Conflict of Interest Policy

The International Journal of Human and Social Dynamics (IJHSD) requires authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to disclose conflicts of interest that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, review, or editorial decision-making process.

A conflict of interest may be financial, personal, professional, institutional, academic, or otherwise relevant to the manuscript.

Authors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest at the time of submission.

Reviewers must decline to review a manuscript where a personal, professional, financial, institutional, or other relationship could compromise, or appear to compromise, their impartiality.

Editors must not handle manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest. Such manuscripts should be assigned to an appropriate independent editor.

The existence of a disclosed conflict does not necessarily prevent publication. The journal will assess the nature and significance of the conflict and determine appropriate measures to protect the integrity of the editorial process.