JMVRA Policies: Review, AI, Ethics & Retractions

Policy Overview

The policies here set out how JMVRA receives, reviews, publishes and corrects work, and what authors, reviewers and readers can expect from the journal. Every manuscript submitted to the journal, ISSN 2984-8911, falls under them.

If a policy on this page seems to contradict a statement elsewhere on the site, ask the editorial office to settle the matter so this page can be corrected. Policies are reviewed from time to time, and substantive changes cover manuscripts submitted afterwards, not work already accepted. Quote the exact wording when you raise an inconsistency.

• Below 15%Similarity, checked before review
• Blind on both sidesPeer review, kept transparent
• CC BY 4.0Open access; authors keep copyright
• ₹971 INR / $41 USDNothing before acceptance
• Up to 5Authors covered by one fee
• Never deletedRetracted articles stay, marked

Policy Library

All rules touching authors, reviewers or readers are published in full. Each card below leads to the complete policy page, and the sections lower down summarise those authors ask about most often.

See all 36 policies in one place

Peer Review Policy

Peer review covers all research content. The journal uses double-blind review, hiding author identities from reviewers and reviewer identities from authors.

The process

1. Editorial screening — before review, the paper is checked for scope, completeness, declarations and similarity.
2. Reviewer assignment — subject experts with no conflict regarding the work receive the manuscript.
3. Assessment — reviewers judge originality, methodology, evidence, clarity, ethical compliance and contribution.
4. Recommendation — the options are acceptance, minor revision, major revision or rejection.
5. Decision — the editor considers the reports and makes the call, since reviewers only advise.
6. Notification — the corresponding author receives the decision along with the reviewer comments.

Reviewer obligations

• Take on only assignments that suit your expertise and your available time.
• Keep the manuscript confidential, and neither share, cite nor use it before it is published.
• Disclose any conflict of interest and step down if one exists.
• Offer specific, constructive comments based on the manuscript, not on who you assume the author is.
• Take integrity concerns to the handling editor instead of making public accusations.

Open-Process Peer Review

JMVRA is a Transparent, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal (Refereed Journal). Reviewing is double-blind, yet the review remains open to the author, since reviewer comments and the documented decision go to every author as standard practice.

1. ScreeningChecks of scope and declarations, plus Turnitin / iThenticate screening
2. 2–3 reviewersSubject experts working independently, double-blind
3. Reports to authorFull comments and recommendation are passed on
4. Editor decisionAcceptance, revision or rejection, with the reasons given
5. TPR reportTransparent Peer Review report available when requested

How transparent peer review works at JMVRA · Transparent peer review explained · JMVRA Peer Review: Transparent & Double-Blind

Publication Ethics

Accounts of research have to describe the work done accurately. Authors are expected by the journal to cite sources, acknowledge contributions, disclose conflicts, and secure any ethical approval and consent that is needed. Retaining your approval documents makes later queries easy to answer.

Author responsibilities

• Send in original work that is neither published nor under review elsewhere.
• Present data honestly, since fabrication, falsification and selective reporting count as misconduct.
• Cite earlier work faithfully, even where it contradicts your findings.
• For research with human participants or animals, secure ethical approval and informed consent, and note both in the manuscript.
• Assist with any inquiry the journal runs into a concern about published work.

Editorial responsibilities

• Base decisions on the merits of the work, ignoring the identity, institution, nationality or seniority of its authors.
• Keep submissions confidential.
• Do not handle manuscripts where a conflict is present.
• Respond to credible concerns about published work and amend the record when necessary.

Misconduct

When misconduct is alleged, the journal reviews the evidence, lets the authors respond, and acts in proportion — which can mean rejection, correction, an expression of concern, retraction or informing the authors' institution. Report concerns to [email protected], giving the article title or identifier and a clear account of the evidence.

Plagiarism Policy

A similarity screen is applied to each manuscript before review. Plagiarism covers copying text, ideas, data, figures or code without attribution; close paraphrasing that retains another author's structure; and self-plagiarism, meaning an author reuses their own earlier published text without citing it.

• A submission over the threshold is sent back or rejected prior to review.
• Rejection follows when plagiarism is found during review.
• If plagiarism comes to light after publication, a correction or retraction results, and the authors' institution may be told.

Treat a similarity score as a prompt for judgement rather than a verdict: standard methodological phrasing may inflate a high score, and a low score does not exclude copied ideas. Editors assess both situations.

Policy on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Content

Generative AI can help with writing but cannot be an author or be used to invent results. JMVRA does not ban AI tools; it requires their use to be declared and a human to stay accountable for every sentence, number and citation.

Full AI policy · AI-generated content policy (blog)

Authorship Policy

Authorship belongs to those who made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the work, to acquiring or analysing the data, or to drafting and critically revising the manuscript, and who approve the submitted version and accept responsibility for it.

• All who meet these criteria must be named, and nobody who fails to meet them should be.
• Both gift authorship and ghost authorship amount to misconduct.
• Acknowledgements are the place to credit other contributors.
• Altering the author list after submission needs written consent from every author, and altering it after publication calls for a formal correction notice.

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest arises when a financial or personal relationship could reasonably be seen as influencing the work or its assessment — such as employment, consultancy, funding, patents, shareholdings, or a close professional or personal tie with those involved.

At submission, authors have to declare every such interest, and say plainly when there are none. Reviewers and editors must refuse or step away from work where a conflict exists. Declaring an interest accuses nobody; the failure to declare is what causes trouble.

Data, Preprints and Research Ethics

These policies cover the research behind a paper as well as the paper itself. A card gives the rule in brief, and the full policy is a single click away.

Corrections and Retractions

No published article is ever deleted or edited without notice. The version of record and any notice linked to it stay available, since the integrity of the scholarly record relies on readers being able to see what happened.

Retraction Policy

If a published paper proves unreliable, it is retracted, not removed. Its PDF remains at the original URL with a watermark, the DOI still resolves, and a linked retraction notice is published, so every citation keeps working and every reader sees the reason.

Full retraction policy · Correction policy · Crossmark update policy

Copyright and Licence

The copyright in an article stays with its authors. Once a paper is accepted, they give the journal permission to publish it and to distribute it as a part of the journal.

Each article carries an open licence that lets others read, download, copy, share and build on it, so long as the authors and the journal receive proper credit. Authors are free to place the published version in an institutional repository or make it available from their own web page.

If a manuscript includes material that belongs to other parties, the author must secure permission from the rights holder, and the caption has to name the source.

Open Access Policy

From the moment an article appears, it is open to all. Readers face no subscription, paywall or embargo, and are never charged.

A single article processing charge, payable once the paper is accepted, pays for publication; details are on the Publication Charges page. The editorial decision is unaffected by payment, and no money is due before acceptance.

Archiving and Preservation

Each published article is kept on the journal website under a permanent page of its own and registered with a DOI, so citations still resolve if the site is restructured. Depositing the published version in an institutional repository is encouraged too, since it gives a separate preservation copy. A second copy elsewhere is a simple safeguard for any author.

UGC Parameters Alignment

Against the 35 parameters suggested by UGC, the tally is: 28 met, 2 partly met, 3 not published and 2 not applicable

UGC Parameters status · All 35 UGC parameters, one by one · UGC public notice (PDF)

Policy on Impact Factor and Metrics

The impact factor of 11.25 for JMVRA is derived from Google Scholar citation data, not from Clarivate, so it is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Authors citing it should call it Google Scholar-based. The journal links each figure it reports to the service that generated it.

Numbers were read on 30 Sep 2026 and shift whenever each service refreshes. Impact factor details · How to state it correctly

Indexing & Discovery

An index or database appears in JMVRA's listings only when its record can be opened and verified. Every badge shown below leads to the record itself.

• Google ScholarVerified
• CrossrefVerified
• OpenAlexVerified
• ISSN PortalVerified
• ROADVerified
• ZenodoVerified
• Scholar9Verified
• ORWaveVerified

Every indexing & discovery record, with live counts · Indexing verification

Privacy Policy

Details provided at submission, including names, affiliations, email addresses, phone numbers and correspondence, are used to run peer review, publish accepted work, issue certificates and receipts, and keep the published record.

• Names, affiliations and metadata of authors are published alongside the article and passed to the DOI registration agency and indexing services. Because this information is public by design, it cannot be taken back once the article is published.
• Contact information given for correspondence stays unpublished, apart from the corresponding-author details displayed on the article.
• Authors are never told who reviewed their work.
• The journal does not sell personal data; it passes it to third parties solely when publication or a legal duty makes that necessary.
• Notifications are sent by email and WhatsApp to the contact details supplied at submission; keep them current.

Write to [email protected] with any question about the personal data the journal keeps on you.

Refund Policy

The publication fee at JMVRA is requested only after acceptance. No payment is due when you submit, while the paper is screened, or throughout peer review.

• Charged after acceptance only — payment of the fee (₹971 INR for Indian authors, $41 USD for foreign authors, with up to 5 authors covered) is asked for only after the paper has been accepted.
• Not refundable after acceptance and payment — after a paper is accepted and the fee paid, the fee cannot be refunded, since the editorial, review and publication work it covers has been done already.
• Withdrawal after payment — authors who pull an accepted manuscript after paying are not entitled to a refund.
• Published articles — a publication cannot be reversed like a returned product, because the article is already public and indexed.

Duplicate payments, payments made by mistake, and payments for articles that the journal ends up not publishing should be reported to the editorial office with the paper ID and payment reference; each is assessed on its own facts.

Terms and Conditions

• Using the website and the submission system means you accept these policies.
• By submitting, authors warrant that the work is original, that they own the rights needed, and that their declarations are truthful.
• Authors answer for the correctness of what they provide, such as names, their order, affiliations and email addresses, since these become part of the permanent published record.
• A submission can be declined by the journal if it is outside scope, violates these policies, or cannot be evaluated because no suitable reviewer is found.
• Acceptance is not assured at any point, and paying a fee cannot buy it.
• Please quote the paper ID in correspondence; a message lacking it takes longer to trace.

Disclaimer

Published articles express the opinions and findings of their authors. Publication means the work cleared peer review and editorial assessment, not that the journal, its editors or reviewers endorse the authors' conclusions.

The journal accepts no liability for outcomes of using its published content, and readers who apply methods or findings in practice should rely on their own professional judgement. Links to outside sites are offered as a convenience; the journal neither controls nor answers for what those sites contain.

Complaints and Appeals

An author who thinks a decision turned on a factual mistake or a misreading of the work can appeal. Contact the editorial office within a reasonable time after the decision, quote the paper ID, and explain precisely what was misread and why, backed by evidence. Keep the appeal factual and focused on the points in dispute.

• Where possible, an editor who took no part in the original decision handles the appeal.
• Additional independent review may be requested.
• An appeal's outcome is final.
• Simply disagreeing with a reviewer's opinion does not justify an appeal.

Complaints regarding editorial process, conduct or manuscript handling go to the same address; they are acknowledged and investigated.

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