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Journal Policies

COPYRIGHT POLICY

Authors publishing with Scholarly Research Publications retain the copyright of their work under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). This license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, provided that the original work is properly cited. Click here to find out more about our copyright policy.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION

Digital Preservation is an essential part in the open access publication process. It is crucial to ensure that all online research is secured and archived for continued long-term access. Scholarly Research Publications has partnered with Portico, which is one of the largest community-supported digital archives in the world to ensure that all manuscripts published in Scholarly Research Publication journals are digitally preserved and archived for permanent online access.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

Authors must give assurance that no part of manuscript reporting original work is being considered for publication in whole or in part elsewhere. The corresponding author must affirm that all of the other authors have read and approved of the manuscript.

AUTHORSHIP

An individual who has made considerable academic contributions to a scientific investigation, for example, one who contributes significantly, to the conception, design, execution, analysis and interpretation of the data, participates in drafting, reviewing or revising the manuscript for intellectual content and approves the manuscript to be published.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

If there are multiple authors in an article, one author should be designated as the Corresponding Author. A Corresponding Author assumes overall responsibility for the manuscript, providing significant contribution to the research effort, may not necessarily be the principal investigator or project leader.

CO-AUTHORS

All co-authors of a publication are responsible for providing consent authorship to the Corresponding Author, should contribute in the research work, take responsibility for appropriate portions of the content, acknowledging that they have reviewed and approved the manuscript and are responsible for the content of all appropriate portions of the manuscript, including the integrity of any applicable research. Authors may acknowledge those people who helped in research project, such as office staff, editorial assistants, medical writers, or other individuals in their acknowledgement. Guest (symbolic), gift (an individual who has not contributed to the research work) and ghost authors are all inconsistent with the definition of authorship, and are unacceptable and a violation of this policy.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

A Conflict of Interest exists when judgement regarding the research is influenced by factors such as financial gain or personal relationships. All authors are required to disclose any financial, personal or other associations that may influence or be perceived to influence, their work.

PLAGIARISM

Scholarly Research Publications is committed to publish original and unpublished material to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. The corresponding author must affirm that all of the other authors have read and approved of the manuscript. All articles submitted to Scholarly Research Publications are screened for plagiarism using iThenticate. If an article contains traces of plagiarism, Scholarly Research Publications will lead an investigation on the matter and will take further action depending on the type of plagiarism. Duplicate submission / publication: Authors must assure that the manuscript is not being considered for publication in whole or in part elsewhere. Processing on manuscripts found to have been published elsewhere or under review will be suspended and authors will suffer sanctions.

CITATION MANIPULATION

Citation manipulation refers to the publication of an article primarily to increase an author’s number of citations. This is against our Ethical Guidelines and we strongly advise authors not to indulge in similar activities.

REDUNDANT PUBLICATIONS

Redundant publication refers to publishing the same intellectual material more than once, by the author. Suspected cases of redundant manuscript submission will be handled as per the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

POLICIES ON THE USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH

When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with any ethical standards set by a governing committee responsible for human experimentation (ie, if applicable, a university review board) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must, in a separate document, explain the rationale for their approach, and, if presented before a review body, demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study.

Studies using human subjects are required to state in the manuscript that all human subjects were provided with the approved informed consent.

When reporting experiments on animals, indicate whether the institution's or the National Research Council's guide for, or any national law on, the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

The manuscript should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English. It is recommended that you ask colleagues to read over your paper prior to submission to ensure it is of a high standard and conforms to a high level of scientific writing.

ORDER OF MANUSCRIPT

  • Title Page – This should contain the title of the contribution and the names and addresses of the authors.
  • Running Head – Shortened version of the manuscript title.
  • Abstract – Maximum 300 words summarizing the study.
  • Keywords – 3–5 indexing keywords.
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References

ONLINE SUBMISSION

You can submit your prepared manuscript using our online submission system.

LICENSING AGREEMENT

All articles are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY).

REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts undergo extensive evaluation in the peer-review process.

POST-PRODUCTION

Manuscript Revisions

Authors will be required to resubmit revised manuscripts. Final proofs must be returned within 3 days.

Retractions

Retractions may occur due to error, plagiarism, or ethical violations.