Asian Journal of Advanced Enviroinmental Science

Editorial in Chief : Dr.Kasi Kamalakannan
ISSN No. (Online) : Applied
ISSN No. (Print) : Applied
Publication Frequency : Quartely
Language of Publication :   English

For Editorial Workflow

Copyright

Describes the rights related to the publication and distribution of research. It governs how authors (as well as their employers or funders), publishers and the wider general public can use, publish and distribute research papers or books.

Journal author rights

In order for Arunai Publications Private Limited to publish and disseminate research articles, we need publishing rights. This is determined by a publishing agreement between the author and Arunai Publications Private Limited. This agreement deals with the transfer or license of the copyright to Arunai Publications Private Limited and authors retain significant rights to use and share their own published articles. Arunai Publications Private Limited supports the need for authors to share, disseminate and maximize the impact of their research and these rights, in Arunai Publications Private Limited proprietary journals are defined below:

Authors transfer copyright to the publisher as part of a journal publishing agreement, but have the right to:

  • Share their article for Personal Use, Internal Institutional Use and Scholarly Sharing purposes, with a DOI link to the version of record on Arunai Publications Private Limited
  • Retain patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
  • Proper attribution and credit for the published work.

Rights granted to Arunai Publications Private Limited

For subscription articles, published in proprietary titles, Arunai Publications Private Limited is granted the following rights:

  • The exclusive right to publish and distribute an article, and to grant rights to others, including for commercial purposes.
  • The right to provide the article in all forms and media so the article can be used on the latest technology even after publication.
  • The authority to enforce the rights in the article, on behalf of an author, against third parties, for example in the case of plagiarism or copyright infringement.

 

 

 

 

 

Editorial Workflow

 

Arunai Publications Private Limited uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.  

 

All submitted manuscripts undergo extensive peer-review process and circulate amongst the Author, Editorial Office, Editor/Associate Editor, Reviewer, and Publisher before final publication. The whole process consists of the following editorial workflow:

 

All steps, from manuscript submission to final publication, are performed in the Manuscript Handler. All submitted manuscripts are initially quality controlled by the Editorial Office for manuscript formatting, reference provision, plagiarism checking and for completion of all necessary files required to perform the peer-review process. Once initial quality controls are passed the manuscript is forwarded to appropriate Editor/Associate Editor depending upon the institution and previous co-publication record of the author with the Editor/Associate Editor. The Editor/Associate Editor will decide either to initiate the review process or decline the manuscript directly due to the quality of the presented work and the scope of the journal.

 

If the Editor/Associate Editor finds the manuscript of high quality and within the aims and scope of the journal, the manuscript is forwarded to at least 3 expert reviewers in the field. Reviewers are requested to provide:

 

(i) Assessment of each section of the manuscript for values ranging from 0 to 5,
(ii) Detailed comments to the Author,
(iii) Confidential comments to the Editor/Associate Editor,
(iv) Recommendations (accept, reject, minor revision, or major revision) and
(v) Willingness to review the revised version of this manuscript in the cases of minor and major revisions.

Reviewers can also upload a review report in the form of an attachment if the suggestions were made in a separate word document or in the manuscript directly.

Based on the Reviewers’ comments, suggestions and overall assessments, the Editor/Associate Editor recommends one of the following options:

 

(i) accept,
(ii) reject,
(iii) minor revision,
(iv) major revision,
(v) returned.

In the case of acceptance the Author is notified and the Publisher processes the manuscript for formatting, copy-editing, proofreading, reference linking, and metadata generation for indexing and publication purposes. Rejected and returned manuscripts are closed, whereas, manuscripts with minor or major revisions will require appropriate actions from the Author for re-consideration by the Editor/Associate Editor. The Editor/Associate Editor either makes final recommendations on the revised manuscript or considers another round of review process, depending upon the initial comments raised by the Reviewers.

The Editors/Associate Editor is the final and decisive authority to make any recommendations on submitted manuscripts without involvement of the Editorial Office. This is mainly due to the fact that the Editors/Associate Editors are leading personnel in the field and they make their recommendations on the bases of experience and reviewers’ assessments. Also the Editor/Associate Editor can’t play the external reviewers’ roles, except in occasional cases, to have a fair, highly professional and dynamic peer-review system.