Publication Ethics

Ethical standards for publication mainly aims to ensure high quality scientific publications, public trust in new findings, and hence the public receive credit for their new ideas. RPI aims to stick to the Best Practice Guidelines framed on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct.

• Assessment of the Article

All submitted articles are peer – reviewed by our experts in the respective field.If the articles are accepted by the editors, then the peer reviwers start reviewing the papers.These Peer reviwers remain unknown to the authors.We may also seek advice and ideas from outside experts of the field to which the journal belongs to.

• Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is a crime. RPI checks all the submitted manuscripts for plagiarism using Turnitin Plagiarism Checker software.If any of the manuscripts are detected for plagiarism then the respective manuscripts will be rejected.If Plagiarism is found after publication then the associated manuscript will be deleted.

• Duplicate Submission

The authors’ submissions are accepted as long as they are completely original, unpublished works that are not already being considered for publication by another magazine.

Depending on the circumstances, some articles can be published in more than one journal (e.g., guidelines, translations). Secondary publications must be approved by the authors and editors of the primary publications to reflect the same data and interpretation. The secondary publication must cite the primary reference.

• Data Fabrication

The articles submitted must be unpublished and also not falsified. Journals should not publish essentially the same paper more than once. A manuscript that has already been published in another journal should not be submitted for consideration. It is unethical and unacceptable to submit the same manuscript to several journals at the same time.If any falsification or fabrication is found, then the article will be rejected.

• Author Contribution and Submission

The unpublished new and original articles from the authors can be submitted in any format with .doc or .docx extension.Only 5 authors are allowed to the maximum.Any details related to the author such as the name or email id cannot be changed later.

• Accepted Version

Authors are asked to submit the accepted manuscripts in a single column format through the online portal with .doc or .docx extention.The RPI team will modify the manuscript according to the template.

• Types of Papers Accepted
• Research Article
• Survey Article
• Review Article

• Conflict of Interests

Any conflicts of interest that could influence the results or interpretation in the manuscript should be disclosed by authors as early as possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form and including a statement in the manuscript). Many potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed, including financial ones, such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. Please disclose all sources of funding (including grant numbers or other reference numbers, if applicable).

If unsure about the conflicting interests, it can be discussed with the Editorial Board before submission of the article.

• Conflicts comprise

Possible conflicting interests include:

• Any prior partnership with the reviewers
• Any personal relationship with the reviewers
• Financial benefits from the work.
• Intellectual Property
• Academic competitors with the reviewers

• Authorship of the manuscript

As the manuscript must be publicly responsible for its content, only individuals meeting these authorship criteria should be listed as authors: (i) contributed significantly to the study’s conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis and interpretation; (ii) wrote the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its publication. If any individual contributed substantially to the work reported in the manuscript (for example, technical help, writing and editing assistance, general assistance), he or she should not be listed as an author but should be mentioned in the “Acknowledgements” section after they have been granted written permission to be mentioned. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list. In addition, the author should verify that all co-authors have seen the final draft and approved it for publication, and have agreed to it.

• Editors and Reviewers

Editors and reviewers should decline to be involved with a submission if they have any of the following:

• Any prior partnership with the authors
• Any personal relationship with the authors
• Financial benefits from the work.
• Hatred towards the author
• Academic competitors with the authors
• Reviewers must declare any remaining interests in the ‘Confidential’ section of the review form, which will be considered by the editor.
• Editors and reviewers must declare if they have previously discussed the manuscript with the authors.

• Sanction

All the manuscripts will be sent to the subject field experts for review.They will send the review to the editorial team.The decision will be taken by the Editorial team.The decision can be

• Accept
• Accept with minor revision
• Accept with major revision
• Revise and Resubmit
• Reject

• Research Documentation

An author is responsible for notifying the journal’s editors or journal as soon as they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work and cooperating with them to correct the work or retract it. Journal editors generally expect authors to promptly correct or retract papers that contain significant errors or inaccuracies, or to provide evidence to them that the paper is correct.

• Publication Practice

As a publication, working closely with its editors, will take appropriate measures if there is alleged or actual scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism in an article. Erratum, clarifications, and, in the most severe cases, retractions are among the remedies available. In addition to taking reasonable steps to identify and prevent papers with research misconduct from being published, the journal should ensure that no such misconduct is encouraged or knowingly permitted to occur.

• Final Version Guidelines to the authors

The journal team will modify the manuscript according to the template.

• Title – Times New Roman font with size 24
• Authors Name details – Times New Roman font with size 11
• Authors Affiliation details – Times New Roman font with size 10
• Abstract & Index Terms – Times New Roman font with size 9 (Bold)
• Major Headings – Times New Roman font with size 10 (Uppercase Letters)
• Sub Headings – Times New Roman font with size 10 (Bold and Italic)
• Content – Times New Roman font with size 10
• References – Times New Roman font with size 9
• Author Biography – Times New Roman font with size 8

Editorial Responsibilities

Editors have the complete responsibility to accept or reject the manuscript depending on the reviews obtained from the reviewers. Every manuscript should be treated as a confidential document by the editor. It is prohibited for editors to use any submitted manuscripts in their own research. Editors should have no conflict of interest on the articles they accept or reject. It is the editor’s responsibility to ensure that the peer-review process is conducted to a high standard. Double blind review process must be ensured by the editors.