JMVRA FAQ: Submission, Review, Fees, DOI & UGC

JMVRA stands for the Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach, a multidisciplinary research journal that is peer-reviewed and open-access. It comes out monthly at JMVRA.ORG under ISSN 2984-8911 and has appeared without a break since June 2023.

Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach. The journal's standard abbreviation is "JMVRA", which is what you should write when you cite it.

2984-8911. For verifying any journal, the ISSN is the dependable key, because titles can be imitated while an ISSN points to a single registered publication.

2023. A monthly publication schedule has been kept ever since, and the archive lets you check it issue by issue.

JMVRA Publication. The journal's infrastructure and finances are the publisher's responsibility, whereas editors and reviewers decide on individual manuscripts.

Every month. Papers are taken on a rolling basis all year round, not against one yearly deadline.

As a multidisciplinary journal it spans law, environment, agriculture, health sciences, education, humanities and social sciences, management and commerce, mathematics, basic and applied sciences, computer science, and engineering and technology. The Research Area page gives the complete list.

Yes. Readers can access every article without charge starting on its publication day, with neither paywall nor embargo, under a CC BY 4.0 licence.

English is the main language, with Indian and foreign languages also possible. If you write in another language, begin by checking with the editorial office that a language editor and reviewers can be arranged, then email the font details and font file to [email protected].

Online. Each article gets a lasting page of its own, and a Crossref DOI can be requested.

Write to [email protected] or send a WhatsApp message to +91 91063 65667. If you have a paper ID, mention it every time.

Look at the Journal Information page for the full specification: subject coverage, identifier policy, licence, review model, access model, language, frequency, year of establishment, publisher and ISSN.

Format the manuscript with the journal template and upload it via the submission portal at jmvra.org. A paper ID is issued to you, and it should be mentioned in all further correspondence.

Word or PDF, depending on what the submission portal specifies. See the portal for the present requirement instead of trusting a figure quoted somewhere else.

There is no one deadline. Monthly publication means papers can be sent on any day, and one that misses the cut-off of an issue moves to the following issue.

No. Sending a paper to several journals at once uses up reviewers' time and counts as a breach of publication ethics.

No. Only original, unpublished manuscripts are accepted. Using text of your own that has appeared before, without a citation, is self-plagiarism.

Provide a title, authors and affiliations, abstract, keywords, then introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion, with full references and mandatory declarations.

Between 150 and 300 words is what most journals ask for. Consult the submission portal for the exact requirement at present.

Typically between four and eight. Pick terms that your target readers would genuinely type into a search, and skip words your title already contains.

A covering note may name preferred reviewers or ask for some to be excluded, giving reasons. Neither request binds the editor.

Before reviewers are invited, the manuscript is checked for scope, completeness, required declarations and similarity.

Frequent causes include being outside the scope, being incomplete, lacking ethical declarations, similarity over the limit in the policy, or prior publication elsewhere.

Yes, by writing in and giving the paper ID. Where you can, withdraw ahead of acceptance and not after it, because editors and reviewers will already have done their work by then. Informing the office early shows courtesy to those involved.

Yes, as long as it is rewritten as an independent article, the thesis is cited and institutional restrictions are observed.

Yes. They need to explain how the literature was chosen and to synthesise it instead of merely listing sources.

Yes. The paper should make clear why the case teaches something to readers who work in different settings.

Yes, for brief reports of important preliminary findings that include enough methodological detail to judge the claim.

Double-blind review: reviewers do not learn who the authors are, and authors do not learn who the reviewers are.

This covers the whole time to acceptance and publication: expert reviewers evaluate your paper, and you are told of acceptance or rejection by email and WhatsApp. How long it takes hinges on reviewers' availability and any revisions needed, so no set turnaround is promised.

If a turnaround were assured, review would not be what decides the outcome. Real assessment by volunteers simply takes as long as it takes.

It is sent by email and WhatsApp to the contact details you gave on submitting. Make sure they stay up to date.

Acceptance, minor revision, major revision or rejection.

The conclusions stand, yet certain clarifications or corrections must be made. Usually the editor re-checks the result without sending it back to reviewers.

The work is worthwhile, but a substantial change is needed, such as further analysis, a reframed claim or a serious gap being closed. It generally goes back to the reviewers who saw it first.

Reply to each reviewer comment separately in a response letter, stating what you altered and where (section and page numbers), and justify any point on which you disagree with supporting evidence. Keeping the replies in the same order as the comments helps the editor follow them.

Yes. Disagreeing with a clear rationale and evidence is perfectly acceptable, whereas quietly skipping a comment is not.

Take author names, affiliations and acknowledgements out of the main file, mention your earlier work in the third person, and clear any identifying details from the file's metadata properties.

The handling editor. Reviewers give advice, and the editor makes the call.

Yes, when you think the decision was based on a factual mistake or a misreading. Write within a reasonable time, cite the paper ID, and explain with evidence exactly what was misunderstood.

No. An appeal can only deal with factual errors or misreadings, and not with differing opinions.

Email [email protected], mentioning your research area and giving a link to your list of publications.

Novelty, significance, methods, supporting evidence, use of existing literature, clarity, ethical compliance and presentation.

No. Putting a manuscript that is under review into a public AI service breaks confidentiality, and reviewers are told not to do so.

₹971 INR for authors in India and $41 USD for foreign authors, for each accepted article.

It applies per accepted article and includes a maximum of 5 authors. Every author beyond the 5th is charged an optional add-on.

Only once your paper is accepted. No payment is due at submission, during screening or while peer review is under way.

No. Reviewers and the editor reach the editorial decision before any payment is asked for, so paying has no bearing on acceptance.

The charge is ₹971 INR for Indian authors and $41 USD for foreign authors, for each accepted article, and is due only after acceptance. Compared with typical article processing charges that is modest, and what matters more is that the amount is stated openly before you submit instead of being revealed later. Judge affordability by the actual figure, not by a promotional phrase. It is worth comparing the full cost of any journal, including extras, before you commit.

₹971 INR for Indian authors and $41 USD for foreign authors. A single charge for each accepted article includes up to 5 authors (an optional add-on applies to each author beyond the 5th), and nothing is due at submission or during review.

Since readers pay nothing, there is no subscription revenue. A one-time charge after acceptance therefore funds editorial handling, similarity screening, copy editing, DOI registration and long-term hosting.

Included are the editors' handling of your paper, plagiarism checks, double-blind peer review, copy editing and proofing, a permanent page for the published article, Crossref DOI registration (on request), open-access hosting, publication certificates, and passing metadata on to indexing services.

Acceptance itself, extensive language editing, bank and currency conversion fees, permission fees from third parties for reused figures, and indexing results, which are decided by the services themselves.

Yes, but ask for it before you pay and provide the exact billing details needed. Issuing a replacement invoice later takes longer and may not be possible.

If a waiver or concession is applicable, the editorial office confirms who is eligible and what evidence is needed. The request must come before payment, since it cannot be applied afterwards.

The fee is collected only after acceptance, and once a paper is accepted and the fee paid, it cannot be refunded. Should you overpay or pay twice, write to [email protected] with your paper ID and payment details, and the editor will verify the payment and return the surplus. Read the Refund Policy.

Wait for the acceptance email, get the total confirmed in writing, pay solely through the channels that email names, and include your paper ID as the payment reference.

No. Do not pay if anybody asks for money ahead of acceptance while saying they represent this journal. Check first with [email protected].

No. The figure shown on the Publication Charges page should agree with the submission portal and with your acceptance email. When these three do not match, ask before you pay.

Articles published in JMVRA can have a Crossref DOI on request; after the request, Crossref issues a permanent DOI for that article.

A Digital Object Identifier works as a lasting name for a published work. A plain URL stops working when a website is restructured, but a DOI remains linked to the article because the publisher keeps its pointer current. That stability is why citing the DOI is safer than citing a web address.

A resolver, a prefix beginning “10.”, and a suffix. A JMVRA DOI starts with the Crossref prefix 10.56975 (https://doi.org/10.56975/…), and the suffix carries the volume, issue and article identifier. Crossref’s own documented example, https://doi.org/10.5555/12345678, shows the same format. Anything not beginning “10.” after the resolver is not a DOI.

The title, every author in order with affiliations, the abstract, journal title and ISSN, volume, issue, pages, date of publication, licence, article URL and reference list.

They become part of the permanent deposited record and pass on to indexing services and author profiles, so fixing them later calls for a formal correction.

Look for a copy-and-paste mistake, wait briefly if the article is brand new, try the resolver directly, and then write to [email protected] with your paper ID and the exact DOI.

No. A DOI is a lasting identifier for a single article, whereas indexing means a search or abstracting service covers the journal's content. The two are different matters.

No. What it shows is only that the article exists in published form and that its identifier resolves.

Once registered, a DOI is meant to last. If an article is retracted, it keeps its DOI and receives a retraction notice instead of vanishing.

ORCID is a free, lasting identifier that sets you apart from other researchers with similar names. Giving it when you submit links your work to the correct person in all later databases. Use the same iD on every manuscript so your record stays consistent.

Write it as a complete link, such as https://doi.org/10.5555/12345678, and keep that format every time. When you share your work, give the DOI link rather than a PDF so that views and citations are attached to the article record.

No. At present JMVRA is not indexed in Scopus. If you specifically need a Scopus-indexed journal, this one will not meet that requirement.

No, not at present. JMVRA is indexed in Google Scholar and registers Crossref DOIs. The Clarivate Master Journal List lets you look up the Web of Science status of any journal.

Not at present, although JMVRA follows open access practices such as licensing under CC BY 4.0. To check any journal's listing, search doaj.org.

A coverage claim that you cannot check has no value, and a frank statement helps you decide with full information. The Indexing Verification page gives the status and the steps for checking each entry. Always confirm such claims yourself before relying on them.

Visit the service's own website by typing the address yourself, search by ISSN and by title, make sure genuine article records appear, see that the publisher name agrees, and record the date you checked.

No. They are platforms for sharing research, where researchers post their own work. Placing them under "Indexed In" would mislead readers, so this site does not do so.

The journal’s impact factor is 11.25. It is a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar, and it is not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). JMVRA’s citation count, h-index and i10-index appear on its pages only once verified; you can check them on JMVRA’s Google Scholar profile. The method is explained on Impact Factor Details.

Open the journal’s Google Scholar profile to see its current citations, h-index and i10-index, then read the method on the Impact Factor Details page. JMVRA shows those figures on its own pages only once they are verified. A number given without its source cannot be checked, but this one names where it comes from so you can do so.

The Clarivate figure is a particular proprietary metric calculated solely for journals within its own database. Other "impact factors" come from different calculations and data, and each should state its source. Treat any figure that omits its source with caution.

A researcher has an h-index of h when h of their papers have each received at least h citations. It blends productivity with citations, but it never goes down, differs between fields, and takes no account of each author's contribution.

Each one counts a different set of publications and citations. Neither number is mistaken, since they answer separate questions. Always state the source and the date.

No. That wording hints at coverage without actually claiming it. A journal is either indexed or it is not. This site uses the phrase only to caution against it.

JMVRA is a Transparent, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal (Refereed Journal). Following the discontinuation of the UGC and UGC-CARE journal listing, and in alignment with the latest UGC-CARE recommendations and guidelines, JMVRA is aligned with UGC’s Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals. See UGC Status & Parameters and the UGC public notice.

Yes. The journal observes UGC CARE guidelines for peer-reviewed journals, which cover a registered ISSN, transparent double-blind review, refereed status, published ethics and plagiarism policies, charges stated before submission, open access, regular monthly issues and accurate Crossref metadata. On the UGC Status & Parameters page every point is mapped to a place where you can verify it.

The University Grants Commission publishes its public notice at ugc.gov.in, and the UGC Status & Parameters page links to it directly: https://www.ugc.gov.in/pdfnews/6124898_Public-Notice-CARE-Journals.pdf - consult this original source instead of any journal's own summary.

Transparent means the review process is publicly documented and not just claimed. Peer-reviewed and refereed indicate that subject experts assess each research submission before any publication decision. Open access means the published article can be read for free, with no paywall or embargo.

The Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics, an initiative of the University Grants Commission that keeps a reference list of journals regarded as suitable for academic evaluation in India.

Not as a current listing. UGC discontinued the UGC-CARE journal list, and institutions now assess journals against UGC’s Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals. JMVRA is aligned with those parameters — see UGC Status & Parameters.

Start with the official UGC public notice on CARE journals, then compare the journal with UGC’s Suggested Parameters — ISSN, editorial board, peer review, ethics policies, published charges and indexing — and record the date you checked. Journal Verification explains every parameter in turn. Your institution can tell you which criteria it uses.

A registered ISSN, a named editorial board, a documented peer review process, published ethics and plagiarism policies, clear charges, timely publication, accurate metadata, and no misleading claims.

Yes. The lists are revised from time to time. Your article stays published, but the credit an institution gives it depends on that institution's own rules, so keep dated evidence of the status as it stood then.

No. The two are distinct processes with their own criteria.

The list kept by your institution decides how your publication is credited. Ask them before you submit anywhere.

All manuscripts undergo a similarity check before review. The Plagiarism Policy gives the threshold used and the consequences when it is exceeded.

No. Software finds textual overlap and not plagiarism as such. Standard methods wording can push a score up, and a low score does not rule out borrowed ideas. That is why editors study the match report and not only the figure.

Taking text, ideas, data, figures or code without credit; paraphrasing so closely that another author's sentence structure survives; and reusing your own published wording with no citation.

It means reusing your own earlier published text without citing it. Some reuse is fine — a method that is identical can reasonably look like the one in your previous paper — as long as that earlier work is cited.

People who made a substantial contribution to the concept or design, to collecting or analysing data, or to drafting and revising the paper, and who also approve the submitted version and take responsibility for it.

Any change after submission needs every author to agree in writing. After publication, a change needs a formal correction notice that stays attached to the article.

No. An AI tool cannot be responsible for the work or approve its submission. State clearly any use, naming the tool and its purpose; you stay accountable for each sentence and citation.

The author is responsible for it, and the tool is not. Compare every reference that a tool gives you with the original source.

Depending on the evidence, the journal publishes a correction, an expression of concern or a retraction. It never edits or removes articles quietly; the notice remains attached for good.

Write to [email protected] giving the article title or identifier along with a clear account of the evidence.

Research that involves human participants, patient data or animals has to name the approving ethics committee and describe the consent obtained. Where a submission reports such work without these declarations, it is sent back before review.

Grant numbers for any funding, competing interests (or an explicit statement of none), what each author contributed, ethical approval, consent, availability of data, and whether AI tools were used.

You do. Authors keep their copyright and give the journal permission to publish and distribute the article.

CC BY 4.0. Anyone may read, download, copy, share and build on the work, as long as the authors and the journal receive credit.

Yes. CC BY 4.0 lets you deposit the published version straight away, without any embargo. This also gives you an independent copy for preservation.

Yes. Post the DOI link instead of a PDF, so that views and citations are linked to the article record.

Yes, to each author named on the accepted manuscript.

It stays on the journal website on a permanent article page, and a Crossref DOI (on request) keeps citations resolving. Authors are advised to add a copy in a repository too.

Solely by a formal correction. Nobody can quietly alter the version of record.

How soon it shows up depends on the service's own crawl schedule and on the accuracy of the deposited metadata. When the article is still absent after several weeks, email the editorial office quoting your paper ID so the deposit can be examined.

Make sure the article page and the DOI both resolve, then inspect the deposited metadata for mistakes in author names or affiliations, which are the most frequent cause.

See whether you can identify the editor, whether peer review is described in specific terms, whether charges are published ahead of submission, whether ethics and correction policies exist, and whether each indexing claim can be confirmed on the service's own site.

Flattering invitations you did not ask for, guaranteed acceptance, very quick turnaround presented as a selling point, fees requested before review, metrics that cannot be verified, rows of logos with no verification links, editorial boards that cannot be found, and a scope that covers everything.

A website that imitates a genuine title, ISSN and design in order to catch authors and collect fees. Reach any journal by typing its official domain yourself, and verify payment details through a separate channel.

No. A journal that openly says it is not in Scopus is being honest with you. Honesty and service matter here, not prestige.

Before you finish. Once you know the venue, you can fit length, structure and framing to it and skip a last-minute reformatting job.

Ask your research office or your supervisor. Only your institution can say which lists it accepts and how a publication will be credited.

If the paper is published, ask in writing for its retraction, and do not send the same work elsewhere while it is still published. Inform your supervisor or research office early, and save every email and receipt.

Hands-on guidance about writing, formatting, indexing, identifiers, metrics and research integrity is offered by Researcher Resources and by the JMVRA journal blog.

Prepare your manuscript according to the Publication Guidelines and submit it online (or send it by email to [email protected]); it then undergoes screening and double-blind peer review. You receive the decision by email and WhatsApp. Once accepted, you complete the copyright form, supply the camera-ready copy and pay the charge of ₹971 INR / $41 USD, after which the paper appears in the current monthly issue.

Go to the submission page, list every author just as they should appear in print, upload your Word or PDF file, and write down the paper ID given at submission. Include that ID in all your messages.

Yes. Send the manuscript to [email protected] together with the title, authors, affiliations and subject area. The editorial office acknowledges receipt and confirms whether it fits. The online portal is faster, because it issues the paper ID at once.

Open Track Your Paper and enter your paper ID, or email [email protected] with that ID. Do not submit again — doing so makes a duplicate record.

Only once the paper is accepted. Pay online through the payment page or by the channels listed in your acceptance email, and include your paper ID. No payment is due at submission or during review.

Request it on the DOI & Hard Copy page — it is optional and registered on request (on request). The DOI, under JMVRA’s Crossref prefix, appears on your article page once Crossref has registered it.

Certificates go to the authors named on the accepted manuscript after the paper is published. If you have not received yours, email [email protected] with your paper ID.

Use the DOI & Hard Copy page. A printed certificate is available on request, and the bundle of printed journal, certificate and DOI costs ₹1100 / $170. Both are optional and offered on request.

Go to Request Review Report. The formal Transparent Peer Review Report can be obtained on request, and the review record is held on Scholar9 — read Open-Process Peer Review.

Put your manuscript through a similarity check. The similarity allowed is below 15%; quote and cite any text you reuse, even from your own earlier work.

Give the question, the method, the key finding and its importance — typically in 150–300 words, without citations. The guide Abstract Writing: What Every Sentence Must Do takes you through it sentence by sentence.

Choose four to eight terms that your target readers would really search for, and avoid repeating words from the title. Read Choosing Keywords That Get Your Paper Found.

Follow the journal template, use a single citation style throughout, number figures and tables and give them captions, and use SI units. Details appear in the Formatting a Manuscript for Submission guide and the Publication Guidelines.

Paste each reviewer comment into a numbered list or table, put your answer directly beneath it, and state precisely what you changed and where (section, page or line). If you disagree, explain courteously and give evidence. Upload the letter along with a revised manuscript that highlights the changes. Read Responding to Reviewers.

Include the authors, year, title, “Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA)”, volume and issue, page range, and a DOI link when one has been registered — for instance https://doi.org/10.5555/12345678. Keep to a single citation style.

Search using the title, author name, paper ID or issue — read How to Find Your Published Paper, or look through the current issue and past issues.

Go to the ISSN Portal record for 2984-8911 and check that the title and publisher agree with this site.

The value is 11.25, a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar, not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). The method is on the Impact Factor page; citations, h-index and i10-index can be checked on the journal’s Google Scholar profile and are shown on JMVRA’s pages only once verified.

Google Scholar picks up published JMVRA articles from their permanent article pages; correct author names and affiliations help them link to the right profile. Read Getting Indexed in Google Scholar.

Give it a title that is easy to find, put the finding in the first two sentences of the abstract, pick keywords people search for, use ORCID, and share the DOI link instead of a PDF so that citations are tied to the article record.

Apply via Join as Reviewer, stating your research area and publication record. In return reviewers get a Transparent Peer Review Certificate and a record on Scholar9 that others can verify.

Turn one chapter into a self-contained article — see From PhD Thesis to Journal Article — or look at the choices in How to Publish a Thesis.

Submit a proposal via Conference Proposal; the editorial office will respond with the scope, timeline and terms.

By means of a formal correction notice. Email [email protected] giving the paper ID, the precise correction and the consent of all authors. The published record is annotated and never edited quietly.

Limit it to a single page addressed to the editor, covering the paper’s title and article type, two or three sentences on its findings and why JMVRA’s readers would value it, a statement that the work is original and not being considered elsewhere, and any declarations such as funding, conflicts of interest or a preprint. Sign as the corresponding author.

Number figures and tables in the sequence of their first mention, and refer to each in the text. Add a caption to every figure and a title to every table, label axes with units, choose a resolution that stays legible in print, and credit third-party material you have permission to reuse. Refer to the Publication Guidelines.

Stay with one style from start to finish — the Publication Guidelines include a complete journal reference in APA style. Add DOIs where available, cite only works you have actually read, and verify that every in-text citation is in the reference list and every listed reference is cited.

Put a brief statement ahead of the reference list naming the tool and its role — for instance, improving grammar and readability — and confirm that the authors wrote, reviewed and verified all the content. AI tools cannot be authors, and they must not produce results, data or unchecked citations. Read the AI Content Policy.

When you submit, describe any financial or personal tie that might reasonably be seen as influencing the work — employment, consultancy, funding, patents, shareholdings or a close relationship with people involved. If you have none, say so plainly, for instance “The authors declare no conflict of interest.”

Place it ahead of the reference list. Indicate where the data are held (a repository and identifier), that they can be had on request, or the reason they cannot be shared — for instance “No new data were created” or “Data cannot be shared for ethical reasons”. All papers must include one.

Sign up free at orcid.org, put your ORCID iD beside your name and affiliation in the author details of the manuscript, and link the published article to your ORCID record once it is online, so your work remains tied to you even when your name is written in different ways.

Reword borrowed passages and cite their source, place exact wording in quotation marks with a citation, cite your own previous work, and sum up standard methods briefly with a reference. Do not use paraphrasing tools or hidden-character tricks to mask copying — that counts as misconduct. JMVRA requires similarity below 15%, checked before review.

Upload it to a recognised preprint server and declare it at submission. JMVRA does not regard a preprint as earlier publication; declaring it just prevents confusion if the similarity check finds your own preprint.

JMVRA publishes in English as well as in Indian and foreign languages. Prior to submitting, ask the editorial office to confirm that a language editor and reviewers exist for your language, and email the font details (name, version, Unicode or legacy) and the font file (.ttf or .otf) to [email protected].

Be specific and easy to search for: name the topic, the setting or population and, if possible, the main finding or method, using roughly 10 to 15 words. Steer clear of unexplained abbreviations, puns and vague openers like “A study on”.

Original research presents new findings; a review article brings together published work; a case study examines one particular case in depth; a short communication reports a brief yet important result. Pick the type that fits your contribution and name it in your cover letter.

Stick to one email address and mobile number, because decisions and notices reach you by email and WhatsApp at the contact details provided when you submitted. Should either change, email [email protected] with your paper ID.

Message +91 91063 65667 on WhatsApp, or email [email protected]. Include your paper ID if you have one, which lets the editorial office locate your record fast.