The Journal of Pharmacy and Nutrition Sciences is a decade-old international, open-access, and peer-reviewed publication that contributes to advancing and disseminating knowledge in Pharmacy and Nutrition sciences. The primary objective of this journal is to focus on healing through appropriate and customized use of nourishment.

The journal also covers the relationship between these fields to discover possible nutritional cures for various diseases. As curing is not restricted to only medication, we aim to explore other factors that support medicine. Thus, this publication is designed to support human well-being through the use of intriguing research and reciprocating it with researchers with similar interests.

Publications in this journal include clinical studies, clinical case seminars, practice management issues, evidence-based publications, practice, policy, and other significant ideas related to Pharmacy and Nutrition.

The journal desires to provide an educational platform for researchers to participate in research activities in pharmaceutical and nutritional sciences. We hope that JPANS could be a part of the noble cause of making global health and well-being knowledge widespread and accessible to improve quality of life.

Copyright & Licensing

Authors retain the copyright of their article for all works published by the SET Publisher. Prior to publication, the authors grant publication rights to SET Publisher by signing an agreement.

As the copyright holder, authors have the right to:

1) Publicly share/distribute the submitted, accepted and final published article.

2) Retain patent and trademark 

3) Reproduce or re-use their research data

4) Recieve credit for their work

All Submissions to our journals must be original work, the copyright to which is not previously owned by anyone, elsewhere. The corresponding authors' responsibility is to check for possible copyright conflict with the copyright holder and agree to our Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement.

Licensing

All the published articles are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.

Digital Data Archiving

SET Publisher takes full responsibility for the online presence of each published article. To ensure the fulfilment of our commitment in cases of unforeseen events, the content of all journals has been deposited and archived in LOCKSS through the PKP Preservation Network.

Open Access Statement

SET Publisher follows the Open Access model for all its journals.

This means that the full texts of all published articles are available online to everyone without any price or subscription (no embargo period) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non- Commercial License which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited (CC BY-NC 4.0). Authors are also allowed to deposit or distribute the submitted, accepted, and published copies of their articles.

Peer Review Policy

The act of peer-review ensures that only quality content is published. Each manuscript goes through the below mentioned process.

Our policy follows both single-blind and double bind reviewing method depending on the topic of the paper and the availability of the referees.

INITIAL ASSESMENT

The Editor initially assesses all manuscripts. Papers are not accepted at this stage but those who are rejected may lack originality, have serious scientific shortcomings or out of the scope of the journal. If these basic requirements are met, the editor then passes it to usually 3 but at least 2 experts for review.

REFEREE’S SELECTION

They are selected for the paper on the basis of their field of specialisation. Our reviewer board consists of a wide range of experts. In case, when we are unable to find a second expert for the paper, we request the author to suggest the second referee. The referee analyses the paper and points out any mistakes and scientific errors. His report is then taken into consideration by the Editor.

REFEREE’S REPORTS
Referees are asked to evaluate the following aspects of manuscript: –

1. Originality and methodology.
2. Adherence to the ethical guidelines.
3. Presentation of results and conclusions.
4. Correct references of any previous relevant work that might have been cited in the manuscript.
5. They are not obliged to make any language corrections but may suggest them.

In case the reports by the referees contradict each other, help from a third expert will be sought.

FINAL REPORT & EDITOR’S DECISION

ARTICLE	DESCRIPTION
Accepted	Approved by the Editor. No major changes or further modifications are required. The article will be published after copy editing and proof reading.
Rejected	Not approved by the Editor. The article is rendered unfit for publication.
Revision needed	The article will be sent back to the author for making the suggested and required amendments. The revised paper will be rechecked by the initial reviewers as a second round of review after which it may be accepted or rejected by the author.

The report of the referees and the editor’s decision after the peer-review process will be sent to the author. Authors are required to consider the proposed changes or errors and make the necessary amendments. Revised manuscripts might be returned to the initial referees (if the manuscripts had required major revisions) who will the carry out the second round of review. Sometimes, if the paper is of very high quality or the topic is exceptionally interesting, a third round of review can be conducted on the editor’s decision.

The final decision, regarding the fate of the paper, is always taken by the editor whereas the referees only advise the editor with their expert opinion. The decision about the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript is sent to the author at this stage, when the peer-review is completed.

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism involves copying someone’s original ideas or work without proper acknowledgment or citation and is considered fraud.

Copyright laws protect all the original work and ideas; the act of portraying someone’s work as your own is a severe offense. Below mentioned are some acts that are considered as committing plagiarism:

1. Close imitation or complete copying of someone’s data, ideas, figures and tables, full or parts of paragraphs, language etc.
2. Submitting someone else’s work as your own.
3. Using images from a website or other articles that are protected by copyright.
4. Using someone else’s videos or footage to compose your video.
5. Copying numerous words or ideas from a source makes up the majority of your work, whether you acknowledge it or not.
6. Self-plagiarism, also known as Text Recycling, refers to the author reusing his work without proper citation. 

Detecting and Dealing with Plagiarism

We avail the Similarity Check service by Crossref, which provides access to the iThenticate text comparison software from Turnitin. All submissions are checked by iThenticate during the initial evaluation.

We follow the COPE guidelines when dealing with plagiarism, whether it is detected before or after publishing the article. Please refer to the following flowcharts by COPE for complete understanding and details: Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript & Suspected plagiarism in a published manuscript.

SET Publisher holds the right to; 

1) reject submissions if plagiarism is detected at any stage before publication, 

2) retract an article if plagiarism is detected after publication, 

3) and inform the authors’ institutions about the detected plagiarism.

How to Prevent Plagiarism

When citing others’ (or your own) work, please make sure you have:

1. Included all the references in Reference Section.
2. Obtained the copyright from people or publishers whose content has been relevantly used in your paper.
3. Mentioned the citations in your manuscript and acknowledged all the sources of your research.
4. Abstained from copying someone’s work and presenting it as your own.

Privacy Policy 

We realise the importance and respect the concerns of regarding of every customer. Below mentioned are the types of personal information that we collect from our users, how we utilise that data and to whom we share it with.

PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT GIVE US:

Name and contact information.
Institutional affiliation, funding source or your employer (school/university).
Payment information.

INFORMATION THAT WE MIGHT COLLECT FROM YOU:
The information includes the following but is not limited to:

Operating system used (for example, MAC, Windows etc.)
Type of Browser used
Date and time of visit
Documents downloaded from our website
The searches you made and the pages you visited.
Geographical location of the user

We assemble and process your data to answer your inquiries, deliver relevant information, communication, handling out publication processing fees, processing manuscripts and to carry out the publishing process. We don’t reveal, sell or broadcast your personal information to outsiders without your assent or except if legally obliged.

Endeavours to protect your personal data from being misused incorporate providing limited access to selective people, password protection, encryptions, and so forth.

POTENTIAL DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES:

Our employees and third parties under contract with us
Manuscript details with the editors and reviewers
Financial institutions for easing the submission of payments
Technical support providers
Demographic and statistical information with the business partners

CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:

You should contact us at any time to update your personal details
You can contact us to be removed from mailing list
You have the right to request us to delete your personal details from our system and to stop processing your personal data.
You can ask for a digital copy of your personal data that we hold.
You can claim or object to us if you suspect any misuse of your personal information.

Please note that this Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time. It was last updated in 18-Sep-2019
If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us through [email protected]

Publication Ethics & Malpractice Policy

SET Publisher publishes peer-reviewed journals on various scientific disciplines. This statement explains ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article for its journals, i.e.: the editors, reviewers and authors. This statement is based on internationally accepted Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of Editors

Decision on the Publication of Articles
The Editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The Editor may be guided by the policies of the journal and subjected to such legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
Manuscripts shall be evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.

Confidentiality
The editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

Disclosure of conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript (while handling it) in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution of Peer Review
The Reviewers are experts in the field of the submission who assists the Editor in Chief and the handleing editor in making editorial decisions. 

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the assigned manuscript or unable to provide a prompt review should notify the editor and excuse himself/herself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to, or discussed with, others except as authorized by the Editor in Chief. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the Editor in Chief’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Conflict of Interest
Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards
Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Access and Retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism
Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

Corresponding Author
Corresponding author is the author responsible for communicating with the journal for publication. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Acknowledgment of Funding Sources
Sources of funding for the research reported in the article should be duly acknowledged at the end of the article.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.