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Language editing and author services
We have partnered with a number of leading author services providers to offer our authors an exclusive 10% discount on a wide range of manuscript preparation and post-publication services. This discount applies to various language editing, translation, and research communication services. Learn more about author services.
Licence
JPS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. "This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials."
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online manuscript tracking system. Only electronic Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf) files can be submitted through the same, and there is no page limit. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author takes responsibility for the manuscript during submission and peer review. For technical help contact
ceo@positive-sciences.com.com.
Terms of submission
Manuscripts must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are only being considered by this journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. It is also the submitting author’s responsibility to ensure that the article has all necessary institutional approvals. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication, unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission that the authors permit editing of the manuscript for readability. All inquiries concerning the publication of accepted manuscripts should be addressed to
ceo@positive-sciences.com.
(a) Plagiarism Check
The journal to which you are submitting your manuscript employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
(b) Peer Review
Submission work to JPS will be firstly monitored by the available editor then upon positive impression of the editor (when work is found suitable for the journal), editor will divert the work to reviewer where blind review will be initiated. Author will be asked to revise the work in case of any requirements then work can be processed for the publication.
(c) Copyright and authors’ rights
Journal does not need to seek permission from authors to do various activities with the article (e.g. republish in an edited book, citation and abstraction of articles). Author is agreeing to transfer the copyright to the JPS in publishing of the submitted materials. However, Author will remain holding rights of the content in case other authors/researchers are willing to use some material alike datasets, codes, hardware and any material which is not included in the published article but was used to construct the article and frame the results. Authors need to download the
copyright form and email it into: copyright@positive-sciences.com after filling the required details.
Peer review
All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. In order for an article to be accepted for publication, the assigned Editor will first consider if the manuscript meets minimum editorial standards and fits within the scope of the journal. If an article is within scope, then the Editor will ideally solicit at least two external peer reviewers (whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors) to assess the article before confirming a decision to accept. Decisions to reject are at the discretion of the Editor.
Article Processing Charges
JPS is processing all accepted articles on
INR 2500 (for Indian authors)/ 30$ (for International authors) . However, other services alike line editing and translation are chargeable. However, Line editing, Language proficiency edits are chargeable if required by author, 60 $ USD need to be paid per article for such services.
Article types
The journal will consider the following article types:
Research Articles
Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide a thorough analysis of the results of the project. Systematic reviews may be submitted as research articles.
Reviews
A review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.
Formatting
We urges the authors to modify their work (articles) in accordance to the our template.
* Kindly note that, as of Jan, 2024, journal template is being changed and the same is downloadable for
here
Appeals and Disputes
Only a small percentage of appeals of rejection decisions are considered successful, and even then only when you can back them up with compelling arguments or fresh information that allays the editor's and reviewers' worries. As journal policy concerns, appeals are handled less urgently than new submissions and could take several weeks, if not longer, to be resolved. Before attempting to persuade the editor to change their mind, make sure you have enough proof. Appeals must be rational arguments, not emotional ones.
In the event that you decide to submit an appeal letter, you should
Provide a detailed justification for your disagreement with the choice and any additional facts you'd like the editors to take into account. The information in your original submission or cover letter should not be repeated here.
If the editors or reviewers have pointed out weaknesses in your article that you believe you can fix, please explain how you would accomplish this, such as by supplying more information.
It is a good idea to have a backup plan in case the backup plan fails.
If you think a reviewer was prejudiced or made a technical error in their evaluation of your paper, please include any proof to back up your claim.
Complaints process
For any complaints, author is requested to write detailed email to the publisher in understandable and clear language on publisher@@positive-sciences.com.
Conflict of interest
Work submitted to JPS should be original and not previously submitted to any other publisher and will be suspected to plagiarism check. At the time of submission, author will need to indicate his/her agreement on the statement of Conflict of Interest.
