Dasmariñas Journal of Sustainable Governance
Policies · Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Interest Policy
All authors must disclose any conflict of interest regarding financial, professional, personal, or institutional relationships that could influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Policy Statement
Conflict of Interest and Retraction
All authors must disclose any conflict of interest regarding financial, professional, personal, or institutional relationships that could influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
If no conflict of interest exists, authors should indicate: "All authors declare no conflict of interest." Conflict of interest must be declared at the time of manuscript submission.
Correction and Retraction Policy - Corrigendum
- A corrigendum can be issued if there are identified factual errors in the publication, such as misreported data or incorrect references.
- Authors should submit the correction to the editor-in-chief. Once submitted, the correction will be reviewed.
- Only significant corrections that directly or indirectly impact the publication will be considered in the corrigendum.
- The corrigendum will be linked to the original publication that it corrects.
- The issuance of a corrigendum is free of charge.
- All publications can be corrected only once.
Correction and Retraction Policy - Retraction
- Published papers cannot be retracted unless very serious questions arise regarding the data, unethical research practices, or other serious violations of publication ethics.
- Once approved, the retracted publication will be announced immediately in the next issue and the original publication on the website will have a retraction notice.
- An explanation will be indicated in the retracted paper with a "RETRACTED" watermark.
- Retraction can be initiated by the editorial board or the authors.
