Policies

OPEN ACCESS POLICY 

IJMSCS is published Open Access under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license. Authors retain full copyright, with the first publication right granted to the journal.

PLAGIARISM POLICY

Authors' rights are protected by journals. CrossRef is used to check submitted articles for duplicate content. It is the Editorial Team's responsibility to take action if plagiarism is detected, which can include but is not limited to discontinuing the publication process for the paper immediately, publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction), retracting the article, notifying the dean and/or relevant academic organizations or societies of the plagiarism issue. All submissions are checked for originality by Turnitin.

PRIVACY POLICY

During the registration process for this journal, names and email addresses will be used exclusively for the purposes of this journal. Any other use or disclosure of them will not be permitted. It is standard practice for peer-reviewed journals to collect data from registered and non-registered users. As part of the editing process for this journal, we strive to comply with industry standards pertaining to data privacy, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which establishes "data subject rights" such as (a) breach notification; (b) access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. Furthermore, the GDPR recognizes the "public interest in the availability of the data," which is especially pertinent to those who maintain the public record of scholarly publications with the maximum integrity.

ARCHIVING

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING

Any manuscript version of an author may be posted to personal or institutional websites, in repositories, and similar before and after publication (with the publication bibliography provided).

CORRECTION AND RETRACTION POLICIES

The conditions for publication with permanent identifiers such as DOI include that the published object is final and does not change without the reader being clearly informed.

Articles published in the journal can thus not be changed without an erratum or a change notice being published and linked to the original article.

If a factual error in an article is discovered, this should be reported to the Editor-in-Chief, who decides on further action and any corrections.

COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS POLICY

In the case of formal complaints, disputes, or appeals, authors should contact the Editor-in-chief, who is responsible for ensuring that a fair, deliberative, and thorough investigation is conducted.

POLICY FOR ETHICAL OVERSIGHT

The journal follows the ethical guidelines and best practices set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All cases of ethical misconduct will be dealt with in accordance with COPE's recommendations and guidelines.

PUBLICATION FEES

There are no publication fees associated with this journal.