Publishing
Policies
1.
Copyright Policy
Before the papers could
be published on Global Digital LibraryTM, at least one of the
authors of every accepted paper will be required to submit a Copyright Transfer
Form. Articles without a duly signed Copyright Transfer Form will not be
included in the conference proceedings or journals. Completed forms should be submitted
to the TPC Chair of the respective conferences using IES Author Account.
All conference and journal papers are licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License, which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as
the original work is properly cited. The publisher is not
responsible for subsequent uses of the work. By submitting the Copyright
Transfer Form, the authors permits the publisher to apply for a DOI to their
articles and to archive them in third party databases and indexes, and to
edit the material to meet the publication standards.
2.
Open Access Policy
We
follow Open Access policy for publishing of journals and conference
proceedings. This means that our journals and conference proceedings provide
immediate open access for readers to all articles on the Global Digital Library
and out websites. The readers, therefore, are allowed to read, download, copy,
distribute, print, search, link to the full texts or use them for any other
lawful purpose. All articles published under
Open Access policy are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license.
3.
Submission Policy
All
author submissions will be accepted through IOARP Editorial SystemTM (IES)
at www.ies.ioarp.org. To be able to submit a paper for a review in SchoRes
conferences and journals, authors will be required to use their IES Author Account. IES
Author Account provides authors with facilities such as online submission
of articles to SchoRes conferences and journals, access reviewer
decisions and feedback, communicate with the Editors and TPC
Chairs, upload camera ready versions of their papers,
and access their article submission history. Once created, the IES
Author Account can be used for all future submissions.
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), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,
that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by
the authorities responsible where the work was carried out. We do accept
submissions that are extended versions of the article previously appeared on
preprint servers, journals, conference proceedings, blogs or posters. Authors
are responsible for updating the archived preprint with the journal reference
and a link to the published articles on the appropriate journal or conference
websites upon publication.
SchoRes Publishing only
accepts articles in Microsoft Word format. Submitted articles must strictly
conform to the SchoRes Article Template available on conference or journal
websites. Papers not conforming to the prescribed template will not be
considered for a review.
4.
Plagiarism Policy
SchoRes
Publishing has a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy. We check the submitted
articles using third-party plagiarism prevention tools. All submissions will be
checked for plagiarism before being sent to reviewers. We insist a rigorous
viewpoint on self-plagiarism as it fails to contribute to research and science.
When plagiarism has been found to have
occurred, SchoRes Publishing will take the actions as determined by the type of
plagiarism. Unless determined otherwise during the investigation, all authors
are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of a
plagiarized article. IOARP Publishing, the Editorial Board, or the Technical
Programme Committee places the investigation of each claim of plagiarism at the
highest priority for resolution. When plagiarism becomes evident prior to
publication, the paper will be rejected and the authors will be notified. The
following action(s) will be taken in case of plagiarism in a published article
and proven misconduct:
·
A
letter will be sent to all the authors involved in which they will be informed
about the misconduct.
·
Authors’
universities or departments will be intimated about the incident of misconduct.
·
The
authors involved in the misconduct will be banned from publishing any content
with SchoRes in future.
·
The
article will no longer be available online and will be replaced by a retraction
note.
·
We
will also pursue the retraction of this article from other online indexing
services.
We may correct the original publication
depending on the degree of plagiarism, context within the published article and
its impact on the overall integrity of the published work.
5.
Correction and Retraction Policy
Publishable amendments will be
represented by a formal online notice where they affect the publication record
and/or the scientific accuracy of published information. Amendments concerning
peer-reviewed material fall into one of the following four categories.
Publisher
Correction: Notification of an important
error made by the journal that affects the publication record or the scientific
integrity of the paper, or the reputation of the authors or the journal.
Author
Correction: Notification of an important
error made by the author(s) that affects the publication record or the
scientific integrity of the paper, or the reputation of the authors or the
journal.
Retraction: All co-authors must sign a Retraction specifying the
error and stating briefly how the conclusions are affected, and submit it for
publication. In cases where co-authors disagree, the in-house editors may seek
advice from independent referees and impose the type of amendment that seems
most appropriate, noting the dissenting author(s) in the text of the published
version.
Addendum: Addenda are published when the in-house editors
decide that the addendum is crucial to the reader's understanding of a
significant part of the published contribution.
6.
Appeals Policy
Editors have very broad discretion in
determining whether an article is an appropriate fit for their journal or
conference. Many manuscripts are declined with a very general statement of the
rejection decision. These decisions are not eligible for formal appeal unless
the author believes the decision to reject the manuscript was based on an error
in the review of the article, in which case the author may appeal the decision
by providing the Editor with a detailed written description of the error they
believe occurred.
If an author believes the decision
regarding their manuscript was affected by a publication ethics breach, the
author may contact SchoRes Publishing with a detailed written description of
their concern, and information supporting the concern, at info@schores.org.
7.
Complaints Procedure
You may contact SchoRes Publishing with a
detailed written description of your concern, and information supporting the
concern, at info@schores.org. SchoRes Publishing will acknowledge receipt of
your complaint and investigate your complaint in line with relevant guidance
from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), where applicable.
8.
Waivers and Incentives Policy
We
charge conference authors a registration fee and journal authors a processing
fee for each article they publish. This fee helps the open-access journals to
cover their operational expenses. Time to time, we offer waivers and incentives
to the authors, editorial board members, and technical programme committee
members. The waivers and incentives may vary, and the exact amount is displayed
on the conference or journal's website usually under Awards and Grants section.
SchoRes Publishing reserves the right to withdraw any
waiver, incentive, grant or award at any time and without any
prior notice.
9.
Refund Policy
SchoRes
offers no refund of the article processing fee once paid. For the conference
articles, a full refund will be issued if the refund request is made 3 months
(90 days) prior to the conference commencement date. A half refund will be
issued if the request is made 2 months (60 days) before the conference
commencement date. No refunds will be issued thereafter. The refund will be
subject to the deduction of necessary processing charges. Refund
requests must be made through an email to the TPC Chair of the conference. The
refunds will be processed within a month (30 days) of the completion of the
conference.
Last updated Oct 2024.