Journal Policy
JSS Journal of Scientific Studies of Science Studies
Publication Ethics
The work described has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication anywhere else.
Its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities—tacitly or explicitly—at the institute where the work has been carried out.
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s), and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the author(s).
Author Responsibilities
Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, they should ensure that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Data Access and Retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.
Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper and adequate acknowledgment of all the sources referred to/accessed for the paper.
Reporting Standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
In general, an author should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication.
Disclaimer
The concerned authors are solely responsible and accountable for the contents of their papers published in JSS Journal of Scientific Studies of Science Studies.
The Chief Editor, Editor, Associate Editor and Editorial Advisory Board/Committee or publishers do not claim any responsibility, liability of statements made and opinion expressed by authors.
The views expressed in the research papers/articles may not essentially correspond to the views of the Chief Editor, Editor, Associate Editor and Editorial Advisory Board/Committee or publishers.
Errors, if any, are purely unintentional and readers are requested to communicate such errors to the editors to avoid discrepancies in future.
The Chief Editor, Editor, Associate Editor and Editorial Advisory Board/Committee or publishers will not be liable for any mistake or consequences arising from the exercise of information contained in it.
Blind Peer Review Process
This journal uses blind peer review process, which means that both the reviewer(s) and author(s) identities are concealed from each other, throughout the review process. This means that the reviewer(s) of the paper won't get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won't get to know the identity of the reviewer(s).
Journal is committed to prompt evaluation and publication of fully accepted papers. To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo a rigorous review process.
Initial Review
Every paper submitted for publication is read by an editor/editorial committee member, for an initial review.
Reviewer Assignment
If the paper agrees with editorial policies and with a minimum quality level, then it is sent to the empanelled reviewers, along with 'Guidelines for Review' and the Review Report Format.
Reviewers' comments to the editors are sought with specific recommendations whether the paper:
- •Can be accepted in its present form
- •Can be accepted subject to change(s) being suggested
- •Should be re-submitted with significant changes for further review
- •Should be rejected
Final Decision
Based on the reviewers' recommendations, the Editorial Committee takes further actions as required and makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript, and the author/corresponding author(s) will be notified about the acceptance and the possible date of publication, along with reviewers' reports. Reviewers' reports are kept confidential and before passing on to the author will be made anonymous.
If significant revisions are proposed, acceptance is dependent on whether the author deals with those satisfactorily and resubmits the paper within the given time; the same reviewers will be assessing the resubmitted paper in order to ensure the suggestions are fully incorporated and the paper is suitably and satisfactorily revised. Authors of papers that are not accepted are notified promptly.
The entire process takes a maximum of 1-3 months.
Important Notes:
- •Simultaneous submissions of the same manuscript to different journals will not be tolerated.
- •Manuscripts with contents outside the scope will not be considered for review.
Plagiarism Policy
All manuscripts submitted for publication are checked for plagiarism through the authenticated software - iThenticate or Turnitin or Viper.
Manuscripts must not have more than 30% similarity index for further processing.
Journal follows "Norms of UGC" (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS), 2018.
Open Access Policy
Journal is aimed at providing high quality research articles to the academic community without any cost. This journal provides open access to its contents for making it one of the open sources available to the research community in science, engineering, technology, business entrepreneurship and management domains.
Copyright Policy
Journal holds copyrights for the articles including abstracts published in the journal as accepted by the author in full consent in order to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the journal internationally.
Retraction Policy
The Journal follows the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines for Retraction of articles.
View COPE Guidelines