Publication Policies

         The Publication Policies of the Journal are framed in keeping with ith objective of the Journal which is to publish research work that is original, relevant and highly contributive to the development of the world and betterment of life in this world.

 

Editorial Review Policy

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          The Editorial Review Policies offer guidelines (Manuscript Screening Guidelines) to the Editorial Board and Peer-reviewers about effecting discharge of their respective duties. This Manuscript Screening guideline is updated at regular intervals on discussion with our editorial board members and peer reviewers.

 

Copyright Policy

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      All articles published in IJMASR Journal are open-access articles, published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License, which permits reproduction, distribution, derivation and non-commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited and authors and publisher are properly identified.

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         All publications of the Journal are protected by copyright laws and breach of this law is subject to legal actions. Any kind of reproduction or reference to the publications can be permitted only if the sources of that information are properly cited.

 

Publication Charges Waiver Policy

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        The main objective of the IJMASR is the dissemination of knowledge and to develop research, and commercial gains do not form part of the main objectives. The Journal takes all possible efforts to support the authors by offering a waiver in the publication charges based on the quality of the manuscript defined by the reviewer's comments, the economic situation of the author etc, on the author's request, but the decision on the waiver would be decided by the managing editor.

 

Complaints Policy

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         The Journal will act promptly on any complaints it receives and follow the due course of action as per its Complaints Policy. It ensures unbiased, fair dealing of the complaints, ensuring that both the appellant and defendant receive equal opportunities to represent their respective cases.

 

Peer Review Policy

 

      According to the Peer Review policy of the Journal, every manuscript that is submitted for consideration for publication undergoes a strict, double-blind peer-review process that ensures fair, unbiased scrutiny of the author’s work. During, the double-blind peer review, neither author nor the reviewer selected by IJISR knows each other during the review process. The reviewer is requested to make a fair and objective review of all the aspects expected of a research manuscript like content, originality, the relevance of the findings, data analysis and interpretation etc, offering constructive criticism and useful suggestions and recommendations. English language, grammatical errors etc should also be considered by the reviewer for the suitability of the manuscript.

 

Ethical violations

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       If there is an ethical violation in some way or other, the article may be rejected at any stage.

 

Corrections and retractions

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        Authors may realize the need to make corrections or withdraw a manuscript after submitting it. To facilitate this justifiable requirement the Journal has devised its Corrections and retractions Policy. Sometimes if the case demands only a replacement instead of total removal of content the Journal allows the replacement as per the directions of the Corrections and Retraction policy of the Journal.

 

Manuscript Withdrawals

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         During the peer review process or after publication, if the manuscript is found any conflict of interest from the author side, any falsification of data or similar to these errors and asked for withdrawal of the manuscript, the manuscript would be withdrawn.

 

Embargo Policy

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          To ensure that there is no unwarranted access to all manuscripts that are submitted to the Journal, we follow a strict embargo policy. The press or public will not have access to the manuscripts until they are published. All possible measures will be taken to make sure that the reviewer honours their promise of confidentiality. Journal will not take the responsibility for any breach of confidentiality either by the reviewer, editorial board member or the corresponding author towards the publishing of the manuscript until it gets published in our journal but necessary action will be initiated against that party. Our embargo period would be the 15th of the quarter (January, April, July, October) of every year as assigned respectively for that manuscript for that quarter.

 

Ethical expectations

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        There is an ethical binding on all the members of the various departments of the Journal. Everyone is expected to perform his/her duties within a certain ethical code. To read more about the ethical expectations of Editor in chief & Managing editor, Author, Publisher, Peer reviewer and publisher.

 

Consent for identifying information

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      The Journal conforms to the requirements stipulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJ) regarding consent to publish identifying information. Manuscripts having data or images or information which can identify the individual or patient will not be accepted for publication. Written consent should be taken from the patient/individual by the author if the identity of the person such as clinical images, name, address, contact information medical history or information is included in the manuscript.

 

Informed consent

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         Authors who are submitting a research manuscript having patients' study data have to use information regarding a patient in their paper. But according to the stipulations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), such information cannot be used in manuscripts unless the author obtains informed consent from the patients/next-in-kin. Informed consent from the individual/patients who are included in the

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1. For their inclusion in the study

2. For publishing their identity information (text, images etc)

3. For publishing their details

 

Dealing with unethical Allegations

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         The Journal upholds strong ethical values and a good code of conduct. If anyone finds any unethical behaviour or misconduct of any member associated with the Journal, they can bring the matter to the notice of the Journal authorities. If the complaint is made with proper evidence, every step will be taken for a thorough and fair probe into the matter. All the rights of both the alleged defaulter and the complainant will be respected. The accused will be given the opportunity to explain his/her side. Strict confidentiality will be maintained throughout the process of investigation. Decisions will be taken by the publishers in proper consultation with experts.

 

Research on human and animal studies

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         The Journal’s policy insists that certain guidelines have to be followed by authors of research papers whose work deals with human subjects. The guidelines are as per the Declaration of Helsinki 1978. The author’s institutional board or any other appropriate committee should have approved the research on human subjects and the name of this board has to be acknowledged with the approval number and date. National Research Council has guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals. Any research done on these animals should be within the permissible limits if these guidelines. All details regarding the use of these animals for experiments and other related studies should be clearly stated in the manuscript.

 

Advertising Policy

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    The Journal does not promote any advertisement. Announcements about conferences, seminars, symposiums, workshops, or information about hospitals, institutes or organizations are allowed to be placed on our website for free of cost.

 

Appeal policy against Editorial decision

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        After the peer review process, if the Editorial Board decides to reject a manuscript, the author will be notified about the decision. But if the author thinks that it has been an unfair decision he/she has the freedom to make an appeal against the decision to the journal.

 

Confidential Information

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    Strict confidentiality is maintained in matters related to manuscripts, correspondences made with authors and reviewers and complaints made. The same is expected of the Authors, Reviewers and Editorial Staff. The manuscripts, comments from the peer-reviewers, correspondences made, emails etc should not be released to any unauthorized person/body/forum/website. The journal can release the communication, emails etc for the purpose of its policies as and when the need arises.

 

Digital Preservation Policy

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        The manuscript published by IJMASR Journals is in electronic format. The Published full text of the manuscript would be available in PDF format. Achieving the earlier issues will be made on the respective web pages.   All our electronic content (websites, journals, manuscripts etc.) is stored by our publisher UBI journal publishers with their designated servers and a suitable backup is made for the safety of the content if any mishap such as hacking etc happens on three different servers. Content on one server is online and accessible to the readers. The copy of the same live content is kept as a backup on two other servers. In case of failure of one server, any one of the other servers can be made online and all websites and journals will be live within less than 24-36 hours. Self-Archiving: If the journal stops publishing, the journal domain, the website and all the content will be kept in their original form for a period of 10 years. After 10 years the content will be moved to another archive — IJMASR Full Archive — where it will be kept online and publicly accessible. This archive would be created to preserve all the digital content (especially published manuscripts) perpetually.