Journal policies

Authorship and Malpractice Statement

The author of the paper is responsible for copyright violation and other issues related to the article. The author of the article should obtain relevant consent from other authors/editors/publishers to use excerpts from other publications, charts, graphics and similar sources. If the article has several co-authors, the author submitting the article for publication shall obtain relevant consent from other co-authors in order to meet the editorial requirements listed above.

Authors are obliged to provide complete information concerning sources of funding, the contribution of research institutions, associations and other entities ("financial disclosure").

AI and AI-assisted tools do not qualify for authorship under our authorship policy. Our journal does not permit the use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools to create anything in submitted manuscripts. All authors must declare that the manuscript is free of any AI-assisted tools to generate text or images.

Publication Ethics

The detailed information on Ethics and Malpractice is available in the guidelines established by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of  Poland: “Scientific Research and Articles Solidity and Intellectual Rights Respect”

Extract from the “Scientific Research and Articles Solidity and Intellectual Rights Respect” guidelines:

Articles must be original and cannot include borrowings from other works, which could result in liability of the publisher. Papers cannot infringe any third party rights.

Articles must reveal the contribution of all individual authors in the creation of publications (with their affiliations and contributions, such as information about who is the author of concepts, principles, methods, protocol, etc. used in the preparation of publications).

Article cannot display any signs of "ghost-writing," that is not to disclose the names of authors who have made a significant contribution to the publication of, or otherwise contributed to its creation.

Article cannot display any signs of "guest authorship" that is assigning a person who did not contribute to the creation of publications.

Article must include complete information concerning sources of funding, the contribution of research institutions, associations and other entities ("financial disclosure").

Editors and the Publisher will be documenting all forms of scientific misconduct and malpractice, particularly violations of ethics and violations in science. Any such cases will be reported to the employer of the author and to the relevant public and state institutions.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

SER uses the Crossref Similarity Check anti-plagiarism system with the iThenticate tool for researchers and professional writers to check their original works for potential plagiarism. Please see more: www.ithenticate.com/about

Ghostwriting and guest-authorship
In order to prevent ghost-writing and guest-authorship the Editorial Board requires the authors to disclose the contributions of individual authors to paper development (listing their affiliations and inputs, i.e. the information about the author of the concept, hypotheses, methods, protocols, etc. used in the writing of the paper), while the overall responsibility for the manuscript rests with the main author. Considering the fact that ghost-writing and guest-authorship are symptoms of scientific dishonesty, the editorial team shall report each such case to relevant bodies (academic units employing the authors, academic associations, academic editors’ associations etc.).
In case of doubts please read the following rules of The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

Editorial Independence

The Editors have the right to select which articles to consider for publication and which to accept and/or reject, without influence from the publisher or other external bodies. In making these decisions, the Editors are guided by the policies of the journal's Editorial Board and are constrained by the legal requirements in force, such as those regarding copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Articles that have been published shall remain unaltered. However, in exceptional circumstances, an already published article may need to be retracted or even removed. In all cases, such actions must not be undertaken lightly, and the Journal’s official archives will retain all versions of the article, including retracted or otherwise removed articles.

Retractions and Corrections 

In cases of suspected dishonesty or unethical publishing practices revealed at any stage of the publication process or after an article has been disseminated, Social Entrepreneurship Review will take action to obtain satisfactory explanations in accordance with the COPE guidelines. Identified misconduct or unresolved cases may result in the rejection of the manuscript, retraction of the article, and disclosure of the case, including notification of the Author’s institution.

If the article has already been published online, depending on the nature and severity of the issues:
(i) a correction or Addendum may be issued;
(ii) an Editor’s Note may be issued;
(iii) the article may be retracted.

Authors and readers are encouraged to inform the publisher and Editor-in-Chief if they identify anything requiring correction. Reported errors will be investigated by the publisher and Editor-in-Chief, and discussed with the Authors. The appropriate correction will be made following this consultation.

An Author Correction may be published to address significant error(s) made by the author(s) that affect the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the Authors or the journal. A Publisher Correction may be published to rectify significant error(s) made by the journal that affect the scientific integrity of the published article, the publication record, or the reputation of the Authors or the journal. An Addendum is generally published when significant additional information, crucial to the reader’s understanding of the article, comes to light after its publication.

An Editor's Note is a notification alerting readers that the journal has initiated an inquiry in response to concerns raised about a published article. It is an online-only update, added to the HTML version of the published article. It is not indexed.

Articles will be retracted if there is evidence of unethical research, unreliable data, misconduct or plagiarism, or if the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined due to errors in the conduct, analysis, and/or reporting of the study. The original article will be marked as retracted, but a PDF version will remain available to readers. The retraction statement will be bi-directionally linked to the original published paper and typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the Authors.

Removal of Published Content Due to Legal Limitations
In exceptional circumstances, Social Entrepreneurship Review reserves the right to remove an article, temporarily or permanently, from the online database. Such action may be taken if:
(i) the article is clearly defamatory, infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights, right to privacy, or other legal rights, or is otherwise unlawful; or
(ii) a court or government order has been issued, or is likely to be issued, requiring the removal of such content.

In these circumstances, the metadata (e.g., title and Authors) will be retained and accompanied by a statement explaining why the content has been removed.