Peer Review Process

The submitted papers should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to IJCRT. All paper submissions will be refereed in a double-blind review process by at least two reviewers with expertise in the relevant subject area. The details about the peer review process can be found here. 

Publication Frequency

IJCRT publishes two issues per year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. 

We follow CC-BY licensing policy. 

Statement on Publication Ethics and Misconduct

The creation of a comprehensive and reputable network of knowledge depends on the publishing of an article in a peer-reviewed journal. It is a clear indication of the caliber of the authors' work and the organizations that support them. Articles that have undergone a peer review process, uphold and represent the scientific method. The author, journal editor, peer reviewer, publisher, and journals owned or supported by a society must all adhere to a set of ethical norms that have been established in advance.

Duties of Editors

• Decisions on publications
• Fair play
• Confidentiality
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
• Involvement and cooperation in investigations

Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions 
• Promptness
• Maintain the Confidentiality
• Standards of Objectivity
• Acknowledgement of Sources
• Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Duties of Authors

• Reporting standards in a proper manner
• Data Access and Retention
• Maintain the Originality and Plagiarism
• Acknowledgement of Sources
• Authorship of the Paper
• Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
• Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
• Fundamental errors in published work

1. Author's responsibilities

• Authors are supposed to actively participate in the peer review process
• All authors should demonstrate that they have significantly contributed to the research work
• The authors state that all of the data in the article are true and accurate
• Authors are required to offer retractions or error corrections
• The submitted work is original and written by the authors themselves
• The reported work has been submitted only to this journal and has not been previously published
• Where the material is taken from other sources (including their own published writing), the source is clearly cited, and where appropriate, permission is obtained;
• The work does not violet the rights of others, including privacy rights and intellectual property rights
• Data is real and not manipulated
• Data is their own or permission has been taken to reproduce
• Any real or apparent conflicting or competing interest is clearly stated upon submission of the paper (this would include funding assistance);
• Authors should adhere to all research ethics guidelines of their discipline, particularly where human or animal subjects are involved;
• Authors should contact the editor to identify and correct any material errors upon discovery, whether prior or subsequent to publication of their work;
• Authorship of the paper is accurately represented, including ensuring that all individuals credited as authors participated in the actual authorship of the work and that all who participated are credited and have given consent for publication.

2. Responsibility for the reviewers

• Judgments should be objective;
• Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors, and/or the research funders;
• Reviewers should point out relevant published work that is not cited;
• Reviewed articles should be treated confidentially;
• Reviewers should maintain the confidentiality of the review process;
• Reviewers should immediately alert the journal editor of any real or potential competing interest that could affect the impartiality of their review and decline to review when appropriate
• Reviewers should conduct themselves fairly and impartially;
• We are aware, of course, that academics will come from a particular school of thought and/or may have strong ties to a particular interest. All we ask is that reviewers strive to act fairly. If in doubt about whether a conflict exists, a reviewer should be transparent and seek the views of the journal editor.

3. Editorial responsibilities

• Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article. They always strive to meet the needs of readers and authors
• Editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept
• Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain about the content
• When errors are found, editors should promote the publication of a correction or retraction
• Editors should preserve anonymity of reviewers
• Editors should maintain and promote consistent ethical policies for their journals
• Editors should oversee and act to enforce those policies as needed in a fair and consistent manner
• Editors should ensure the confidentiality of the review process;
• Editors should exercise the highest standards of personal integrity in their work as editor of the journal, recognizing and planning for instances in which they could have a competing interest or the appearance of a competing interest;
• Editors should work with authors, reviewers, and editorial board members as necessary to ensure they are sufficiently advised regarding the journal’s ethics and publishing policies and that the journal’s stewardship on ethical matters is fair, unbiased, and timely
• Editors should promote fairness and equality and oppose discrimination
• Editors should promote transparency of and respect for the academic record
• Editors should respect the confidentiality of others

4. Publishing ethics issues

• Monitor/safeguard publishing ethics
• Establish guidelines for retracting articles
• Maintain integrity of the academic record
• Preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards
• Be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed
• Guard against plagiarism and/or fraudulent data

All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations for the three years prior to the start of the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis or as an electronic preprint), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

Identifying Information

Participants of a study included in a manuscript are protected and should not be identifiable. It is therefore in the responsibility of the authors to remove any identifying information of their study subjects, such as clinical images and videos, names, personal and health data, details, etc. that could allow for identifying the person, unless, the authors can prove that a statement confirming that informed consent to publish identifying information/images was obtained. Please note that bars or shapes hiding the facial region or parts of it are not considered means of anonymization.

Changes to authorship

This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts. Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Editor-in-Chief from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, fax, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the Editor-in-Chief to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above.

Role of the funding source

Authors are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in the study design; in the collection, in the analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement, then this should be stated.

Archiving

This journal has an archiving agreement for longtime preservation of the content of this journal. 

Repository Policy

The journal allows authors to deposit all types of versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice without embargo.

Screening for Plagiarism

All submissions are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin before they undergo the peer-review process. Plagiarism of less than 19% is allowed. 

Journal History

IJCRT started publishing in 2017.