Authorship Policy
EduPub’s Authorship
Policy is based on EduPub criteria for authorship. Submission of a book
chapter or monograph to EduPub indicates that the author(s) have agreed on
the content of the manuscript. One author should be indicated as the corresponding
author for all publication related communications. The author(s) should
substantially contribute to the design of the work; or the analysis, or
interpretation of data for the work. The author(s) must participate in drafting
or revising the work and approve the final version to be published. All
correspondence and proofs would be sent to the corresponding author, who will
be treated as a final representative voice for all authors regarding any
decision related to the manuscript unless otherwise requested during submission.
EduPub
EduPub
would not be
responsible for any dispute related to authorship of a submitted monograph or
book chapter. Any change in the authorship (such as addition or deletion of the
author(s) or change in the sequence of author list) should be intimated to the
editorial office through a letter signed by all authors before publication of
the book. In absence of any signed letter, approval of final version
(ready-to-be-published) by the corresponding author will work as the
‘certificate of final agreement of authorship’. Generally, any change in the
authorship after final publication is not entertained and COPE guidelines are
followed for any dispute.
Peer Review Policies
and Review Process Flow
EduPub aims to
publish high-quality research work. All submitted book chapters or monographs
are subject to peer review before publication. To know about EduPub’s Peer
Review Policies and Review Process Flow.
Plagiarism Policy
EduPub strongly
opposes the practice of duplicate publication or any type of plagiarism. Once
submitted, all the manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism checking. EduPub
uses plagiarism checking software, which checks content uploaded by the
Editorial office against a database of periodicals, the Internet, and a
comprehensive database and generates a Similarity Report. If plagiarism is
found in any monograph or book chapter after an internal investigation, a
letter would be immediately sent to all the authors, their affiliated
institutes and funding agency, if applied and subsequently the manuscript will
be rejected.
Standard Protocol on
Approvals, Registrations, Patient Consents & Animal Protection
All clinical
investigations must be conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki
principles. Regarding the patient’s consent for research or participation in a
study, authors must comply with the guidelines of the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org). Patients’ details like names,
initials (including figures), or hospital numbers must not be mentioned
anywhere in the manuscript. Academic Editor may request the authors to provide
documentation of the formal review and recommendation from the Institutional
Review Board or Ethics Committee responsible for oversight of the study.
Copyright Policy
EduPub’s Copyright
Policy aims to guarantee that original material is published while at the same
time giving significant freedom to the authors. The copyrights of all published
monographs or book chapters are retained by the respective authors as per the
‘Creative Commons Attribution License’
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Monographs are licensed under
the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
license granted to all authors. The author(s) should be the sole author(s) of
the article and should have full authority to enter into the agreement and in
granting rights (if any) to EduPub, which are not in breach of any other
obligation. Authors should mandatorily ensure that submission of the book
chapter to EduPub would result in no breach of contract or of confidence or of
commitment given to secrecy.
Ethics Standards
EduPub is passionate
about working with the global academic community to promote best scholarly
research in the world. EduPub normally follows the guidelines given
in COPE
website. The authors, academic editors, the reviewers, and the
Societies (if applicable) are also requested to strictly follow this excellent
guideline. For human or animal experimental investigations, a formal review and
approval, or review and waiver, by an appropriate Institutional Review Board or
Ethics Committee should be provided. This should be documented in the
manuscript clearly. For human investigations, the way of informed consent
collection from the study participants (i.e., oral or written) should be mentioned
in the Methods section. Authors should obtain patient consent in the case of
the confidential case history. In the case of briefcase vignettes which do not
contain identifying information or if the case material is disguised adequately
to prevent identification of the patient, consent is not necessary. The
author(s) should inform the purpose of publication, the possible risks and
benefits to the patient and the patient’s right to withhold or withdraw the
consent. In the case of a minor patient, consent should be obtained from the
parent(s) or guardian(s) of the patient(s).
Conflicts of Interest
Policy
EduPub is determined
to promote integrity in research publication. All the authors, the academic
editors, and the reviewers are required to transparently declare all possible
conflicts of interest in line with publication ethics practices recommended by
COPE, ICMJE, and other similar organizations. Financial contributions to the
work should be clearly acknowledged, as should any potential conflict of
interest.
Correction and
Retraction Policy
To know about EduPub’s
Correction and Retraction Policy
To know about EduPub’s
representative guideline for Authorship Dispute.
EduPub’s Correction
and Retraction Policy is developed in accordance with COPE’s publication
guidelines pertaining to scientific misconduct, any publication disputes,
authorship disputes, and research ethics. For these kinds of disputes, we
generally visit and follow the COPE website and author(s) are also
requested to do so. The publisher is determined to act upon any reports of
scientific misconduct in its published work and accordingly will make an effort
to start an investigation of such claims. In case of retraction or removal of
the work, the publisher will be under no obligation to refund the paid amount.
Advertising Policy
Advertising is
currently not permitted in any of EduPub’s publications.
Refund Policy
Refunds are possible
if double payment has been made by the author by mistake. Refunds will also be
made in rare cases if EduPub does not publish the book. In some instances
author(s) request to withdraw the accepted document prior to publication.
Refunds of 50% of the paid amount may be issued if EduPub, based on its own
judgment, determines that the withdrawal is fully justified. Refunded amounts
will not always be the same as originally paid amounts due to payment gateway
charges, money conversion charges or bank transaction fees or other expense if any.
In case of retraction or removal of the Work, the publisher will be under no
obligation to refund the paid amount.
Reprints
High-quality,
bound/unbound, print/e-reprints can be purchased for all published books, book
chapters and monographs.
Appeals and
Complaints
Author(s) who wish to
make a complaint or appeal should refer it to the Academic Editor of the edited
volume or monograph concerned or the publisher directly to editor@pen2print.org
Disclaimer
EduPub, its staff or
members of the editorial board will not bear any responsibility for any injury
and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability,
negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products
instruction, advertisements or ideas contained in a publication by EduPub.
