• Peer Review Policy

In upholding quality and international standards, the manuscripts submitted to JMPI undergo editorial and double-blind peer review processes. The editorial board comprises local and international scholars in the fields of politics and social sciences. The merit of the submitted manuscripts shall be of quality in terms of their scholarly content, structure, and originality with a relevant topic in line with the Journal's scope and policies. JMPI practices anonymous reviewers/anonymous authors policy. In this regard, all files to and from authors shall be made anonymous to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to either part.

JMPI will treat confidential all submitted manuscripts  and correspondences. Reviewers are urged not reveal details of the manuscript or their review reports before or even after the publication. Manuscripts will not be shared with third parties except in circumstances of investigating misconducts.

• Open Acess Policy

JMPI is an open-access journal subscribing to the Open Access definition by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Articles published in this Journal will be freely available. The Univerisity of Dodoma covers all publication costs, and authors will not be required to pay Article Processing Charges (APC).

• Copyrights  and Licencing

Authors will be allowed to retain the copyright of their materials and grant first publication right to JMPI. All works will be licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 user license.  The Corresponding Author will be required to sign an agreement form that will address license and copyright issues.

• Authorship and contributorship

The corresponding author must ensure that authorship and contributorship, including the ordering, are agreed upon by contributors before submission. The corresponding author should ensure that only persons who significantly contributed to the paper's authorship are included. Persons who contributed to the research but did not participate in authoring a paper may be listed in the acknowledgements section. A person whose name has been included as one of the authors without his/her consent may petition the Chief Editor. The corresponding author must add all the contributors and their valid email addresses during submission. JMPI will ensure that listed contributors are notified about every stage of the editorial process. 

• Declaration of conflict of interests

Authors, editors and reviewers will be responsible for disclosing any conflict of interest they might have concerning a particular manuscript. JMPI subscribes to COPE's definition of conflict of interest, stating that: “Conflicts of interest arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published.” The author who fails to disclose his/her conflict of interests will be deemed to have violated the Journal’s publication policies.

• Complaint handling

The Chief Editor will handle all complaints on publication processes and will be responsible for providing timely feedback about the complaints raised. Complaints regarding author's research misconduct i.e. violation of research or publication ethics, will be referred to the Editorial Board. If the Editor engages in research misconducts, please submit your complaint direct to the   Director of Research, Publications and Consultancy of the University of Dodoma (Email: drpc@udom.ac.tz). The Director will investigate the matter and take appropriate action. 

All allegations of research misconduct brought to the attention of JMPI before or after the publication will be handled seriously. A whistleblower who chooses to remain anonymous will not be disclosed. All allegations will be investigated, including allowing the author to explain, justify or defend against the accusations. If allegations against the author are proven, the publication of his/her paper will be terminated/unpublished. Author(s) who have participated in academic dishonesty will be barred from publishing their future works with JMPI.

JMPI retains the right to remove any published content from its website if it establishes contributor violation of research/publication ethics or in the circumstances of receiving the order from the Courts of law.

• Ethical Issues

JMPI envisions publishing high-quality research outputs and is committed to the highest standards of research integrity and publication ethics. Editors, technical members, reviewers and authors shall observe the ethical guidance outlined on Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) website.

Authors seeking to submit their manuscripts for consideration by JMPI shall adhere to the following ethical guidelines:

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration unless it is a pre-print or conference proceeding and an explanation has been provided in comments to the Editor. JMPI participates in Crossref Similarity Check.  All submissions will be screened by iThenticate. Articles with a Similarity Index above 15% will not be considered except under the circumstances provided above.


• It is author(s’) original work.
• Research clearances and ethical approval were obtained.
• Where necessary, permissions for third-party materials used in the work have been thought.


• Only persons who meaningfully contributed to the paper have been included.


• All contributors are aware of the submission and the corresponding author provides their valid email addresses to JMPI.


• All conflicts of interest have been declared.
• Data presented are genuine and does not involve falsification or fabrication.