Guidelines for Publication
Review Policy
The editorial process at Vishvambhara: The Research Journal follows the review policy developed by Hindi Vishva Bharati. Every submitted article is independently reviewed by editors and reviewers. The review process is conducted by the Double-Blind Review Process. Articles sent to Vishvambhara: The Research Journal will pass two stages of review, namely pre-review and substance review. Article pre-review was carried out by the editor to see the suitability of the article with the focus and scope of the journal, as well as the style of confinement. The duration of the pre-review is between 0-4 weeks. At least three peer reviewers conducted a substance review in a double-blind manner. The duration of the review is between 1-8 weeks. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations. After being reviewed, there will be four kinds of editor decision based on the reviewers’ recommendations:
Accept Submission | The manuscript would be suitable for publication in its current form (after copy-editing and proofreading). |
Revisions Required | The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer’s comments and made changes where appropriate. These changes could include referencing another work or a rewrite of a few sections. The submission will be accepted after minor changes have been made. Articles sent back to the author for revisions must be returned to the editor without delay. Revised articles returned more than 3 weeks will be considered as new shipments. Revised articles can be sent to the editor via the Online Submission Interface. |
Resubmit for Review | The manuscript could be suitable for publication after the author(s) have responded to the reviewer’s comments and made changes where necessary. These changes could include redoing experiments or a substantial rewrite of several sections. The submission needs to be re-worked, but with significant changes, it may be accepted. It will require a second round of review, however. The reviewer can request a review after the author has revised the article. |
Resubmit elsewhere | If the manuscript is not suitable for the journal it was submitted to, but the content is good and could be suitable for a different journal. |
Decline Submission | The manuscript is not suitable, and it should not be considered further. The submission will not be published in the journal. |
The decision to accept an article to be published in the authority of the (section) Editor based on recommendations from reviewers. Articles that have been declared accepted and have been laid out will be published in the Journal.
In the process of publication, the next number before the regular number is published according to the schedule so that it can be indexed and citable immediately.
Plagiarism detection of articles in this journal is carried out by using Turnitin as a Tool for Reference Manager.
Accepted research articles will be available online on the website and published in print mode.
Publication Ethics
This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in our journals, including the authors, the editors, the peer-reviewers, and the publisher, namely Hindi Vishva Bharati, Bikaner.
- All submitted papers are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least three International Reviewers who are experts in the area of the particular paper.
- Review processes are blind peer review.
- The review considers relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language.
- The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.
- If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.
- Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.
- The acceptance of the paper is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
- No research can be included in more than one publication.
- Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.
- Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.
- Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.
- Authors must participate in the peer review process.
- Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
- All Authors mentioned in the paper must have significantly contributed to the research.
- Authors must state that all data in the paper are authentic.
- Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.
- Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.
- Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors.
- Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
- Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author
- Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. It can be written using the format that can be downloaded via the link <click>, or directly in the article file on specific sections of the text.
- Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited.
- Reviewers should also call to the editor-in-chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they have personal knowledge.
- Reviewers should not review manuscripts with conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
- Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.
- Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.
- Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication.
- Editors should guarantee the papers’ quality and the academic record’s integrity.
- Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
- Editors should clearly understand a research’s funding sources.
- Editors should base their decisions solely on the paper’s importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the publication’s scope.
- Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.
- Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
- Editors should ensure that all published research material conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
- Editors should only accept a paper when reasonably sure.
- Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.
- Editors should accept papers based on suspicions; they should have proof of misconduct.
Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.
Retraction
The papers published in Vishvambhara: The Research Journal will be considered for retraction in the publication if-
- They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g., data fabrication) or honest error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error).
- The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
- It constitutes plagiarism.
- It reports unethical research.
The retraction process adheres to the Retraction Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be accessed here.
Withdrawal of Manuscript
Authors are strongly discouraged from withdrawing submitted manuscripts, as such actions waste the valuable time and effort of editors, reviewers, and publishers who have invested significant resources in the evaluation process.
If an author insists on withdrawing a manuscript during the peer-review process, a withdrawal fee of INR 50,000 per manuscript will be charged as a penalty to the author by the publisher. It is also considered unethical to withdraw a submission from one journal because it has been accepted by another.
For manuscripts withdrawn after acceptance for publication, a penalty of INR 100,000 per manuscript will be applied. Withdrawal will be permitted only after full payment of the penalty to the publisher.
Failure to comply with this policy or to pay the withdrawal fee will result in blacklisting of the author and their affiliated institution from future publication in this journal.
Publication Frequency
Vishvambhara: The Research Journal is being published quarterly a year.