Conflicts of Interest

Verdict: Journal of Law Science upholds rigorous standards of academic integrity, transparency, and impartiality in scholarly publishing. To safeguard the fairness and objectivity of the research evaluation process, all authors, editors, reviewers, and editorial personnel are required to disclose any potential or actual conflicts of interest that may influence, or reasonably be perceived to influence, the integrity, assessment, or interpretation of scholarly work.


Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are required to declare all financial and non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly associated with the submitted manuscript.

  • Disclosure Period: Authors should disclose all relevant interests arising within the preceding three years. Interests originating before this period must also be declared if they could reasonably be perceived as having influenced the research.
  • Purpose of Disclosure: Declaring competing interests does not necessarily indicate misconduct or inappropriate conduct. Rather, it serves to enhance transparency and enables readers to evaluate any potential sources of bias.

Examples of competing interests include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Funding and Financial Support: Research grants, financial contributions, or equipment provided by organizations that have a financial interest in the publication's findings or outcomes. Authors should identify the funding organizations and provide the relevant grant numbers, where applicable.
  • Employment Relationships: Current, recent, or anticipated employment with organizations that may benefit or experience adverse consequences as a result of the research findings.
  • Financial Interests: Ownership of stocks or shares, consultancy fees, speaker honoraria, or patent rights that may be influenced by the publication or its findings.
  • Non-Financial Interests: Editorial board appointments, advisory responsibilities, leadership positions, expert witness engagements, or personal and professional relationships that may affect, or be perceived to affect, the impartiality of the research.


Declaration for Transparancy

Authors also are expected to clearly disclose information regarding Acknowledgments (if any), funding, conflicts of interest, author contributions, and the use of AI, all of which must be included in the research article when submitting to Verdict: Journal of Law Science. These elements are essential for maintaining trustworthiness, credibility, and integrity in scientific publications. Authors are responsible for ensuring the correctness of these declarations. Failure to provide accurate disclosures may result in manuscript rejection or post-publication action.

  • Acknowledgments (if any): This section contains the author’s acknowledgments, expressing gratitude to research funding providers, organizations, individuals, and any parties who have contributed to or supported the author.
  • Funding: Authors must clearly state the source of funding used during the research. For example: This study was funded by [Funder Name, Grant Number].” OR “The authors received no funding for this work.”
  • Conflict of interest: The author(s) shall declare the conflict of interest related to their research. For example: Author X has received consulting fees from Company Y. Author X has no competing interests. or the authors declare they have no competing interests.
  • Authors’ contribution: Authors are required to include a contribution statement that clearly identifies who developed and designed the study, who was responsible for data collection or analysis, who prepared the manuscript draft, and who contributed critical revisions or provided intellectual input, thereby ensuring that each author’s role is explicitly defined and consistent with established authorship criteria. Choose the contributor roles [Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing].
For example:
Author1: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.
Author2: Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software.
Author3: Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.
  • Statement of the use of AI: Authors are required to explicitly disclose whether generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used at any stage of manuscript development or writing. For example: the authors declare that, during the process of writing this paper, they used generative AI to refine the grammar, readability, and language; however, all research outputs and content were reviewed and verified by the authors


Responsibilities of Editors and Reviewers

1. Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, and Editors are required to adhere to the following principles:

  • Disclose any personal, academic, or financial interests that may constitute a conflict of interest in relation to a manuscript being evaluated.
  • Withdraw from the editorial assessment of submissions in which a competing interest exists, including cases involving previous co-authorship or shared institutional affiliations with any of the authors.
  • Ensure that manuscripts authored by an editor or an editorial board member are assigned to an independent editor who has no competing interests and assumes full responsibility for the editorial decision-making process.

2. Reviewers are likewise required to declare any actual or potential competing interests associated with a manuscript. They must decline the review assignment whenever such interests may compromise, or reasonably be perceived to compromise, their impartiality and objectivity.

Editorial Staff

All editorial personnel must disclose any financial or non-financial interests that may influence, or be perceived to influence, their editorial responsibilities. Editorial decisions must be made independently and objectively, ensuring that scholarly quality and editorial integrity remain paramount and are not compromised by financial considerations or institutional interests.


Transparency and Accountability

Verdict: Journal of Law Science is dedicated to ensuring transparency and accountability throughout all stages of the scholarly publication process. Any suspected attempt to improperly influence editorial decisions or peer-review outcomes, whether involving authors, editors, or reviewers, should be promptly reported to the journal’s editorial office.

For inquiries or to report any concerns regarding potential misconduct or undue influence in the publication process, please contact the editorial office at: verdict.jls@gmail.com