Authors’ Responsibilities

• Authors are responsible for the content and originality of the submitted paper (See Update Publishing’s Policy on Plagiarism).
• Authors should take consent from all co-authors before submission.
• It is assumed that the paper is solely submitted to this journal, and not under consideration in any other journal.
• If taken from already published sources, all materials included should be acknowledged and properly cited. Permission letter is needed from previous authors/publisher in cased of already published figures or tables or data.
• The raw data of the reported study should be retained with author records, if case any query arise, corresponding author will be responsible to explain.
• All funding sources should be acknowledged.
• If needed, Ethical Approvals from concerned authorities for conducting the studies should be submitted.
• Authors should declare any potential conflicts of interest

Reviewer’s Responsibilities

• Reviewers should evaluate manuscript based on the scientific merit in an impartial and unbiased way.
• They should particularly comment on Novelty and originality of the work.
• They should evaluate the article’s readers interest and potential impact on community
• They should evaluate the suitability of methodology described, study design etc.,
• They should complete the review process in a timely manner.
• The information related to the article under review should be kept confidential
• Reviewer should not retain or copy the manuscript.
• Any potential conflicts of interest should be communicated to the Editor
• The review process should be based on fairness policy in intellectual and scientific contents regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).

Editor’s Responsibilities

• Editor should take any decision solely based on intellectual contents and scientific merits and should not be biased.
• Editor should act in a balanced, objective and fair way, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
• The information related to the article under review should be kept confidential
• Follow up with reviewers to finish the timely review of all manuscripts.
• Solve the issues with authors/reviewers, if any misconduct is suspected
• Responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article
• Editor should treat allegations of plagiarism seriously and should reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt whether appropriate procedures have been followed.