Conference & Publication Policies

The IIARI upholds and supports open access research publication that allows global sharing of scholarly information without restrictions. Through this platform, free access to shared information promotes knowledge and education. As such, the conference proceedings publication is open-access that anyone can reproduce, redistribute and transform, commercial or non-commercially, with proper attribution. The name of the proceedings publication, Management, Education and Innovation Review, should always be acknowledged.  

The open access articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which grants anyone to reproduce, redistribute and transform, commercially or non-commercially, with proper attribution. Authors retain the copyright but grant the journal the right to the first publication. Authors can use any contents of the article provided there is proper acknowledgement. Reprint and reproduction of the article does not require prior permission. Read full license details here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Authors ensure that:

• The article is an author’s original work.
• It is not considered for publication nor any part previously published elsewhere.
• The author confirms, to the best of his knowledge, the authenticity and integrity of the data gathered.
• There are no fabrication, plagiarism, material misrepresentation, academic dishonesty, discriminatory and bigoted language contained in the article.
• The author obtains prior permission for the use of any previously published text or material owned by another person.

The review of papers submitted to the conference follows the double-blind review process. While the author submits their paper to ICMEI, their submissions are reviewed and copy-edited for the purpose of proceedings publication. 

The journal recruits experts in the field to assist the editor in the evaluation and acceptance of papers. They are selected based on their qualification and specialization.

All submitted papers duly accepted for suitability to journal scope or structural requirements are sent to the reviewers. The journal editorial staff reserve the right to choose the appropriate reviewer based on their knowledge of the topic. The reviewers normally are composed of section editor and/or editorial board member and external reviewer.

The journal adheres to the double blind peer-review process. Neither the author nor the reviewers know each other’s identity. Invitations are sent to potential reviewers. Thereafter, the paper is sent only to those who agreed to accept the review invite. 

Any submission goes for two evaluation and review process: a) preliminary evaluation by the editor-in-chief and/or conference chair and b) peer review. The editor-in-chief and/or conference chair evaluate the paper based on its fitness to journal scope or structural requirements while the reviewers give detailed comments on the paper based on the evaluation criteria. The result of the review may be any of the following: accept, accept with revision (minor or major) or reject. The editor makes the decision after the receipt of at least two reviews. The decision of the editor is communicated to the corresponding author through email.

Any accepted article with minor or major revisions is sent back to the author for the corrections. The author is given ample time to comply depending on the severity of the corrections. If the time given is insufficient, the author is advised to formally request extension through email. The author then submits the corrected article for final evaluation by the editorial board. If the paper requires further revision, the editorial board provides further revisions request through email or through discussion forum in the portal. If the article is accepted, the author is advised to pay the fees prior to the publication. The open access publishing agreement is then signed. 

The entire review process takes minimum one week to maximum one month. However, it is highly dependent on various uncontrollable circumstances. The journal ensures adherence to the proper timeline which completes the submission to final proceedings publication within the maximum 60 days.

The journal uses the OJS-PKP platform and workflow for the submission and review of articles. For guidance and assistance on the use of the portal, you can download the workflow guidelines here.