Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association (IFIASA) provides a platform for the latest scientific, multidisciplinary research, encouraging the Dialogue between Sciences & Arts, Religion & Education.

Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association is an independent academic publisher with an editorial team comprising many world's leading researchers. In the current international framework, IFIASA journals and Conferences bring together researchers and scientists from all over the world, facilitating the professional development and encouraging dialogue, creativity and exchange of ideas.

ETHICS IN PUBLISHING

All IFIASA Journals & Proceedings are open access resources. The manuscripts submitted are evaluated for scientific content, on conditions of equality for all authors. All the papers received are analyzed and assessed by the Editorial Board and subsequently undergo a peer-review process. The editorial committee encourages the publication of scientific articles under the condition of respecting the ethical values regarding scientific research.

The editorial committee ensures all authors that the confidentiality and impartiality regarding the process of reviewing their works are respected. Criteria for accepting a paper are: relevance of the study for the field in which it fits; observance of the drafting criteria and scientific accuracy. The articles are published only after double-blind peer review evaluation and upon receiving the “ready for publication” notice. Papers which do not meet the publication criteria will be sent back with comments and suggestions for improvement.

Publishers will guarantee reviewers anonymity.

Publishers will provide guidance to reviewers regarding their expectations in the evaluation process.

Duties of peer reviewers Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists the Editor-in-Chief in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.

The referees who decline their expertise in the field of research of the paper attributed to them for review or who know that they cannot provide feedback in a timely manner are kindly asked to notify the Editor-in-Chief so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Publication and authorship

Submitting a paper for publication in any of the IFIASA Journals and Proceedings entails that the paper has never been published, or is it under evaluation by another publisher.

Authors are invited to submit original and previously unpublished papers.

The IFIASA Journals & Proceedings are based on systematic review and abide by the same publication policy.

The practice of peer-review is intended to ensure that only qualitative papers published. Peer-reviewing is an objective process at the heart of good scholarly publishing and is carried out by all reputable scientific Journals. Our referees therefore play a vital role in maintaining the high standards of IFIASA.

All submitted manuscripts to the IFASA Journals & Proceedings are subject to a strict peer-review process.

IFIASA journals & Proceedings operates a double-blind peer review process.

To facilitate this process, authors are requested to ensure that all references made to their own previously published work are impersonal.

Reviewers are selected by the editor-in-chief, after consultations with the members of the editorial board.

Authors will be notified that the manuscript has been received. Please note that the peer-review process might take, in some cases, 1 up to 2 months. Authors will be notified of acceptance for publication as soon as the reviewers’ answers are received.

Accepted articles are usually published in the forthcoming issue of the journal.

If the reviewers’ opinions are significantly divergent, a third reviewer will be assigned to the manuscript. Authors might be required to revise the manuscript according to the recommendations of the reviewers.

Revised manuscripts should be accompanied by a point-by-point reply to the recommendations of reviewers, specifying the changes made in the revised version or the reasons why authors decided to decline reviewers’ recommendation(s).

The factors taken into account in reviewing a paper are: relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language.

The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.

If authors revise and resubmit a paper, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted. The revised paper will undergo a second review, carried out either by the anonymous reviewer or by the Editorial Board. The second decision is definitive.

Rejected manuscripts will not be re-reviewed.

Acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.