The Publication Ethics of the Journal of State Economic Research are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. This statement outlines the ethical principles that must be followed by authors, reviewers, and editors.

Duties of Authors

1. Reporting Standards: Authors should present an accurate account of their original research and provide an objective discussion of its significance. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

2. Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or any form of data fabrication is strictly prohibited. If authors use the work and/or words of others, they must be properly cited and quoted.

3. Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. Publishing a redundant manuscript or one that describes the same research in more than one journal is considered unethical.

4. Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others is mandatory. Authors must cite publications that have influenced the nature of the reported work.

5. Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

Duties of Reviewers

1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may also help the author in improving the paper.

2. Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that a prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and decline the invitation.

3. Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

4. Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

5. Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.

6. Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions.

Duties of Editors

1. Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor's decision is guided by the journal's policies, as well as legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

2. Fair Play: An editor will evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

3. Confidentiality: The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropri¹ate.²

    
    

4. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without ³the express written consent of the author.