Peer Review, Publication Ethics and Research Integrity at GSJAR

The Global South Journal of Applied Research (GSJAR) is committed to fair peer review, editorial independence and responsible scholarly publishing.

Research manuscripts that pass initial editorial screening are ordinarily evaluated through double-anonymous peer review. Reviewers assess originality, relevance, conceptual clarity, methodological appropriateness, ethical compliance, quality of analysis, contextual sensitivity and the contribution of the work to research, policy, professional practice or community needs.

The journal has established policies concerning publication ethics, plagiarism, competing interests, authorship and contributorship, artificial-intelligence use, human and animal research ethics, data availability, research misconduct, corrections, retractions, complaints and post-publication discussion.

Authors, reviewers and editors are expected to comply with these policies throughout the submission, review and publication process.

GSJAR does not tolerate fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate submission, inappropriate authorship, peer-review manipulation, undisclosed competing interests or misuse of artificial intelligence.

The complete policy framework is available through the journal’s Policies and Transparency hub.

Peer Review Policy: https://gsjar.org/index.php/gsjar/peer-review-policy

Publication Ethics: https://gsjar.org/index.php/gsjar/publication-ethics

Policies and Transparency: https://gsjar.org/index.php/gsjar/policies