Policies

Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy

Disclose competing interests; protect unpublished work.

Official policy. Adopted text confirmed by the journal editor.

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Purpose and scope

This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editors, advisers and board members of JHSS and JERS.

Conflicts of interest

Authors disclose funding sources and conflicts at submission.
Reviewers and editors declare personal, professional or institutional relationships affecting impartiality — and step back where they cannot be impartial.
Advisers declare conflicts relevant to advice given.
Potential conflicts are reported to the editor for management.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts under review are confidential documents.
Do not share, discuss, cite or reuse unpublished content without explicit editor permission.
Never use unpublished manuscript content for your own research.
Private applications, reviewer records and editorial correspondence stay inaccessible from public policy pages.

Policy status

Status: Official policy. Reviewed and authorised for publication by the journal editor. No approval date, registration status, ISSN or accreditation is claimed beyond what is stated here.