Journal policy
Digital Archiving
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) depositing all the published content in the PORTICO system as Digital archiving facility. PORTICO ensures the long-term survival of Web-based scholarly publications. The published articles will remain digitally available forever for free under Creative Commons International License.
Portico, a not-for-profit digital preservation service, is among the largest community-supported digital archives in the world. PORTICO Working with libraries and publishers, Portico preserves e-journals, e-books, and other electronic scholarly content to ensure researchers and students will have access to it in the future
Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.
EMBARGO POLICY
Responsibilities of the Journals
In order to ensure that there is no unwarranted access to all manuscripts that are submitted to the International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS), we follow a strict embargo policy. The press or public will not have access to the manuscripts until they are published. All possible measures will be taken to make sure that the reviewers honor their promise to confidentiality.
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) will not take the responsibility for any breach of confidentiality either by the reviewer, editorial board member or the corresponding author towards the publishing of the manuscript until it gets published in our journal but necessary action will be initiated against that party. Our embargo period would be 5th of every month as assigned respectively for that manuscript.
If a manuscript is released for public access or to the press before its publication by a breach of confidentiality, the Journal may not publish even an accepted manuscript. But the manuscript can be presented in the conference or seminars but proper citation or reference should be cited to our journal. We support and encourage discussion of the particular manuscript among the scientists or researcher or news media until embargo period but care should be taken by the author not to reveal complete data or the complete manuscript or any other activity which hamper our journal citation of that manuscript or any purported reason of publishing in our journal. If the Journal chooses to make a press release or any other publicity, the information will be given to the authors concerned. And the details regarding the authors will also be shared with the press personnel or publically displayed. If any litigation or unethical practice made by the author, International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) has the right to publish the unethical practice along with the details of the author etc.
Responsibilities of the authors
A similar guarantee of confidentiality is expected from the authors also. The author should not release a paper or any part of the paper or the key findings of the study to the press or for public access before publication and if so, they need to cite that the full paper is under the press of our journal. From the time of submission until the time of rejection/publication in case of acceptance, the author should avoid sharing the details of the manuscript to the public or the press. But if in any case, any information regarding the manuscript (research findings or the content of the manuscript in part or full) is shared by the author in the form of an interview to press or any other form of oral or written communication (in website/forum/blog) it should be withheld from publication until the Press Embargo date.
If this rule is not adhered to then it will be treated as the violation of the Journal’s embargo policy. These rules of this policy will be in vogue till the embargo is lifted and an “Early version View/forthcoming issue listing” is published.
The authors can discuss with their peers but should not do this to the extent that complete or part of the unpublished manuscript being published in the media or the public access before the date of full manuscript publishing by our journal. This embargo restriction will be lifted only after the publication of the manuscript in the International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) Journal and thereafter the author can post it anywhere but only after due citation requirements are fulfilled.
We shall not take any accountability for the contents of articles published in the journal and all such liability shall lie with the author/s.
The opinions expressed in the articles are exclusive of the author/s and International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) may not agree with such opinions in part or in full. All the articles submitted for publication in the International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) are peer-reviewed for genuineness, moral issues, and effectiveness.
The decision of the reviewers shall be held final. Authors are solely responsible for the uniqueness of the published work. International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) shall advocate the highest ethical standards of scientific publications.
Online corrections
The version of an article which is published online is considered the final and complete version. Even though it is possible to correct this version, our policy (in common with other publishers) is not to do so, except in very limited circumstances (within 30 days of online publication. We are only able to correct typographical errors in the following: author names, affiliations, articles titles, and abstracts and keywords. In such cases, an erratum or corrigendum would be necessary as well (see below), so that there is a record to explain the difference between the online and print versions. We can publish a correction to your article if there is a serious error, for example with regard to scientific accuracy, or if your reputation or that of the journal would be affected. We do not publish corrections that do not affect the contribution in a material way or significantly impair the reader’s understanding of the contribution (such as a spelling mistake or a grammatical error).
Send an email to editor_ijims@ijmhr.org/editor_ijims@hotmail.com if you need any changes to be affected.
Errata
An erratum will be used if an important error has been introduced during the production of the journal article (one that affects the publication record, the scientific integrity of the paper, the reputation of the authors or of the journal), including errors of omission such as failure to make factual proof corrections requested by authors within the deadline provided by the journal and within journal policy.
We do not publish errata for typing errors except where an apparently simple error is significant (for example, an incorrect unit). A significant error in a figure or table is corrected by the publication of a new corrected figure or table as an erratum. The figure or table is republished only if the editor considers it necessary.
Shipping & Delivery Policy
Only Articles those are submitted to the editor online/offline final copy with copyright form will be published Online or either Scheduled Date of Publication Issue as desired by the corresponding author.
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS), issues hard copy upon the subscription (based on the availability of the copy) and dispatched within 2-3 weeks from the date of online publication.
Published Article will remain Online unless any Copyright Claim / Plagiarism Claim is proven against it.
Published Article will be removed from International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS) website and all possible Indexing Services without prior notice to Corresponding Author if Copyright Claim / Plagiarism Claim is proven against it.
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS), Does not print and send / Courier / Post Hard copy of Certificate. Corresponding Author will receive only e-certificate (Pdf) to their registered email address.
Disclaimer Policy
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In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
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Waiver Policy
The article publication charges (APC) are very nominal and no full or partial Waive-off of the fees. Journal may offer partial waive-off to the student community to encourage the younger researchers upon the submission of a written request with valid proof only Viz., Bonafide certificate from the head of institution/department, Economical status certificate if any.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
No cancellation/refunds are issued once paid for publication in International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS).
Publisher Partner:
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS), it is being run by IMED Research Publications, dedicated to encouraging research in the field of Medical and Health Sciences and is responsible for processing, the publication of the manuscript and maintenance of the web site under the guidance of editor-in-chief.
Green initiatives:
International Journal of Integrative Medical Sciences (IJIMS), it is being run by IMED Research Publications, taking all the necessary measures to reduce the energy use or support the use of alternative energy sources. Also strongly working on “GO PAPERLESS. GO GREEN”.
(Last Updated on 25th March 2020)
