The Journal of Health and Environmental Governance (JHEG) is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity, transparency, fairness, and ethical scholarly publishing.
Authors are expected to submit original work, accurately report their research, properly acknowledge sources, disclose conflicts of interest, and take responsibility for the integrity of their work.
Editors are responsible for making fair and objective editorial decisions based on the quality, relevance, originality, and scholarly contribution of submitted manuscripts.
Editors must maintain confidentiality and avoid conflicts of interest in the editorial process.
Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, and confidential assessments of manuscripts. Reviewers should disclose potential conflicts of interest and should not use unpublished information obtained through peer review for personal or professional advantage.
JHEG does not tolerate plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, authorship misconduct, manipulation of peer review, or other forms of unethical scholarly practice.
Where credible allegations of misconduct arise, the journal will investigate and take appropriate action in accordance with accepted principles of publication ethics.