Policies

Policies

Open-access Policy

All content published in the Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) is made freely available online to all under an Open-Access model. By the definition of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, all content published by the UPI-JPMHS is made free to users without any subscription or other charges. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles, or use them for any other lawful, non-commercial purpose.

Licensing Policy

The Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) is in favour of Open Access policies, and we will be licensing the manuscripts of the UPI-JPMHS with the Creative Commons (CC) BY-NC 4.0. The NSE allows readers to read, download, print, search or share the research data for non-commercial purposes.

Waiver Policy

Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) may grant the partial/full waiver in article processing charges to the authors who are unable to pay the APCs due to a financial crisis. Only the authors from low-income countries (World Bank Country Classification) can apply for the waiver. The waiver is applicable for one article per year for each submitting author. Please send your waiver requests to [email protected]

Privacy Policy

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. No personal information is collected from Google Analytics. For further information on the privacy policy concerning Google Analytics, Click here

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism detection: All Received Manuscripts initially screened with CrossCheck  A definite process is followed to handle a case of plagiarism. UPI-JPMHS follows the guidelines included in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts https://publicationethics.org/files/plagiarism%20A.pdf

For more information about Plagiarism contact [email protected]

Copyright Policy

Copyright is for open access articles © Author(s) retain of this article Published by Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE)

License agreement

Submission of a manuscript to Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE)

I'm certifying the following terms and Conditions

  1. I am Permit by my co-authors to introduce these arrangements. 
  2. I give assurance, on behalf of myself and my co-authors, that: B.1) This article is original, it doesn’t have been published in any other Peer Reviewed Journals, and this article is not submitted for any other peer-reviewed journal, this article is not under Submission by any other journal, and does not breach any existing copyright or any other third party rights. B.2)I am /we are the sole author(s) for this article. The article does not contain anything illegal, slanderous, or which would, if published, constitute a breach of obligation or commitment given to privacy. B.3) I am/we have taken due care to ensure the integrity of the article. To my/our - and currently accepted scientific - knowledge all records contained in it purporting to be facts are true and any formula or guidance contained in the article will not if followed exactly, cause any damage, sickness, or harm to the user. 
  3. I and we(co-authors)  those who are present in the article agree that if the article is accepted by the Editors for Publication, I (or) We shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License

Withdrawal Policy

If the corresponding author wants to withdraw his/her article, they must contact the chief editor through email. NSE Doesn't collect processing fees if the article is withdrawn within 15 days after submission. After this stipulated period, if the author requests for withdrawal, the article processing charges (APC) need to be paid by the author.

Retraction Policy

To publish corrections, clarification, retractions whenever needed. The publication should be done on a timely basis to achieve the timeliness of publishing the schedule of the journal. Factual mistakes are a part of science and publishing and require publication of a correction when they are detected. So Correction, Retractions, Republication, and errors are handled as per standards prescribed by ICMJE and Retraction Guidelines by COPE.

Peer-Reviewed Policies

Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) Follows the COPE with Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, ICMJE Recommendations, Recommendations on Publication Ethics Policies for Medical Journals, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Peer review is the major quality to keep measure for any academic journal. In this process, experts in the relevant fields, analyse the scholarly work from every perception, including its writing, the accuracy of its technical content, its documentation, and its impact on and implication to the discipline.

Reviewers play a pivotal role in scholarly publishing, and their valuable opinions certify the quality of the article under thoughtfulness. Peer review helps to approve research, establishing a standard for evaluation within research communities. Further, the standard Review Process shall take a Minimum of 7-8 Weeks.

Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) employs the peer review process to maintain academic standards and ensure the validity of individual works submitted for publication. Also, it follows a single-blinded peer review process, to ensure independent editorial decision-making.

Depending on reviewer commentary and recommendations, manuscripts may be sent back to authors for revision. After the assistant editor receives the revised manuscript, it is assigned to the reviewer(s) once again, for approval of changes. But the final decision to publish is made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Nanotechnology in Science and Engineering (NSE) will follow a double-blind peer-review process i.e. is given bellow

Peer Review Process