KRJBM follows the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org), and expects authors, reviewers and editors to meet the standards below.

Authors must:

• submit only original work that has not been published or submitted elsewhere
• list as authors only those who made a substantial contribution, with all agreeing to the final version
• cite all sources accurately and obtain permission for reused material
• report data honestly, without fabrication, falsification or selective reporting
• declare all funding sources and conflicts of interest
• obtain and report ethics approval for studies involving human participants
• report survey and interview data honestly and keep participant identities confidential
• disclose any use of generative AI tools
• inform the journal promptly of any significant error found after publication

Reviewers must:

• review only manuscripts within their expertise and decline if they have a conflict of interest
• keep manuscripts confidential and not use unpublished content for their own work
• give objective, constructive and timely reports
• alert the editor to suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication or data manipulation

Editors must:

• judge manuscripts only on their academic merit, without regard to authors' nationality, gender, religion, institution or beliefs
• keep the identities of reviewers and authors confidential under double-blind review
• declare and manage their own conflicts of interest
• investigate allegations of misconduct following COPE flowcharts

Handling misconduct. Suspected misconduct is investigated confidentially. Outcomes may include rejection, a correction, an expression of concern, retraction, informing the authors' institutions, and a ban on future submissions.