Principles of Transparency

Peer-review process
All submitted articles are evaluated at the submission to meet the structural and subject principles of Management Research in Iran. The matched articles will gone under a double-blinded peer-review process by at least 3 reviewers (expert in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff) who are selected by the Editorial Board members according to their field specialties. The Editorial Board members have the final responsibility to select the articles.
 
Governing body
Management Research in Iran is under the scientific control of Editorial Board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief who is well-known in the journal’s scope.
 
Editorial team
Management Research in Iran is under the scientific supervision of the Editorial Team whose members are all experts with high number of publications in their field.
 
Author fees/Access
There are No Fees or Charges at all for submission, reviewing and publishing processes in Management Research in Iran.
Management Research in Iran follows the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.
 
Copyright
The content of Management Research in Iran is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract, we are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants you such rights in consideration of benefits the Licensor receives from making the Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.
 
Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct
Publisher and editors of Management Research in Iran are reasonable to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In doing so, Management Research in Iran follows COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.
 
Ownership and management
Management Research in Iran is owned by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and is managed and published by YektaPub Co.
 
Conflicts of interests
All Management Research in Iran Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief submitted articles are gone under the same reviewing process as the other authors gone. In the cases that a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript or a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article (all authors are filling the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest at the submission time) Management Research in Iran will follow COPE’s guidelines.
 
Revenue sources/Advertising/Direct marketing
Management Research in Iran is financially supported completely by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and has no other sources for earning funds. Management Research in Iran accepts No advertisements in the site or even as a report article.
 
Publishing schedule/Archiving
Management Research in Iran is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available for ever on Management Research in Iran exclusive website. Also Management Research in Iran is included at EBSCOhost and has the plan to enter to Scopus and Thomson-Reuters databases.