Modern Sociology and Anthropology Research (MSAR) holds the ethics of publication as one of its core values and as such, adheres strictly to internationally accepted publication ethics. To ensure compliance, MSAR employs the double-blinded peer-review process for all articles she reviews. The rationale for MSAR double-blinded peer review process is to validate the integrity and novelty of the research work. Peer review process adopted by MSAR acts as filter and increases the quality of research submitted for publication. This process also help the authors to remove any errors or gaps in manuscript mistakenly overlooked and assists in making the research more applicable in real time.

Modern Sociology and Anthropology Research adopts the COPE guidelines on publication ethics.

Authors must confirm the following; that:

• submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s);

• only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted;

• it is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently;

• any conflict of interest must be clearly stated;

• the sources of data used in the development of the manuscript is acknowledged;

• all errors discovered in the manuscript after submission must be swiftly communicated to the Editor.

Reviewers are expected to evaluate a manuscript for critical analysis, comparative analysis and most importantly for integrity and novelty of the research work. Therefore, reviewers must confirm the following; that: