Editorial Policies

The Journal of Leadership in Sport and Management is committed to transparent, rigorous, and ethical scholarly publishing. The journal’s editorial policies are designed to support research integrity, fair peer review, editorial independence, responsible authorship, and clear post-publication procedures.

The policies available in this section cover the journal’s peer review and editorial process, publication ethics and research integrity, authorship and conflicts of interest, corrections and retractions, open access and licensing, data transparency and artificial intelligence, as well as journal governance and publishing practices.

These policies are developed in accordance with internationally recognized standards for scholarly publishing, including the principles and good practices promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Editorial and Publishing Policies

Peer Review Process
JLSM applies a double-anonymized peer-review process with independent expert assessment and editorial oversight.
⁠Read the Peer Review Process

Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
JLSM is committed to responsible research and publishing practices and follows recognized international principles for addressing research and publication misconduct.
⁠Read the Publication Ethics and Research Integrity Policy

Conflicts of Interest and Funding Disclosure
JLSM requires authors, reviewers, and editors to transparently disclose relevant financial and non-financial interests and all sources of research funding.
⁠Read the Conflicts of Interest and Funding Disclosure Policy

Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern
JLSM maintains the integrity of the scholarly record through transparent procedures for correcting, retracting, or formally flagging published work when significant errors or integrity concerns arise.
⁠Read the Corrections, Retractions and Expressions of Concern Policy

Complaints and Appeals
JLSM provides procedures for appealing editorial decisions and raising concerns about editorial processes, publication ethics, or journal conduct, including independent handling of complaints involving the Editor-in-Chief.
⁠Read the Complaints and Appeals Policy

Data Sharing, Availability and Reproducibility
JLSM supports responsible data sharing and transparent reporting while recognizing ethical, privacy, legal, and confidentiality restrictions, particularly for research involving human participants and athletes.
⁠Read the Data Sharing, Availability and Reproducibility Policy

Artificial Intelligence and AI-Assisted Technologies
JLSM permits responsible use of AI-assisted technologies while requiring human accountability, appropriate disclosure, verification of AI-assisted content, and strict protection of confidential manuscripts during peer review.
⁠Read the Artificial Intelligence and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy

Open Access, Copyright, Licensing and Fees
JLSM operates as a Diamond Open Access journal. Authors retain copyright, articles are published under the CC BY 4.0 licence, and no submission or publication fees are charged.
⁠Read the Open Access, Copyright, Licensing and Fees Policy

Digital Preservation and Archiving
JLSM is committed to the long-term accessibility of its scholarly record through persistent identifiers, author self-archiving, and integration with the PKP Preservation Network.
⁠Read the Digital Preservation and Archiving Policy

Research Ethics and Human Participants
JLSM requires appropriate ethical oversight, informed consent, privacy protection, and additional safeguards where research involves minors, vulnerable participants, athletes, or potentially identifiable individuals.
⁠Read the Research Ethics and Human Participants Policy

Authorship and Contributorship
JLSM requires authorship to reflect substantive intellectual contribution and accountability, supports transparent CRediT contributor statements, and does not permit ghost, gift, guest, or honorary authorship.
⁠Read the Authorship and Contributorship Policy

Originality, Plagiarism, Duplicate Publication and Preprints
JLSM requires original scholarship, evaluates text similarity in context, does not permit plagiarism or unjustified duplicate publication, and accepts manuscripts previously disseminated as preprints.
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Editorial Independence and Journal Governance
JLSM separates editorial decision-making from inappropriate commercial, institutional, or personal influence and applies independent handling procedures whenever an editor or Editorial Board member has a conflict of interest.
⁠Read the Editorial Independence and Journal Governance Policy