Ethics Policies
JSECR is committed to transparent peer review, ethical publishing, and responsible research. The policies below apply to authors, reviewers, and the editorial office.
Publication ethics queries jsecrsocial@gmail.com
Peer review policy
The review process is an important aspect of the publication process of an article. It helps an editor in making decision on an article and also enables the author to improve the manuscript. JSECR operates a double-blind review process.
Author(s) identity is removed from the manuscript and shielded from the reviewers during the review process. The reviewer is left with only the manuscript without any information that might enable him/her to uncover the identity of the author(s). Information removed includes the author(s) name, address/affiliation, country, phone/fax and email. Any information in the Acknowledgement and Declaration of Conflict of Interest that may lead to the uncovering of the identity of the author is also removed from the manuscript prior to sending it to reviewers.
Manuscripts are assigned to members of the editorial board of the journal or other qualified reviewers. The review process is done using the Manuscript Management System. Reviewers make one of the following recommendations:
- Accept unconditionally
- Accept conditionally
- Reject in current form
- Reject unconditionally
- A Review Certificate is issued to reviewers after the review of the manuscript
Plagiarism policy
JSECR follows a strong plagiarism policy. It ensures that none of the part of manuscript is plagiarized from other sources and proper reference is provided for all contents extracted from other sources.
All papers submitted have to pass through an initial screening and will be checked through advanced plagiarism detection software.
Peer review process
The diagram below outlines the typical stages from submission to editorial decision.
Open access policy
This is an open access journal which means that all contents are freely available to readers without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal, subject to applicable copyright and licensing terms.
Plagiarism policy
JSECR follows a strong plagiarism policy. It ensures that none of the part of manuscript is plagiarized from other sources and proper reference is provided for all contents extracted from other sources.
All papers submitted have to pass through an initial screening and will be checked through advanced plagiarism detection software.
Authors’ responsibility
Submit only original work, cite all sources correctly, and disclose any overlap with prior publications when you submit your manuscript.