Journal Policies:

Ethics Practices

The Journal/Society is committed to the ethical standards at all stages of the publication process. We follow the guidelines laid by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

Peer Review Process/ Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subjected to a double-blinded peer review process. Also, it goes through necessary plagiarism check. After ensuring the completeness of the article, it is forwarded to undisclosed reviewers for peer review and detailed responses. Authors mostly get the decision on their manuscript within 20 weeks.

Original research in humans and animals require a letter of approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee or a letter stating that the Institutional Review Board had waived the need for informed consent. For prospective interventional trials, registration with trial registries such as Clinicaltrials.gov is highly desirable.

All research shall be conducted as per the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. (modified in 1983 - https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DoH-Oct2013-JAMA.pdf). The research must adhere to the core principles of research ethics:

• informed consent,
• voluntary participation,
• privacy and confidentiality,
• justice, and beneficence,
• right to review.

Digital Preservation / Archiving

The Journal provides for long-term digital preservation through CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, and PKP.

Copyright

The Journal hold the copyright of all the editorial content published in this journal from now. It is mandatory for authors to submit the manuscript along with Commercial Rights Transfer Form.

Licensing

All open access articles published in Journal of The Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management are distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial Share-alike 4.0 International License), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is properly cited. Under Creative Commons, authors retain copyright in their articles.

Open Access Policy

Open access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested in reading it without any restriction. The Open access publications are freely and permanently available online to anyone with internet access. Unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium (which is non-commercial) is permitted, provided the author/editor is properly attributed. All the periodicals are deposited immediately upon publication, without any technical, financial, and gender limitations, in an agreed format on the journal website as well as archiving and indexing databases as applicable to a journal. All articles are self-archiving, with worldwide access through DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - standardized by the International Organization for Standardization, provided for individual article published.

Restricted access to scientific research and advancements through subscription pay wall hinders communication within the scientific community. Moreover, restricted access can also hinder the education and dissemination of scientific knowledge to the aspiring younger generations who are keen to pursue a career in science. Increased productivity and development of science can only be achieved by diffusing knowledge and providing the facilities for creating permanent repositories such as Open Access.

The use of a Creative Commons 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) enables user/reader/peer to use the content with clear permission in a way that it can be reused and redistributed as long as the article source is appropriately given credit for non-commercial purposes.

Self-Archiving Policy

9VOM permits authors to self-archive versions of their work on their own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories with full link to the article published page after publication.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

This Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement is based on the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors as per Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011, ICMJE & WAME.

Advertisement Policy

While advertisements may be crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content:

• "Pop-up" and "banner" ads appear on a random, rotating basis. The advertiser has no control or input over the pages where their ads appear.
• The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
• Advertisers will never be shown on any manuscripts or other content before publication.

Editorial independence will be maintained and advertisements shall be treated separately.

Advertisements will not be accepted if they appear to be indecent or offensive in either text or artwork, or if they relate to content of a personal, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, or religious nature.

Journal will not accept advertising for products or services known to be harmful to health (e.g. tobacco and alcohol products).

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. 9VOM has a policy that changes will not be made after publishing an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

 Plagiarism Policy

Articles will be checked for plagiarism. Only Articles below 10% Similarity Score shall be accepted for Publication. It is advised to authors to run through their own plag check to ensure high possibility of acceptance after review.

The authors must ensure their plagiarism free manuscript. In case of any plagiarism allegation in any form in a published article, the investigation will follow under ICMJE and COPE Guidelines. If proven, the article shall be retracted and further necessary actions may be taken.

 

Manuscript Submission:

The articles must be submitted in below format/ files online only on the web portal:

1. Covering letter/ Title page with author details
2. Main Manuscript (Anonymous) without author / institutional identity
3. Recommendations of 2 reviewers (peer-review assignment id totally editor’s discretion)

More details can be found at Authors Instructions page.

 

TYPESCRIPT: the typescript comprises (a) title page (b) abstract and key words (c) text (d) illustrations. All these must start on separate pages and in the above order. Pages should be numbered consecutively beginning with the title page.

(a) Title page: gives the title of the articles a short title for page heading, type of article (original article, case report etc), name(s) of the author(s), affiliations of author(s), place of work, names and address of the authors (including PIN Code and FAX). Ideally, the title should be of about 60 characters. It should have no abbreviations. Names of all the authors with highest academic degree must be typed one below the other with proper footnote marks after the name. Affiliations (with corresponding footnote marks at the beginning) and addresses of authors should be typed as footnotes only.

(b) Abstract and keywords - The abstract is a synopsis of the main article in about 200 words and gives an opportunity to the author to induce the reader to go through the article. It must give the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of the study, giving facts and not descriptions. Speculative surmises, and references to other works on the subject should be included. Avoid abbreviations. No abstract is required for case reports. Below the abstract give not more that 5 key words using terms from Medical Subject Headings list of Index Medicus.

(c) Text - The text should be divided into sections, e.g., Introductions, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. Each should have it individually and must not be mixed with other. Ensure that all references, tables and figures are cited in the text.

(d) Reference - The Journal follows the Vancouver style as used by Index Medicus system of references.

(e) Legend - illustrations should be brief (rarely exceeding 40 words), but must explain the salient features of the illustrations.

(f) Illustrations - should be presented only if they depict something new or unusual. They should be serially numbered in the order of their mention in the text, irrespective of their nature. Viz. Photograph, drawing or chart, using only the word 'figure' and not diagram, graph etc. Type a label indicating the top (), the short title of the article and the figure number on a piece of paper and past in on the back of the illustrations.

Photograph L Unmounted black and white, glossy (not matt) printers of excellent and clarity and contrast should be selected. Their size ideally should be of post card. Do not write anything on the photograph, either on the back or on the front. Do not use pins, staples or even paper clips to put the photographs together. Enclose the photos in the thin cards, so that they do not get mutilated. Avoid identification, photographs, unless you have obtained the patient's permission to reproduce them (a copy of high definition must accompany the article). Coloured photographs are accepted only if inescapable.

Diagrams and Charts: These should be drawn on thin, white, smooth or glazed care in black ink, and not in any other colour.

MISCELLENEOUS: Use metric measurements -<:m, m.g.kg.nl.L., No periods, no plural (eg. 'IDem' not '10 cms'). 'Significant' should be reserved for use in the statistical sense. Avoid name and initials of the patients and dates. Avoid unfamiliar abbreviation, medical jargon and passive voice. Avoid duplication and repetition of material in results and discussion, in tables and text and in legends.