles may be retracted if:

  • Plagiarism or data fabrication is confirmed

  • Significant errors are found that invalidate findings

  • Ethical violations such as authorship fraud are identified

Retraction notices will be published online and linked to the original article.

7. Conflict of Interest (COI)

All authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose:

  • Financial relationships

  • Institutional affiliations

  • Personal or professional conflicts

COI declarations are required during submission.

8. COPE Compliance

IJBSMS adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, jointly developed by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME. For more details: https://publicationethics.org

 

Open Access Policy
The International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS) is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available online upon publication without any subscription or access charges. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, or link to the full texts of articles, provided proper attribution is given.

The journal supports the BOAI definition of open access and is committed to promoting unrestricted academic knowledge sharing.

Copyright and Licensing Policy
Authors retain the copyright of their articles published in the International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS).

All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to grant IJOBSMS the right to publish, archive, and make the article permanently available through open access.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reuse any third-party content included in their submissions.

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Indexing

Indexing

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Our inclusion in these databases ensures that the research we publish is widely accessible to the global academic community, contributing to advancements in the field of behavioral, social, and movement sciences.

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