Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

from all co-authors are incorporated in the paper as appropriate.

Changes to Authorship

Authors are strongly advised to the correct authors group, the corresponding author and the order of the authors before the submission of the manuscript. Any change whatsoever is not allowed after the acceptance of the manuscript. Note that authors’ names will be published in accordance with the sequences of the names as they appear on the accepted paper. Make sure that all the names, email addresses, and affiliations of the authors are correct. During revision process, addition or deletion of authors is strictly prohibited. However, Editor-in-Chief has the right to entertain any such request for the change in authorship.

 

Author identification

 

Authors are advised to use their ORCID ID when submitting an article for consideration or acquire an ORCID ID via the submission process.

 

Authorship issues or disputes

 

During peer-review stage or after acceptance/publication, if a dispute regarding the authorship of the manuscript arises, the journal will not be in position to adjudicate or investigate into the dispute. Thus, it will be the sole responsibilities of the authors to resolve the issue themselves. However, if they remain unsuccessful in resolving the dispute, the journal have the right to withdraw the paper from editorial process or in case of a published article raise the dispute with the author (s) institution (s) and abide by its guidelines.

 

Confidentiality

All communications with the Journal’s dignitaries and representatives like Editor-in-Chief or Handling editors and information regarding the reviewers’ reports are to be kept confidential unless clear consent has been obtained to share information.

 

After acceptance

After a manuscript is accepted, it will be undergone typesetting. Once typesetting is accomplished, author (s) will receive a link asking him/them to corroborate his/their affiliation, choose the publishing model for his/their article as well as arrange rights and payment of any associated publication cost. After the accomplishment of all this, the manuscript will be processed and the author (s) will receive a proof.

 

Online First

 

The paper will be published online first. It will be the first official publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.