Editor :
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published or not. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. An editor should evaluate
manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political connections of the authors.
The editor must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the consent of the author information obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or
expression of concern. It should be ensured that the peer-review process for sponsored supplements is the same as that used for the main journal. Items in sponsored supplements should be accepted solely on the basis of academic merit and interest to readers and not be influenced by commercial considerations.
An editor should take measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.
Reviewers:
Peer review process assists the editor in making their final decisions and through the editorial communications with the author also assists in improving the paper.
All the manuscripts received for peer review process must be treated as confidential.
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting things.
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Publisher:
Plagiarism is considered to be a serious breach of scientific ethics by the entire scientific community. Incidents of plagiarism in a manuscript whether detected, will be dealt seriously. We constantly advise and take suggestions from our editorial Board/Reviewers for avoiding any malpractice of publication ethics.