AUTHOR POLICIES AND GUIDELINES FOR AJEB AND AJAFE: SUMMARY

The Asian Journal of Economics and Banking (AJEB) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of Ho Chi Minh University of Banking (HUB), under the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). The Asian Journal of Applied Financial Econometrics (AJAFE) is a specialized academic publication under the same Journal Publishing Body.

AJEB and AJAFE (collectively, the “Journals”) adhere to the relevant publishing policies and ethical standards of Emerald Publishing. The Journals and their editorial teams are fully committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and ethical practice in scholarly publishing.

The Journals follow the principles and guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and support the consistent application of internationally recognized ethical standards throughout the scholarly publishing process.

[1] Your rights and permissions

Author Rights

▪ Copyright retention: Authors retain copyright in their published work.

▪ Teaching and academic use: Authors may use their articles for teaching, classroom activities, academic presentations, and related educational purposes.

▪ Theses and dissertations: Authors may include their work in a thesis or dissertation, subject to appropriate citation and acknowledgement of the original publication.

▪ Reuse in future works: Authors may reuse figures, tables, extracts, and other parts of their articles in subsequent works they author, with appropriate acknowledgement of the original source.

▪ Repository and website sharing: Authors may deposit or share their work through institutional repositories, relevant subject repositories, personal or institutional websites, and appropriate scholarly platforms.

▪ Sharing with colleagues: Authors may share their work directly with colleagues for scholarly and personal use.

▪ Funding and grant applications: Authors may include their work as part of grant or research funding applications.

▪ Reuse under CC BY 4.0: Published articles may be copied, distributed, shared, adapted, translated, and built upon, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the original publication.

▪ Attribution: Any reuse or redistribution should appropriately acknowledge the author(s), article title, AJAFE as the original publication, and other relevant bibliographic information.

Publishing Permissions

▪ Author responsibility: Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use or reproduce any third-party material included in their manuscript.

▪ Legal requirement: Permission clearance is a legal requirement for copyrighted material not created by the author. Failure to obtain permission may expose both the author and the publisher to copyright infringement.

▪ Acknowledgement of copyright holders: Third-party material must be appropriately credited, including any copyright notice required by the rights holder.

▪ Material requiring permission: Permission may be required for figures, tables, illustrations, photographs, artwork, maps, substantial quotations or extracts, song lyrics, poetry, screenshots, software, computer programs, logos, and trademarks.

▪ Rights to be obtained: Where permission is required, authors should obtain non-exclusive reproduction rights, print and electronic rights, worldwide English-language rights, and permission covering the full life of the published work without time restrictions.

▪ Permission-clearing process: Authors should contact the copyright holder and request permission specifying the rights required for republication. All correspondence and documentary evidence relating to permission clearance should be retained.

▪ Timing: Permission clearance should begin while the manuscript is being prepared, as obtaining permission may take several weeks. All necessary permissions should ideally be secured before submission.

▪ Proof of permission: Acceptable evidence includes a signed permission form from the copyright holder or an email explicitly confirming the required reproduction, format, territorial, language, and duration rights.

[2] Research integrity and ethics

Editorial Policy and Originality Guidelines

▪ Originality and exclusive submission: Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be original and must not be under consideration by another publication at the same time.

▪ Author responsibility for originality: Authors are expected to present research based on their own work and to express ideas in their own words. The policy is intended to promote academic integrity and protect authors’ intellectual work.

▪ Verbatim copying: Substantial copying of another person’s work without proper acknowledgement, citation, or quotation marks is considered unacceptable.

▪ Improper paraphrasing: Rewording or rearranging another author’s text without appropriate attribution is not acceptable. Significant improper paraphrasing is treated as seriously as direct copying.

▪ Reuse of third-party material: Figures, tables, paragraphs, or other elements created by others must be properly acknowledged and, where necessary, used only after obtaining permission from the copyright holder.

▪ Self-plagiarism and prior publication: Authors must disclose and appropriately cite any material that has been published previously. Earlier work should be clearly distinguished from the new submission, and reused research should contribute to new findings or conclusions.

▪ Disclosure of previous versions: Authors should cite earlier stages of the work, including conference papers, workshop presentations, and other prior communications, to provide a transparent record of the development of the research.

▪ Republication of previously published work: Previously published material may be republished only in limited circumstances and at the editor’s discretion. The original source must be fully acknowledged and the necessary copyright permission obtained.

▪ Proper attribution and referencing: All sources must be cited accurately and consistently. Direct quotations must be clearly identified, and references should contain complete and accurate bibliographic information.

▪ Reference list requirements: A complete reference list should be provided in alphabetical order and formatted consistently for books, book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, websites, and other sources.

▪ Handling plagiarism allegations: Allegations of plagiarism are taken seriously and should be investigated thoroughly, objectively, and fairly, with clarification sought from relevant parties before any decision is made. Similarity-detection tools may be used to support the investigation.

▪ Fair and impartial decision-making: Editorial decisions concerning alleged plagiarism should be made independently and objectively, without undue influence from third parties.

Research Integrity

▪ Commitment to research integrity: The Journals support high standards of research integrity, including reproducibility and reuse of research, appropriate reporting of negative results, responsible authorship, and the prevention of plagiarism.

▪ Honesty: Researchers should act honestly in all aspects of research, including the formulation of research aims, reporting of methods and procedures, data collection, acknowledgement of others’ work, interpretation of results, and presentation of claims supported by the findings.

▪ Rigour: Research should be conducted using appropriate and robust methods and protocols. Interpretations and conclusions should be supported by the research evidence, and results should be communicated accurately.

▪ Transparency and open communication: Authors should disclose conflicts of interest, clearly describe data collection and analytical methods, report findings transparently, and, where appropriate, make research results, including negative findings, available to the wider research community and the public.

▪ Care and respect: Researchers should demonstrate care and respect for all research participants and subjects, including people, animals, the environment, and cultural objects, while also respecting the integrity of the scholarly record and the wider research community.

▪ Transparency and openness: Authors are encouraged to follow transparent research practices that support the reproducibility of research. This includes fully citing and referencing datasets, programme code, and other research methods used in the study.

▪ Persistent identifiers: Where available, authors should include persistent identifiers, such as Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), when referencing datasets, programme code, and related research materials.

▪ Responsible citation of data: Authors should follow relevant national and international standards and procedures when citing datasets and other research materials.

▪ Open data and reproducibility: Authors are encouraged to responsibly share the data and analytical code underlying their findings, where appropriate, to facilitate reproducibility and reduce unnecessary duplication of data collection and processing.

Preprints, Conference Papers and Theses

▪ Preprints are permitted: Manuscripts previously posted on a preprint server may still be considered for journal publication, provided that the author has not assigned copyright or granted an exclusive licence to the preprint platform.

▪ Responsible use of preprint servers: Authors should ensure that the preprint server clearly identifies submissions as non-peer-reviewed, requires disclosure of potential conflicts of interest, and does not impose licence terms that restrict future publication. Authors should also check relevant institutional and funder policies before depositing a preprint.

▪ Disclosure of preprints: Authors must inform the journal editor at submission if the manuscript has previously been made available on a preprint server.

▪ Updating preprints after acceptance or publication: If the article is accepted or published, authors should update the preprint record to acknowledge the journal publication and direct readers to the final published version and its DOI.

▪ Conference and working papers are generally permitted: Previous presentation or online availability of a working paper or conference paper does not normally prevent submission to the Journals, and the conference version does not necessarily need to be removed from the conference website.

▪ Disclosure of conference papers: Authors must inform the editor if the manuscript has previously appeared on a publicly accessible conference website and provide details of that earlier version. The author must also retain the necessary publication rights and must not have granted an exclusive licence to the conference organiser.

▪ Peer-review anonymity: Authors should disclose any conference proceedings version of the manuscript. Where necessary, the editor may require references to the conference version to be temporarily removed to protect the integrity and anonymity of peer review.

▪ Published conference proceedings: Where a conference paper has already been formally published in proceedings carrying an ISSN or ISBN, the journal submission should be substantially developed beyond the earlier version. Authors must disclose the previous publication and confirm that they retain the necessary rights.

▪ Concurrent conference submission: If a paper is still under consideration by a conference, authors should wait for the conference decision before submitting the work to the Journals.

▪ Conference abstracts and posters: Prior presentation of an abstract or poster at a conference will generally not affect eligibility for journal publication, although the previous presentation should be disclosed to the editor.

▪ Thesis-based submissions are permitted: Manuscripts based on work previously included in a PhD or other academic thesis may be submitted for journal publication.

▪ No general thesis embargo requirement: A thesis does not normally need to be embargoed while an article is under review or awaiting publication. The submitted version of an article may be included in a thesis in print or electronic form, with appropriate referencing.

▪ Use of published articles in theses: After publication, the published PDF may be included in the printed thesis, while the Author Accepted Manuscript may be used in the electronic thesis, subject to the applicable copyright and acknowledgement requirements.

▪ Publicly available theses remain eligible: A manuscript derived from a thesis already deposited in a publicly accessible university repository may still be considered for publication, provided that the existence of the thesis is disclosed to the editor.

▪ “Papers-format” theses: Where a thesis consists of publishable papers and a substantially identical paper is submitted to the Journals, the document recommends delaying public repository deposit of the thesis until that article has been accepted for publication. Authors submitting papers from the same thesis to different publishers should also check the policies of those publishers.

[3] Costs and open access

Transparent price setting

The Journals operate under a Diamond Open Access model (fully open access, sponsored by HUB), meaning that authors are not charged any submission, processing, or publication fees.

Our Open Research Policies

Diamond Open Access: Fully Open Access (Sponsored), also known as Diamond Open Access, refers to Journals published in partnership with organizations such as universities and associations.

No author charges: Authors are not charged publication fees for articles published in sponsored or Diamond Open Access journals.

[4] Post-publication

Article Withdrawal and Correction

▪ Version of Record: Once an article is published online, it is regarded as the permanent Version of Record and forms part of the scholarly record. It should not normally be altered directly after publication.

▪ Post-publication corrections: Corrections are generally made through a separate post-publication notice rather than by directly changing the published article. Corrections are considered where an error materially affects the meaning, interpretation, integrity, or discoverability of the article.

▪ Assessment of significant errors: Where a significant error is identified, the publisher and editor determine whether a correction notice is required. Minor copy-editing, stylistic, or typographical errors that do not materially affect understanding, integrity, or indexing normally do not justify a formal correction.

▪ Correction timeframe: Corrections are normally considered within 12 months of original publication. After that period, corrections are considered only in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the publisher and editor.

▪ Authorship and affiliation changes: Significant changes to authorship may require investigation and must be handled in accordance with relevant publication-ethics guidance. Author affiliations should reflect the institution where the research was conducted.

▪ Article withdrawal or removal: Removal of a published article is reserved for exceptional circumstances, including serious violations of professional ethics, legal disputes, or false or inaccurate information that could pose a serious health risk. Where possible, the bibliographic record of the removed article should be retained.

▪ Expression of concern: An expression of concern may be issued when an ethical allegation is under investigation, when the investigation cannot be resolved promptly, or when available evidence is insufficient to reach a clear and fair conclusion.

▪ Author name changes: Authors may request changes to their name, pronouns, or related biographical information on previously published work. Such changes may, where appropriate, be made confidentially and without a public correction notice.

▪ Corrigendum: A corrigendum is generally issued for an author error or oversight that significantly affects the article or the reader’s understanding of it.

▪ Note of clarification: A note of clarification may be issued where a point in the published article requires explanation or emphasis but does not constitute a formal correction.

▪ Erratum: An erratum generally addresses a production error introduced during the publication process.

▪ Retraction: A retraction notice may be issued in cases of serious ethical misconduct or where the research is seriously flawed or misleading. Where possible, the article remains accessible but is clearly identified as retracted to preserve the scholarly record.

For further information on author guidelines, please contact the Editorial Office.