Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Articles
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Copyright Notice
The author (s) should accept that any copyright infringement claim is filed and proven against his/her (our) published article in the future. The IJSPSY has absolute rights to remove the article (s) from the index immediately without prior notice, and the author (s) will not ask for a refund or pursue any legal action against stated personalities or IJSPSY for the same.
Privacy Statement
PRIVACY POLICY
The privacy policy outlines how the IJSPSY may use and protect any information author (s) submitted on our website.
The IJSPSY is committed to protecting user privacy online and will not disclose individually identifiable information about a user to any third party without express permission unless required by the government or other law enforcement authorities.
IJSPSY may link to run websites outside of the www.ijspsy.org domain independently. We will take no responsibility for such websites' content or privacy practices.
IJSPSY uses Google Analytics to track statistical information about the number of visitors to the site. This allows Google Analytics to set first-party cookies on each visitor’s computer. This is used to store anonymous information. We do not collect information through our traffic logging to identify users personally. It is essential to consider that the IJSPSY can update occasionally. If significant changes need to be made, a notice will be posted on the website's home page.
APPEALS AND COMPLAINTS
Policy and Process
The IJSPSY is committed to applying the below procedure to appeals and complaints to editorial decisions, such as failure in the processes, long delays in handling papers, and complaints about publication ethics. First, the complaint should be governed by the Chief Editor (s) responsible for the journal and/or the Editor who reviewed the paper. If they are the subject of the complaint, we recommend you approach the in-house publishing contact (Please send your query to ethics@ijspsy.org).
Scientific content complaint (e.g., an appeal against rejection)
The Editor-in-Chief or handling Editor considers the authors’ argument, and the reviewer reports and decides whether the decision to reject should stand, another independent opinion is required, and the appeal should be considered. The complainant is informed of the decision with an explanation if appropriate. Decisions on appeals are final and new submissions take priority over requests.
Processes’ complaint (e.g., time taken to review)
The Chief editor, Handling Editor, and/or in-house contact will investigate the matter. The complainant will receive appropriate feedback, which will be provided to relevant stakeholders to improve processes and procedures.
Publication ethics’ complaint (e.g., authorship or reviewer's conduct…)
The Chief Editor or handling Editor follows guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics. The ethics will advise on cases. The Chief Editor or handling Editor will decide on a course of action and provide feedback to the complainant. If the complainant remains unhappy with the outcomes of the committee, he or she would be allowed to submit the complaint to the Committee on Publication Ethics to appeal.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- All initial or final submission-making by an author (s) shows that his/her (they) fully agree and understand the Terms and Conditions/ policies of the IJSPSY.
- Any names and email addresses received by or sent to the IJSPSY will remain private and be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal. No content will be displayed or shared in print or online with a third party in any circumstances. The IJSPSY may take required legal action if found doing so.
- The author (s) warrants that the paper is original, not plagiarised, and not published anywhere else and the real author (s) of the paper, except for material identified as to its source, with permission notices from the copyright owners where required.
- The IJSPSY is registered with the National Science Library with ISSN (online: ).
- The author (s) has taken the consent form from our University/institution/ project guide/ supervisor/research committee before publishing articles to IJSPSY.
- The author has taken the consent form from co-author (s) before publishing article (s) with the IJSPSY.
- The author (s) should confirm that he/she (they) is (are) satisfied with the authenticity, validity, and originality of the IJSPSY. In case of refusal of our publication by the university/institution/employer/ project guide/ research committee, he/she will not ask for a refund or pursue any legal action against stated personalities or IJSPSY.
- The author (s) should accept that any copyright infringement claim is filed and proven against his/her (our) published article in the future. The IJSPSY has absolute rights to remove the article (s) from the index immediately without prior notice, and the author (s) will not ask for a refund or pursue any legal action against stated personalities or IJSPSY for the same.
- Only the author (s) is responsible for the impact and outcomes of his/her (their) publication decision (s), and the author (s) will not ask for a refund or pursue any legal action against stated personalities or IJSPSY for the same.
- The IJSPSY shall not take any accountability for the contents of articles published on its platform, and all such liability shall lie with the author (s).
- The articles' opinions are exclusive to the author (s), and the IJSPSY may disagree with such opinions partially or fully. All the articles submitted for publication in the IJSPSY are scholarly peer-reviewed for moral issues and effectiveness.
- The decision of the reviewers shall be held final. The author (s) is solely responsible for the uniqueness of the published work. The IJSPSY shall advocate the highest ethical standards of scientific publications.
- The IJSPSY retains the copyright of the material published in the issue. However, reproduction of the published material partially or totally in any form is with due acknowledgment of the sources as ethical norms.