Policy

Faq

Ethics Policy
  1. Editors may invite to advice on submitted Research paper on ethical and security basis, not only from the technical reviewer but also from relevant subject expert.
  2. If Editor may find ethical issues or issues about data or materials which raise concern. In such cases the issue will be resolved before paper accepted for publication.
  3. If concern are related to implication to the society or individual, in such cases suggestions will be obtained from more than one reviewer.
  4. If the article has any threat to security of an organisation, state or nation, we may seek advice of concerned expert before publication.
  5. Shodhshree Journal will be published to promote the culture of meaningful research among students, scholars, faculty members, researchers, scientists and industry people.
  6. Publishers, editors, contributors, subscribers and people related to the publication will work together for improving quality of research work in Multidisciplinary subjects.
  7. Editors , Advisors and Reviewers will be Renowned Experts in their own field who have taken up the assignment to contribute for quality research publication.
  8. The publishers put the integrity of authors, reviewers and editors on very high pedestal and believe that their commitment to produce original research work in Shodhshree Journal is genuine.
  9. Articles published in shodhshree Journal will be subjected to rigorous plagiarism checks before publication and no cut-paste will be permitted.
  10. Reviewers will apply themselves to review articles sent to them and ensure the quality in format and content.
  11. Authors will be black listed if he/she sends any articles which are not his/her own work and picked up/copied from somewhere.
  12. Publishers believe strongly on helping authors in improving their paper writing skill.
  13. Publishers have genuine faith on inclusive growth of the society through meaningful research by all sections of the higher education and industry/corporate and want to honestly promote it.
Review Process and Policy

As a publisher, we try to adhere to the norms and guidelines formulated by various scholarly societies and UGC to achieve international standards by maintaining quality in publication and by updating our publication system. We expect and encourage all the concerned people associated with the journal. In order to maintain transparency in publication, we encourage all—authors, editors, reviewers and other person/parties involved in the publication process, to avoid any form of conflicts of interest. The corresponding author is responsible for sending us the Conflict of Interest document agreed to and signed by other authors.

  1. Generation Information
    1. Research Papers, Articles, Technical Reports, Analysis, Resources, Reviews, Perspectives, Progress articles and Insight articles will be peer-reviewed at the discretion of the editors.
    2. If other contributed articles present technical information, may be peer-reviewed at the discretion of the editors.
    3. About the peer-review process, we encourage reviewers to contact us through email.
  2. Criteria for PublicationWe are constantly trying to raise the standards of our publications. We expect the same kind of commitment from authors to conform to the ethical norms by following our guidelines. Research paper should meet following general criteria:
    1. Quality of Research work and unpublished nature.
    2. Provides strong evidence for its conclusions.
    3. Novel, Innovative and Meaningful to specific field.
    4. Ideally, interesting to researchers in other related disciplines.
    5. In general paper should represent an advance in understanding likely to influence thinking in the field. There should be a discernible reason why the sent work deserves publication.
  3. Plagiarism PolicyAuthors submitting with us are expected to have proper understanding about the plagiarism issues. Nothing should be copied in any form without proper acknowledgement or legal permission in any way that may violate other’s intellectual rights. While they should include acknowledgement to other’s works, they should also take permission for using any material from the concerned persons themselves. The journal will not initiate any process nor will remain responsible for any kind of copyright violation.
  4. The Review ProcessAll submitted manuscripts are read by the editorial board. The article is subjected to plagiarism check with software available and rejected if plagiarism is beyond 25%. Editor may decide to get article reviewed by more than one levier. Only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review.
  5. Post Review/ Re review ProcessWe try to evaluate the strength of the arguments raised by each reviewer and by the authors. Our primary responsibilities are to our readers and to the intellectual community at large, and in deciding how best to serve them, we must weigh the claims of each paper against the many others also under consideration.We may return to reviewers for further advice, where the authors believe they have been misunderstood on points of fact. We therefore ask that reviewers should be willing to provide follow-up advice as requested.When reviewers agree to assess a paper, we consider this a commitment to review subsequent revisions. However, editors will not send are submitted papers back to the reviewers if it seems that the authors have not made a serious attempt to address the criticisms.We take reviewers’ criticisms seriously; in particular, we are very reluctant to disregard technical criticisms. In cases where one reviewer alone opposes publication, we may consult the other reviewers as to whether s/he is applying an unduly critical standard. We occasionally bring in additional reviewers to resolve disputes, but we prefer to avoid doing so.
  6. Selection of Peer ReviewersWe choose reviewers on many factors, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations and our own previous experience. We check with potential reviewers before sending them manuscripts to review.
  7. Access to the Literature by Peer ReviewersIf a reviewer does not have access to any published paper that is necessary for evaluation of a submitted manuscript, the journal will supply the reviewer with a copy.
  8. Review ReportThe primary purpose of the review is to provide the editors with the information needed to reach a decision but the review should also instruct the authors on how they can strengthen or improve their paper to the point where it may be acceptable. As far as possible, a negative review should explain to the authors the major weaknesses of their manuscript, so that authors can understand needs to be done to improve the manuscript. Confidential comments to the editor are welcome.
  9. TimingWe are committed to rapid editorial decisions and publication, and we believe that an efficient editorial process is a valuable service to our contributors or authors. We therefore ask reviewers to respond promptly within the number of days agreed.
  10. AnonymityWe do not release referees’ identities to authors or to other reviewers unless a referee voluntarily signs their comments to the authors. Our preference is for referees to remain anonymous throughout the review process and beyond.
  11. Peer–Review Publication PoliciesAll submitted Research papers are sent for peer review. Authors are welcome to suggest suitable independent reviewers and may also request that the journal excludes one or two individuals. The journal sympathetically considers such requests and usually honors them, but the editor’s decision on the choice of referees is final.Editors, authors and reviewers are required to keep confidential all details of the editorial and peer review process on submitted manuscripts. Reviewers should be aware that it is our policy to keep their names confidential and that we do our utmost to ensure this confidentiality. We cannot, however, guarantee to maintain this confidentiality in the face of a successful legal action to disclose identity.
Author’s Responsibility & Guidelines
  1. A Research paper should contain sufficient detail and references to the work.
  2. The authors should ensure that they have submitted their original works, and if the authors have used the work of other’s then that has been appropriately cited.
  3. All those who have made significant contributions should be reported as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research should be acknowledged as contributors.
  4. When an author notices inaccuracy in his own published work, it is the author’s duty to promptly notify the editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Guidelines

  1. Subjects: Authors are requested to send only original and unpublished articles.
  2. Plagiarism: Authors are requested to send their original work with a conclusive result. We normally permit not more than 25% plagiarism.
  3. General Format, Page Layout and Margins: Standard A4 (210mm x 297mm) portrait page set-up should be used. Margins should be 1.78cm at left and right with top and bottom margin set to 2.54cm. Do not use any headers, footers or footnotes. No page numbers. All main text paragraphs, including the abstract, must be fully (left and right) justified. All text, including title, authors, headings, captions and body, will be in Times New Roman Font, in case of English or Kurtidev010, in case of Hindi. Paper text must be in two columns of 89 cm width each, with 0.51 cm spacing between the columns, font Size: 12 Line spacing 1.5.
  4. Title: Time New Roman Font, in case of English or kurtidev010, in case of Hindi, 14, bold, centre, first alphabet capital.
  5. Author: Author name are to be written in 12 pt. Bold & centre in font followed by designation, organization, address including state & country name.
  6. Abstract: First page, top left column, title bold-left aligned, text from next line, 10 font, Italics and 150-200 words. The text must be fully left justified.
  7. Key words: The keywords section begins with the world, “keyword” in 10pt, bold italics. There may be up to few keywords separated by commas.
  8. Section & Sub Section Heading: 12 fonts, bold, centre, roman numbered in block capital letters, text after double space (eg. SECTION III) Sub heading: number small alphabetic within bracket 10font, text single spacing (eg. (a)Classification). Sub Heading ; should be left aligned number small new roman within bracket 10 font, text single spacing (eg. (iii) characteristics ). Introduction and conclusion must be included as separate sections ensure that introduction and literature survey is not more than 15% of total article size.
  9. Figures and Tables: All inserts, figures, diagrams, photographs and tables must be centre- aligned, clear and appropriate for black/white or gray scale reproduction. Figures (eg.Fig No.1) must be numbered consecutively, 1, 2, etc, from start to finish of the paper, ignoring sections and subsections. Tables (eg. Table No.1)are also numbered consecutively,1,2 etc. (Close to text where mentioned).Figure number should appear below the figure. Table no. should appear above the table.
  10. Reference: The Reference section begins with the world, “Reference” in 12 pt., bold, first letter bold and remain in small & should be numbered. Name of Author starting with surname with year of publication in bracket, then Topic, Name of Journal/Book in Italics, Volume Number, issue number in bracket, separated by Name of Journal in italics with colons, Name of publisher and page number.
Publication Policy

The journal will be published QUARTERLY in a year i.e. last week of March, June, September and December.

  • The journal shall contain scholarly research and review articles on Multidisciplinary subjects.
  • The publications primary target authors are Researchers, Faculty Members, Students and Industry/Corporate Members.
  • The journal will be published in Print (off line).
  • The articles will be subjected to plagiarism check before peer review. If plagiarism is more than 25 percent it will be out right rejected.
  • The remarks of Reviewers will be examined in confidence by Editorial Board. The decision of Editorial Board will be binding & final.
  • The full text of all the articles will be available online and can be accessed.
  • Articles of original research work will only be published.
  • Format for publication will be as per the format and guidelines provided to authors.
  • The journal is being published not for any profit making but to promote meaningful research.

Roles & Duties

Duty of Reviewers
  • Peer review process assists the editor in making their final decisions and through the editorial communications with the author also assists in improving the paper.
  • All the manuscripts received for peer review process must be treated as confidential.
  • Reviews should be conducted objectively. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting things.
  • Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
  • Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Duty of Publisher

Plagiarism is considered to be a serious breach of scientific ethics by the entire scientific community. Incidents of plagiarism in a manuscript whether detected, will be dealt seriously. We constantly advise and take suggestions from our editorial Board/Reviewers for avoiding any malpractice of publication ethics.

Duties of Editor
  • The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published or not. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, citizenship, or political connections of the authors.
  • The editor must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher.
  • Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the consent of the author information obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern. It should be ensured that the peer-review process for sponsored supplements is the same as that used for the main journal. Items in sponsored supplements should be accepted solely on the basis of academic merit and interest to readers and not be influenced by commercial considerations.
  • An editor should take measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.