Peer Review Process/ Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subjected to a double-blinded peer review process.  After ensuring the completeness of the article, it is forwarded to undisclosed reviewers for peer review and detailed responses.

Publishing timelines

• 10 working days from submission to first decision
• 3 average months from submission to first post review decision
• 1 month from acceptance to online publication

Publication Frequency

VJR Journal is a semi-annual periodical and an open-access journal.

 

Digital Preservation / Archiving:

VJR Journal provides for long-term digital preservation through CLOCKSS, LOCKSS.

 

Licensing

All open access articles published in the journal are distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-ShareAlike 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. These 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, 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 articles published.

Restricted access to scientific research and advancements through a subscription paywall hinders communication within the research community. Moreover, restricted access can also hinder the education and dissemination of knowledge to the aspiring younger generations keen to pursue their career. Increased productivity and development 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 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 purpose.

 

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.

 

Abstract and Citation information

Authors may reuse the metadata like abstract and how to cite information (e.g., Title, Author name, Publication dates) of their article anywhere at any time including social media such as Facebook, blogs and Twitter, providing a proper acknowledgment is offered and wherever possible a link including the DOI number is included linking back to the articles. This is available in how to cite information on the article online.

 

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.

 

ChatGPT Policy for Scholarly Manuscripts

For Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots in Relation to Scholarly Manuscripts, Please visit the recent Guidelines and stay updated for further information.

 

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).

 

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

 

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 a 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 process will follow under COPE Guidelines. If proven, the article shall be retracted and further necessary actions may be taken.