How IJARIIT keeps publishing fair, original and open

General Responsibility of Authors

1. The author must give accurate details, objectives, conclusions and references in the final research paper.
2. The author must allow the editorial team to check the accuracy and originality of the paper, and be ready to make changes if recommended.
3. The author must provide the complete raw and reference data related to the research work if the reviewers or editors ask for it.
4. The author must make sure the work follows the originality and plagiarism policies. A paper that is not original is likely to be rejected, and a paper with more than 75% similarity cannot proceed.
5. The lead author must make sure that all co-authors approve the final paper.
6. If the publisher, on behalf of the reviewer or editor, asks for an error to be corrected or a change to be made, the author must make the change and send the edited paper again.

 

General Responsibility of the Reviewers

1. A reviewer reviews the paper and makes sure that everything follows the journal's format before sending it to the editors.
2. A reviewer should double-check the non-peer-reviewed sections of the paper.
3. Reviewers are selected by the Editor. Under double-blind review, they are not told the name and background of the author.
4. If a reviewer feels unqualified to review the paper, they must inform the editor.
5. During the review, reviewers must not share information about the paper with anyone outside the reviewing committee.
6. Reviews must be objective and must not include personal criticism. Comments to the author should be stated clearly.
7. If a manuscript appears to be copied or plagiarized, the reviewer must inform the editor.
8. Reviewers and editors must not use the information and content of an author's manuscript for their personal purposes.
9. Reviewers with a conflict of interest must disclose it to the editor and the other reviewers.

General Responsibility of the Editors

1. The editorial team is authorized to select and publish articles in the journal.
2. The editorial team aims to meet the publication needs of authors while keeping the publishing standards of the journal in mind.
3. Editors should be ready to accept the changes made by the author during the publication process and, if required, suggest improvements they consider fit.
4. Their evaluation of a manuscript must be completely unbiased and not based on the author's name, religion, gender, race and so on.
5. The editor can take help from other editors or reviewers if needed.
6. A submitted paper is expected to be original work with citations and references clearly mentioned. If it is found to be plagiarized, it is likely to be rejected.
7. A paper submitted by an author remains private until the publication process is completed. The editor can share the manuscript only with authorized reviewers and the publisher during the publication process.

Every submitted paper first gets an editorial check and a plagiarism check. Not every article goes to peer review. Papers that do are reviewed by a single-blind or double-blind process. Most papers get a decision in about 3 working days; papers that need corrections can take longer. Authors must not submit the same paper to multiple journals at the same time. If IJARIIT rejects your paper, you are free to submit it to another journal.

IJARIIT is committed to prompt publication of fully accepted and evaluated papers. To maintain high-quality publication, papers that go to peer review follow this process:

1. Submitting the same manuscript to different journals at the same time is not permitted.
2. Manuscripts with content outside the scope of the journal will not be considered for review.
3. Papers are refereed by up to 2 reviewers, selected by the editorial board on the basis of their area of expertise.
4. Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified promptly, so they can submit the paper elsewhere.
5. All submitted manuscripts are treated as confidential documents. Papers are normally reviewed by the double-blind process. In some rare cases single-blind review is used, where the reviewer may need to contact the author to suggest changes or improvements.
6. All manuscripts are first checked with plagiarism software. Papers with more than 75% similarity cannot proceed. The author is asked to revise the paper and upload a revised Word file, and the paper is reviewed again when it arrives.
7. If a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief conducts a preliminary investigation and forms a committee for the purpose. The next step is to contact the author's institute or funding agency to discuss the future course of action.

Refund Policy

Wrongly deposited money or extra deposited money will be processed for refund within 2 days of notification. However, as per the banking process it may take upto 3 weeks to reflect in your bank but once the paper/article is published, the publication fee will not be returned to the author.

Withdrawal Policy

Some authors request withdrawal of manuscript from the publication process after submission. In some instances, the request for withdrawal is made within a few days after submission, however, at times the request is made very late, when the paper is about to be published. Withdrawing manuscripts late from publication wastes the valuable resources and efforts made in evaluation process by the editorial board. So, it is advised that any request for the withdrawal should be made within 2 days of paper submission.

IJARIIT Policies

It is a general principle of scholarly journals that the editor is solely responsible for deciding which submitted articles are published. In making this decision the editor is guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by the requirements of copyright infringement and plagiarism. The core aim is to build an online archive of scholarly work with a permanent database of quality research. Once published, articles remain online permanently. However, there are circumstances when a published article must be retracted or even removed. Such circumstances should be rare and must be undertaken only as a last resort.

Article withdrawal

Article withdrawal applies to manuscripts that have been accepted for publication but have not yet been formally published. These manuscripts are categorised as Article In Press. Withdrawal is acceptable for a manuscript that contains errors or was accidentally submitted twice. It also applies when the manuscript may represent infringement of copyright, intentional multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data and similar problems. These Articles in Press can be "withdrawn" from the journal. Once withdrawn, the original HTML page and PDF file are replaced by a new HTML page and PDF file stating that the article has been withdrawn as per the IJARIIT policy on Article in Press withdrawal.

Article retraction

Retraction covers infringements of professional ethical codes, such as submission to multiple journals, bogus claims of authorship, unoriginal work, fraudulent use of data and similar problems. Occasionally, retraction is used to correct errors in submission or publication. Retraction of an article by its authors or the editor, following the advice of members of the scholarly community, is what most journals do in such circumstances. Standards for dealing with retractions have been developed by a number of scholarly bodies, and these best practices are followed for article retraction by IJARIIT:

1. A retraction note titled "Retraction", followed by the paper title and signed by the authors and/or the editor, is published by the journal and also listed in the contents list.
2. The online article being retracted is preceded by a retraction note. The note mentions the article together with the retraction message.
3. The retracted article remains unchanged except for a watermark with the message "retracted" on each page of the manuscript.

Article removal: legal limitations

Under some rare circumstances, complete removal of an article from the database is required. This extreme action is taken only when the article clearly infringes someone's legal rights, is defamatory, the removal is subject to a court order, or the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious mental, physical or social health risk. In these cases the metadata (title and authors) remain and the manuscript is replaced by a screen saying that the article is being removed for legal reasons.

Article replacement

In some cases where an article may pose a health risk, the authors may wish to retract only the objectionable parts and replace them with a corrected version. In this situation, the original article is replaced by the revised one with a message that the current article is a revised version of a retracted article.

Plagiarism is copying someone else's work without their knowledge and without acknowledging the original author. Plagiarism also includes self-plagiarism, which is when an author uses a large portion of their own previously published work in a new paper without proper references. This includes getting the same paper published in multiple journals, or publishing a previously published manuscript with some new data added.

Types of Plagiarism
IJARIIT treats the following as plagiarism:
Full Plagiarism: A complete copy of a paper with no change in text, grammar, ideas or data.
Partial Plagiarism: Copying or rephrasing text or data from various sources, mixed and matched together.
Self-Plagiarism: An article that was previously published is used again by the same author, in full or in part, in the same journal or a different one.

Policy and Action for Plagiarism
IJARIIT is committed to respecting intellectual property rights and aims to protect the work of its authors. All authors submitting articles to IJARIIT are expected to follow these standards on plagiarism, in any form.

IJARIIT explicitly discourages copying or plagiarism in any form. Every manuscript submitted to IJARIIT is checked for plagiarism using plagiarism software. Papers with more than 75% similarity cannot proceed; the lower the similarity, the better. If the score is too high, the author is asked to revise the paper and upload a Word file. Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review are likely to be rejected, unless the problem is a technical one, for example the author forgot to mention a citation or reference. In such cases the author is contacted to add the required references and citations. If a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief conducts an investigation and forms a committee for the purpose. The next step is to contact the author's institute or funding agency to discuss the future course of action. The committee will take the following course of action:

The head of the college, institution or organization to which the author(s) belong is contacted to discuss the situation.
IJARIIT immediately removes the PDF copy and HTML link of the published manuscript from the website. The metadata is appended with "Plagiarized Work" for indexing purposes.
IJARIIT is likely to reject all future submissions from the author for a period of up to 10 years, or for life, if the committee proves the work to be plagiarized.
IJARIIT may also display the complete contact details of such author(s) on the IJARIIT website.

Authors should note that a paper cannot be withdrawn once it is published. Authors are not expected to publish their previously published research anywhere else, unless the changes are substantial enough to make it new research. Once research is published, the Author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of any and all co-authors. By accepting the copyright policy, the author(s) keep the following rights and agree to the following conditions:

1. The right to use all or part of their own article, including tables, figures and images, in their own future works, provided that due acknowledgment is made to the Publisher as the copyright holder.
2. The right to make copies, on paper or electronic, for their own use but not for sale.
3. The paper is expected to be an original piece of work that is not plagiarized. Copyright can only be attributed to the original authors, and it is transferred to the publisher.
4. The same paper is expected not to have been published anywhere else in the same form.
5. The paper is expected not to be submitted anywhere else for publication unless it has been rejected by the current journal.
6. Any dispute or legal issue will be discussed and considered only before the District Court at Panchkula, Haryana (India).

Journal Author Rights:

For Om Ak Publications and its journal to publish and disseminate research articles, publishing rights are needed. These are set by a publishing agreement between the author and Om Ak Publications along with IJARIIT. This agreement covers the transfer of copyright to Om Ak Publications and IJARIIT. Authors keep the right to use and share their own published articles. Om Ak Publications and IJARIIT fully support the need for authors to share and disseminate their research to maximize its impact. For open access articles, an agreement is signed between the author and the publisher: the authors keep the copyright but give the publisher an exclusive license to make the paper available as open access. In this case the authors have the right to:

• Share their article in the same ways as permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, together with personal use rights as mentioned above.
• Keep all rights related to patents, trademarks and other intellectual property.
• Receive complete attribution and due credit for the work done and published.

Rights granted to Om Ak Publications and Its Journals:

The author grants the following rights to Om Ak Publications and IJARIIT when a paper is published:

1. The exclusive right to publish and distribute an article online and to grant rights to others, including for commercial purposes with due reference.
2. For open access articles, Om Ak Publications and its journal publish the paper online for open access to anyone, for personal and commercial purposes, as long as the user gives proper reference.
3. The right to provide the article in all formats and media so that the research can be used on the latest available technology, even long after publication.
4. The authority to enforce the rights on behalf of the author in case of plagiarism or non-permitted use of the published material by a third party.

Protecting Author Rights:

Om Ak Publications and IJARIIT are committed to protecting and defending the work and reputation of the authors, and take allegations of copyright infringement, plagiarism, non-permitted use of content by third parties and fraud very seriously.

Authors are strongly encouraged to contact Om Ak Publications or IJARIIT if they come to know of possible plagiarism, fraud or copyright infringement. The publisher will then take the necessary action based on the seriousness of the situation. Please note that open access policies allow broad and lenient use, and some cases that may seem like infringement might not be infringement.

Disclaimer

The facts, views and opinions expressed and the data provided in the papers published by the Journal are the sole responsibility of the authors and the publisher, but the editors bear no responsibility in this regard.

All disputes and legal issues are subject to the jurisdiction of the District Court, Panchkula (India) only.