Authorship Policy
- Every author of a submitted manuscript should have a significant contribution to the work reported. Each author must ensure that the content included in the manuscript is their own work and that they intend to share it with readers.
- Each author, co-author, and corresponding author must satisfy the criteria for authorship and ensure that appropriate acknowledgments are made in the manuscript.
- Authors from different organizations or countries must ensure their affiliations are clearly mentioned in the manuscript.
- Authors should confirm that their manuscript, as submitted, is not under consideration (or accepted for publication) elsewhere. Where sections of the manuscript overlap with previously published or submitted work, this must be acknowledged and cited appropriately.
- Individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria for a specific piece of work but have contributed in some capacity should be acknowledged — with their consent — in the acknowledgment section.
- Authors must specify their name, affiliation (with country name), and email ID in the paper to avoid any authorship disputes after publication. If an author wishes to change or correct their name after publication, such requests may be considered by the journal with proper documentary evidence.
- Editors and editorial board members are not involved in publication decisions when their names appear as authors or co-authors of a manuscript.
- The publisher also discourages the publication of papers by the Editor-in-Chief in the same journal.