đ Global Scholar Publications â Editorial, Publishing and General Policies
Global Scholar Publications (GSP) is committed to transparent, responsible, ethical, and sustainable scholarly publishing. These publisher-level policies establish the general framework governing manuscript submission, editorial assessment, peer review, publication ethics, research integrity, author responsibilities, copyright, open access, privacy, publication charges, post-publication updates, and other publishing-related activities across journals published by Global Scholar Publications.
These policies apply, where relevant, to authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, readers, journal staff, website users, and other participants in the scholarly publishing process.
Individual journals published by Global Scholar Publications may provide journal-specific instructions, scope requirements, submission procedures, or additional provisions. Where applicable, such journal-specific requirements should be read together with these publisher-level policies.
Publisher: Global Scholar Publications (GSP)
Website: https://gsjournals.com
General Contact: info@gsjournals.com
đī¸ How the Publisher Policy Framework Works
Global Scholar Publications maintains a centralized policy framework so that journals published by GSP can apply consistent principles relating to editorial independence, research integrity, peer review, publication ethics, author rights, privacy, copyright, open access, corrections, retractions, and post-publication record management.
The publisher-level policies listed below constitute the overarching policy framework. Individual journals may supplement these policies with journal-specific information where necessary.
Authors and other stakeholders are encouraged to review the relevant policies before manuscript submission, peer review, payment, publication, article reuse, repository deposit, or any other interaction with a GSP journal.
đ General Publisher Policies
The following policies establish the general terms governing interactions with Global Scholar Publications and its publishing services.
1. đ Terms and Conditions
The Terms and Conditions establish the general rules governing website use, manuscript submission, publishing services, author responsibilities, editorial processing, communications, intellectual property, payments, prohibited activities, and use of Global Scholar Publications services.
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2. đ Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy explains how Global Scholar Publications collects, uses, stores, protects, and manages personal information relating to authors, reviewers, editors, readers, website users, and other stakeholders.
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3. đŗ Cancellation and Refund Policy
The Cancellation and Refund Policy explains applicable conditions relating to manuscript withdrawal, publication services, payments, completed editorial or production work, refund eligibility, duplicate payments, payment-processing errors, and cancellation requests.
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4. â ī¸ Disclaimer Policy
The Disclaimer Policy establishes the responsibilities of authors and limitations of liability relating to published scholarly content, research findings, external links, technical services, indexing, citations, and the use or interpretation of published material.
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5. Šī¸ Copyright Policy
The Copyright Policy explains copyright ownership, author rights, publication permissions, third-party material, lawful reuse, attribution, infringement concerns, permissions, and copyright-related post-publication actions.
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6. đ Shipping Policy
Global Scholar Publications primarily provides digital scholarly publishing services. The Shipping Policy explains the treatment of digital publication materials and any physical materials or services where separately arranged.
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7. đ° Article Processing Charges Policy
The Article Processing Charges Policy explains publication-related charges, payment conditions, transaction charges, editorial and production services, correction charges, and the separation of publication fees from editorial acceptance decisions.
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âī¸ Editorial and Publication Ethics Policies
Global Scholar Publications maintains policies designed to support responsible scholarly communication, ethical research, transparent editorial decision-making, confidentiality, and protection of the integrity of the published scholarly record.
8. đ Publication Ethics Policy
The Publication Ethics Policy defines the ethical responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, and the publisher. It addresses research integrity, publication misconduct, confidentiality, complaints, ethical investigations, corrections, retractions, and protection of the scholarly record.
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9. đ¨ââī¸ Peer Review Policy
The Peer Review Policy establishes principles for editorial screening, reviewer selection, confidentiality, reviewer responsibilities, manuscript evaluation, revisions, editorial decisions, conflicts of interest, and appeals.
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10. đ Plagiarism Policy
The Plagiarism Policy addresses plagiarism, inappropriate copying, mosaic plagiarism, inadequate paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, image and figure plagiarism, code plagiarism, translation plagiarism, similarity assessment, investigations, and appropriate editorial action.
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11. đĨ Authorship Policy
The Authorship Policy explains authorship eligibility, contributor responsibilities, corresponding author duties, author order, acknowledgements, authorship changes, authorship disputes, inappropriate authorship, and author accountability.
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12. â ī¸ Conflict of Interest Policy
The Conflict of Interest Policy covers financial, personal, professional, academic, institutional, commercial, employment, patent, funding, reviewer, editor, and publisher conflicts that could affect the integrity or perceived independence of scholarly publishing.
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13. đ¤ AI Usage Policy
The AI Usage Policy establishes responsible requirements for the use of artificial intelligence and related tools by authors, reviewers, editors, and other participants in scholarly publishing. It addresses disclosure, authorship, confidentiality, originality, verification, AI-generated content, references, code, images, data analysis, and potential post-publication action.
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đŦ Research Integrity and Data Policies
14. đ Data Sharing Policy
The Data Sharing Policy establishes principles for Data Availability Statements, public and controlled-access repositories, confidential data, participant privacy, third-party datasets, software, code, data preservation, verification, and legitimate access restrictions.
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15. đ Research Data Policy
The Research Data Policy addresses responsible data collection, documentation, analysis, storage, preservation, integrity, confidentiality, availability, verification, fabrication, falsification, selective reporting, and appropriate post-publication action.
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đ Open Access, Copyright and Repository Policies
16. đ Open Access Policy
The Open Access Policy explains the publisher's approach to freely accessible scholarly content, licensing, lawful reuse, attribution, article processing charges, DOI registration, digital preservation, repository access, and editorial independence.
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17. đ Licensing Policy
The Licensing Policy explains the applicable licensing framework for published articles, author rights, permitted reuse, attribution requirements, third-party material, commercial and non-commercial use, and responsibilities associated with licensed scholarly content.
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18. đ Author Self-Archiving Policy
The Author Self-Archiving Policy explains the conditions under which authors may deposit submitted, accepted, and published versions of their manuscripts in repositories and other appropriate scholarly platforms, including requirements relating to version identification, citation, copyright, DOI linking, corrections, and retractions.
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đ Manuscript and Post-Publication Policies
19. đ¤ Manuscript Withdrawal Policy
The Manuscript Withdrawal Policy explains withdrawal procedures before review, during peer review, after revision, following acceptance, during production, and in other circumstances where withdrawal may be requested or required.
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20. âī¸ Correction Policy
The Correction Policy establishes procedures for correcting errors in published articles, including author and affiliation amendments, data and figure corrections, references, supplementary materials, DOI metadata, and formal correction notices.
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21. â Retraction Policy
The Retraction Policy explains circumstances in which published articles may require retraction, including unreliable findings, major errors, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate publication, unethical research, authorship misconduct, peer-review manipulation, copyright concerns, or other serious integrity issues.
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22. đ CrossMark Policy
The CrossMark Policy explains how readers can identify the current status of published content and locate relevant corrections, retractions, withdrawals, expressions of concern, metadata updates, and other post-publication notices.
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đ¨âđŦ Responsibilities Across the Publishing Process
đ¨âđ Authors
- Submit original and appropriately prepared scholarly work.
- Ensure that the manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.
- Obtain approval from all listed authors before submission.
- Provide accurate author, affiliation, funding, ethics, data, conflict, and AI disclosures where applicable.
- Respect copyright, licensing, privacy, and third-party material requirements.
- Respond appropriately to editorial and peer-review communications.
- Retain supporting research records, permissions, data, and correspondence.
- Report significant errors discovered after publication.
đ¨ââī¸ Reviewers
- Maintain confidentiality of manuscripts and related information.
- Provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.
- Declare relevant conflicts of interest.
- Avoid personal criticism, citation manipulation, and inappropriate use of confidential information.
- Report suspected plagiarism, unreliable data, ethical concerns, or other research-integrity issues.
- Avoid uploading confidential manuscripts to unauthorized third-party or AI systems.
đ¨âđŧ Editors and Editorial Boards
- Maintain editorial independence and impartiality.
- Apply relevant policies consistently and fairly.
- Protect confidential manuscript and author information.
- Manage conflicts of interest appropriately.
- Assess credible ethical and publication-integrity concerns.
- Ensure that publication decisions are based on editorial and scholarly criteria.
- Take appropriate action when corrections, withdrawals, expressions of concern, or retractions are necessary.
đĸ Publisher
- Maintain the publisher-level policy framework.
- Support editorial independence.
- Provide appropriate publishing and technical infrastructure.
- Support DOI and article metadata management.
- Maintain appropriate records relating to published articles.
- Support ethical investigations and post-publication record updates.
- Keep publication charges separate from editorial acceptance decisions.
đ Policy Directory
For convenience, the complete Global Scholar Publications policy directory is provided below. Explore the relevant policy to understand our publishing standards, author responsibilities and publication procedures.
đ Responsible Scholarly Publishing with Global Scholar Publications
Global Scholar Publications is committed to supporting transparent, responsible, accessible, and ethically managed scholarly communication. Authors, reviewers, editors, and readers should consult the relevant publisher-level policy before participating in the publication process.
- đ Open Access Scholarly Publishing
- đ¨ââī¸ Peer Review and Editorial Oversight
- đ Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
- đ Crossref DOI and CrossMark Support
- đ Open Access and Author Self-Archiving
- đ Corrections, Retractions and Post-Publication Updates
- đ¤ Responsible AI and Research Data Policies
đ Policy Updates
Global Scholar Publications may revise, update, or supplement its policies when required by changes in publishing practices, technology, legal requirements, research-integrity standards, operational procedures, or the needs of the scholarly community. The current version published on the Global Scholar Publications website should be treated as the applicable publisher-level policy.
Where a journal maintains additional journal-specific policies or instructions, authors and other stakeholders should review those requirements together with the relevant GSP publisher-level policies.
Publisher: Global Scholar Publications
Website: Global Scholar Publications
Email: info@gsjournals.com