Matters of Behaviour is committed to ethical practices in research. In pursuance of this, all submissions must adhere to relevant ethical guidelines and practices.

Authors’ Responsibilities

Authors will:-

• Ensure that all researched work submitted is original, prepared to a high scholarly standard and fully referenced using the prescribed referencing system.
• All authors are represented accurately and other appropriate acknowledgements are clearly stated including sources of funding if any.
• Openly and fully disclose the source of all data and how it was acquired.
• Certify that all the data has been acquired in accordance with recognised ethical research practices.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities

Reviewers will:-

• Review papers tin their area of expertise.
• Examine papers constructively and provide feedback in a timely manner.
• Examine all work in a confidential manner.
• Report any suspected ethical misconduct within submitted manuscript.
• Treat all papers fairly without bias.

Editors’ Responsibilities

Editors will:-

• Only authorize high quality content.
• Provide advice to authors when necessary.
• Treat all submissions fairly without bias.