PUBLICATION ETHICS AND POLICY

FOR AUTHORS :

a) The purpose of enforcing publication ethics policy is to make sure that the publication is of highest quality and also to reinforce public trust in publications and make sure that the people involved in publications receive their due credit for their efforts. Our journal follows standard guidelines laid down by COPE. (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices)

b) PEER REVIEW PROCESS :After receiving articles from the authors, all submitted manuscripts will be subject to double-blinded peer review process (identities of authors will not be revealed to the reviewers and identity of the peer reviewers will not be revealed to the authors.

c) Definition of Publication Malpractice or Research Misconduct

The Publisher adopts the definition of research misconduct by the United States Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct-42 CFR Part 93 (June 2005) as the following

“Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

• Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
• Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
• Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, process, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion”

PLAGIARISM – Plagiarism literally means some or parts of the ideas or works of another author is claimed as his own and to use it without crediting the source or without proper citations. Authors should make sure that they have cited all the sources while preparing the article. Plagiarism is not acceptable including copyright, text ideas, image from other sources or even from your own published content without giving any credit to the original source. To steal and pass of the ideas or words of another as ones own, use anothers production without crediting the “source” or “present” as new and original and idea or product derived from an existing source. We consider “self Plagiarism” as a form of Plagiarism. “self Plagiarism” would be when an author borrows from his or her own previously published work without proper citation.Our journal uses online plagiarism check software. Articles that have been found to be plagiarized will be summarily rejected and already published articles will be corrected or retracted.

FOR REVIEWERS :

Once after receiving an invitation to review the article, reviewers will not involve in any type of manipulation of the article. However, they may provide suggestions to the authors regarding language corrections and also grammar corrections. Over editing of the article and criticism is not done at the end of the review process. All reviewers maintain confidentiality and submit the reviews to the editorial board confidentially and not to the authors.

FOR EDITORS :

Editors strive to ensure that review of manuscripts is fair, unbiased and timely. It is our responsibility to ensure that the material submitted to the journal remains confidential when under review process. Editors also make sure that people involved with the editorial process including themselves have adequate training and have kept abreast of the latest guidelines, recommendation and evidence about review and general management of the journal. All the editorial board members strictly follow COPE guidelines and take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality of the material being published. https://publicationethics.org/guidance

Editorial Policy: Insider Publishing

Our journal allows editorial board members or members of advisory board to submit and publish articles in accordance with our editorial policies and conflict-of-interest guidelines. All submissions undergo rigorous peer review and editorial board members with conflicts of interest are excluded from the review process.

Such submissions are restricted to a maximum of one person issue other than the Editorials.

This approach promotes transparency and clarity on your journal’s policies.

GENERAL POLICIES

OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

Aakhar Hindi Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Aakhar Hindi Journal is an open access journal, which means all its content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as they cite the source. Aakhar Hindi Journal operates under the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ . This allows others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work for non commercial purpose as long as they credit the authors for the original creation. All authors publishing in Aakhar Hindi Journal accept these as the terms of publication.

ALL THE ARTICLES IN AAKHAR HINDI JOURNAL IS LICENSED UNDER CC BY-NC 4.0

CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

Authors should disclose any financial or personal conflict of interest at the time of submitting the article and mandatorily submit the conflict of interest (COI) form in the prescribed format. All authors to mandatorily submit the COI form even when they have none to disclose and mention none or not applicable.

ARCHIVING POLICIES

All the contents published in the journal are automatically archived and is available free of cost from the past issues archive section of the journal website to be able to download for everyone at https://aakharhindijournal.com/issues/. In addition all the issues of Aakhar Hindi Journal are uploaded in the journals page in Zenodo , a free, open-source repository developed by CERN to share and preserve all publications.It assigns a persistent DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to each uploaded item, making them easily citable and discoverable.

Digital Archiving:

Digital Archiving ensures the preservation and accessibility of digital content over time, safeguarding it from technological changes and data loss.We prioritize the longevity and integrity of our journal by utilizing digital archiving services. Our journal articles are securely preserved and remain accessible to researches, educators and the public today and in future.

REPOSITORY POLICY

AAKHAR HINDI JOURNAL encourages and does not restrict any authors who wish to deposit a copy of their papers in their Institutional or any other Repositories of their choice without any EMBARGO.

Authors can share the Abstract and “How to cite” information (e.g., Title, Author name, Publication dates) of their article anywhere at any time including social media such as Facebook, blogs and Twitter, with proper attribution to the original source (the Publisher website) or include the DOI number in the social media post that links it to the published article on the Journal website.

Submitted Version

Submitted version (SV) or the preprint version is recognized as the author version of an article before submission to a journal for peer review. The author accepts full responsibility for the article, and the content and layout are set out by the author.

Authors can post their preprint version on preprint servers of the authors’ choice, authors’ or institutional websites, preprint servers or preprint commenting platforms, intended for non-commercial use. When submitting the manuscript to the journal, authors must disclose all pertinent information regarding preprint publication, such as the DOI and licencing terms. The author must make sure that the preprint record is updated with a publication reference after it is published, including the DOI and a URL link to the journal website where the paper has been published.

Accepted Manuscript

The accepted manuscript (AM) is the peer reviewed version (not the final published version) as accepted for publication by the journal that includes modifications based on reviewers’ suggestions. This version excludes copy editing and type setting changes.

The journal does not recommend the authors to upload AM to their personal website/ institutional or other non-commercial subject-based repositories.

Published Version

Published Version (PV) is defined as the final version of the article that has been made available by the Publisher on the respective journal website by formally and exclusively putting the article either in ‘online first’ or releasing it as a part of the complete issue of that journal. This is the final, definitive, citable version of your paper, which has been copyedited, typeset, has metadata applied, and has been allocated a DOI.

Authors may share the PV with private groups within their institution or through private groups on non-commercial repositories that are signatories to the STM Voluntary principles for article sharing on Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCN). The PV may not be uploaded or shared on commercial websites or repositories unless the website or repository has signed an agreement with the publisher permitting such uploading or sharing.

OPEN CITATION POLICY:

AAKHAR HINDI JOURNAL follows open citation policy as per the 140C standards offering Free and Unrestricted Access to citation data to anyone without restrictions, promoting open scholarly communication. Open citation data helps researchers find and connect with relevant literature, leading to increased visibility and impact of research. Researchers can analyze citation patterns to identify emerging areas of study, research trends, and the scholarly impact of publications. Open access to citation data promotes transparency in research by making it easier to track the flow of ideas and knowledge dissemination .

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) GUIDELINES :

In research and learning, human judgement is essential to validate conclusions, addresses and ensure ethical standards. Feedback from peers is the key for validating research coclusions.AI enhances human creativity and inculcate, rather than replicating it. AI GUIDELINES are designed to guide authors in addressing ethical and technical aspects of AI usage.

Transparency and Disclosure

Authors are required to disclose the use of AI tools during manuscript preparation. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Writing assistance (e.g., grammar and style checks by AI tools like Grammarly or ChatGPT).
• Data analysis or visualization (e.g., AI-based statistical software).
• Literature search and summarization.

Recommendation : Include a statement in the manuscript’s “Acknowledgments” or “Methods” section specifying the AI tools used and their purpose.

For example: “This manuscript was prepared with assistance from [AI Tool Name], used for [specific purpose, e.g., language editing, data analysis, or figure preparation].”

AUTHORS to be aware of the Potential scope for pliagarism while using AI

REVENUE SOURCES:

AAKHAR HINDI JOURNAL is a self-financed open access journal which solely relies on Article processing charges (APC) for its sustenance.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER :

AAKHAR HINDI JOURNAL is published by Dr.Shobana S on behalf of AHJ Publications headquartered in Mysore, Karnataka,It was founded in September 2022 to cater to the needs of scholars from south India and make publication in Hindi easy and accessible to all following a long felt need to have a journal in Hindi from this region