Editorial Policy
Authors should prepare their manuscripts submitted to the journal exactly according to the instructions given here. Manuscripts that do not follow the format and style of the journal may be returned to the authors for revision or rejected. The journal reserves the right to make any further formal changes and language corrections necessary in a manuscript accepted for publication so that it conforms to the formatting requirements of the journal.
A manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that it is being submitted to Phcog Res. alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. The journal expects that authors would authorize one of them to correspond with the Journal for all matters related to the manuscript. All manuscripts received are duly acknowledged. On submission, editors review all submitted manuscripts initially for suitability for formal review. Manuscripts with insufficient originality, serious scientific or technical flaws, or a lack of a significant message are rejected before proceeding to formal peer-review. Manuscripts that are unlikely to be of interest to the Phcog Res. readers are also liable to be rejected at this stage itself.
Manuscripts that are found suitable for publication in Phcog Res. are sent to two or more expert reviewers. During submission, the contributor is requested to provide the names of two or three qualified reviewers who have had experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript, but this is not mandatory. The reviewers should not be affiliated with the same institutes as the contributor/s. However, the selection of these reviewers is at the sole discretion of the editor. The journal follows a double-blind review process, wherein the reviewers and authors are unaware of each other’s identity. Every manuscript is also assigned to a member of the editorial team, who, based on the comments from the reviewers, makes a final decision on the manuscript. The comments and suggestions (acceptance/ rejection/ amendments in manuscript) received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author. If required, the author is requested to provide a point-by-point response to reviewers’ comments and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process is repeated till reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three days. It may not be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to the final decision and sending and receiving proofs is completed online. To achieve faster and greater dissemination of knowledge and information, the journal publishes articles online as ‘IN PRESS’ immediately on approval of galley proof.
Plagiarism Policy
While preparing a manuscript draft, authors must ensure the originality of their work. If authors have cited or quoted the work and/or words of others, they must do so properly in the manuscript. All articles submitted to Pharmacognosy Research (Pharmacogn Res.) shall be subjected to an iThenticate plagiarism check (online plagiarism detection software). If plagiarism is discovered during the entire process, the manuscript(s) will be immediately rejected. If plagiarism is confirmed/established after publication, the manuscript(s) will be withdrawn from the journal, an appropriate statement will be made, and strict action will be taken against the authors, including but not limited to debarring them from future publication. We can bring such instances to the attention of the author's funding agencies, their institutes (where they work), and the original authors whose work has been plagiarized. When investigating plagiarism complaints, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will also be consulted.
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Copyright and Open Access Policy
The copyright in the text of individual articles (including research articles, opinion articles, book reviews, conference proceedings and abstracts) is the work of the authors, subject to a general license granted to Pharmacog Res. by transferring the copyright upon submission of articles and a Creative Commons CC-BY license granted to all others, as specified below.
All work submitted to Pharmacog Res. implies that it presents original, unpublished work of the authors, which has not been published previously, has not been accepted for publication elsewhere and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
On acceptance of the manuscript for publication, the Corresponding Author, on behalf of all authors of the manuscript, will be required to sign and submit a completed Copyright Form.
As an author or contributor, you grant permission to others to reproduce your articles, including any graphics and third-party materials supplied by you, in accordance with the Journal Terms and Conditions and subject to any copyright notices which you include in connection with such materials. The license granted to third parties is a Creative Commons Attribution (“CC BY”) licence. The current version is CC-BY, version 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), and the licence will automatically be updated as and when updated by the Creative Commons organisation.
The following summaries are shown as they can be found on the Creative Commons website as of 21st August, 2016.
The Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 provides the following summary (where ‘you’ equals ‘the user’):
Sharing — copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format.
Adapting — remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as there is full adherence to the license terms under the following terms:
Attribution — you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the licensor endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions — you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Retraction Policy
The published article may be retracted for several reasons, including serious flaws in findings or conclusions, peer review manipulation, plagiarism, redundant publication, reuse of material or data without authorisation, copyright infringement, unethical research, and/or a failure to disclose a major competing interest. For any retracted article, the reason for retraction will be clearly stated in the retraction notice and linked to the retracted article. The retracted article will be clearly marked as retracted (including the PDF).