KNOW Homoeopathy Journal
E-ISSN: 2583-2158
Bi-Annual, Indexed, Double Blind, Peer-Reviewed, Research Scholarly Online Journal in Field of Homoeopathy
I. Editorial Board Member Responsibilities:
I.I. Norms Relating to Publication Decisions:
As a member of board you would be asked to assist the journal.
- In reviewing or checking the manuscripts;
- Conducting reviews of those manuscripts for which the journal need the reviewer;
- Assisting the journal with submission cases where conflicting reviews exist;
- The Editorial Board Member will evaluate the manuscript without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy as the case may be.
- The decision will be based on the paper's importance, originality and clarity, and the study's rationality and its significance to the journal's scope.
The Editorial Board Member must not reveal any information about a submitted document/paper/article to anyone other than the corresponding author(s), reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, and the publisher, as suitable. There may also be some follow up questions/discussions by email. Because of the nature of the matters to be discussed, members will be bound to keep the discussions secret.
I.III. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted paper will not be used by the editorial board member for their own research purposes without the author's clear written consent (the editorial board member must submit a copy of written consent to the publisher)
II. Author's duties/ Responsibilities/ Obligations:
II.I. Originality, Plagiarism and Acknowledgement of Sources:
- Authors are requested to submit only entirely original works, and will appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others (merely citing the source does not eliminate the plagiarism automatically)
- Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication in general, papers describing esentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal.
- Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
- Manuscripts which have been published as copyrighted material elsewhere cannot be submitted. In addition, manuscripts under review by the journal should not be resubmitted to copyrighted publications.
- However, by submitting a manuscript, the author(s) retain the rights to the published material.
- In case of publication they permit the use of their work under a Creative Common License (which allows other to read and use the published material for study or research purposes only but, not for commercial purposes)
II.II. Authorship of the Paper:
- Authorship should be limited to those who have made significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study.
- All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
- The corresponding author ensures that all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved persons are included in the authors list.
- The corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Bi-Annual, Indexed, Double Blind, Peer-Reviewed, Research Scholarly Online Journal in Field of Homoeopathy
