Editorial Policy

Editorial Policies

The editorial policy of IJPBA ensures transparency, academic integrity, and ethical publishing practices in accordance with international standards.

  1. Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process:

  • Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field.
  • Reviewers are selected based on expertise, objectivity, and independence.
  • Final decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief, considering reviewers' recommendations.
  • The review process typically takes 2 to 4 weeks.
  1. Article Types Accepted

IJPBA accepts the following article types:

  • Original Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Short Communications
  • Case Reports
  • Letters to the Editor

Each article type has specific structure and word limits as outlined in our Author Guidelines.

  1. Authorship Criteria

Authorship should be based on:

  • Substantial contributions to the conception/design, data acquisition, or analysis.
  • Drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
  • Approval of the final version.
  • Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

 

  1. Plagiarism & Originality

IJPBA follows a strict anti-plagiarism policy:

  • All submissions are checked using plagiarism detection software.
  • Manuscripts with >15% similarity (excluding referencessections) are subject to desk rejection.
  • Plagiarism detection is the process of locating instances of plagiarism within a work or document. We are using mainly two software to check plagiarism as follows:

Plagiarism Checker X

VeriGuideTM

  1. Manuscript Withdrawal Policy

Withdrawal of articles is strongly discouraged and only used in exceptional circumstances for early versions articles which have been accepted for publication but which have not been formally published yet (“articles in press”) but which may already appear online. Such versions may contain errors, may have accidentally been submitted twice or may be in violation a journal’s publishing ethics guidelines (e.g. multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, etc.). In such situations, especially in case of legal/ethical violations or false/inaccurate data which could pose a detrimental risk if used, it may be decided to withdraw the early version of the article from our electronic platform. Withdrawal means that the article content (both the HTML- and PDF-versions) is removed and replaced with an HTML page and PDF stating that the article has been withdrawn according to Atlantis Press policies on article withdrawal with a link to the then-current policy text.

Note that if Authors retain copyright for an article this does not mean they automatically have the right to withdraw it after publication. The integrity of the published scientific record is of paramount importance and these policies on retractions and withdrawals still apply in such cases.

  1. Only used for Articles in Press which represent early versions of articles and sometimes contain errors, or may have been accidentally submitted twice. 
  2. Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like. Occasionally a retraction will be used to correct errors in submission or publication. The retraction of an article by its authors or the editor under the advice of members of the scholarly community has long been an occasional feature of the learned world.
  3. In an extremely limited number of cases, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database. This will only occur where the article is clearly defamatory, or infringes others’ legal rights, or where the article is, or we have good reason to expect it will be, the subject of a court order, or where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk.
  4. In cases where the article, if acted upon, might pose a serious health risk, the authors of the original article may wish to retract the flawed original and replace it with a corrected version. In these circumstances the procedures for retraction will be followed with the difference that the database retraction notice will publish a link to the corrected re-published article and a history of the document.
  1. Conflicts of Interest

All authors and reviewers must disclose any conflict of interest (financial, institutional, personal) that may influence the manuscript. To prevent the information on potential conflicts of interest from being overlooked or misplaced, it needs to be part of the manuscript. However, it should also be included on a separate page or pages immediately following the title page.

 

  1. Copyright

Copyright of all accepted papers will belong to IJPBA and the authors must affirms that accepted papers for publication in IJPBA must not be re-published elsewhere without the written consent of the editor in chief / director of BRNSS Publication Hub. To comply with this policy, authors will be required to submit a signed copy of Copyright Transfer Form after acceptance of their paper, before the same is published.

  1. Archiving & Preservation

All published articles are archived in:

  • The journal’s digital archive
  • Indexing databases (upon inclusion)
  • PDF backups for long-term preservation
  1. Publication Frequency

IJPBA is published quarterly (4 issues per year).