Publication Policies

1. ISVS e-journal Publishes Only Research Papers

a. ISVS e-journal publishes only research papers. This means that the papers must report a rigorous scientific reserach conducted by the authors of which the results and findings are presented. Each paper must therefore follow the specified structure and most certainly have a reserach methodology explained clearly with all the details. Essays, letters or any other form of articles are not published. Please note that essays are very different from research papers. Research papers must follow a specific structure oulined in this website.
An outline for the structure of a paper can be found here

b. ISVS e-journal publishes original manuscripts which should not have been published previously.They should not be under consideration by any other journal at the time they are submitted and reviewed by the ISVS e-journal.

c. ISVS e-journal has a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy. Self-plagiarism is also not accepted. This means that no part of the research paper must be copy pasted from any other written material including one's own dissertation, thesis or a previously published paper. All materials taken from other sources must be duly acknolwdged according to the academic publication standards.

d. All the authors listed as authors should have agreed on the publication of the paper in the ISVS e-journal and must have actively contributed to its production.

e. When published, authors retain the copy right of their own paper, which can be used in any other publication as long as the original paper is properly cited. The papers can also be deposited in academic databases such as Academia Edu, ResearchGate or other databases managed by any other academic establishment. Please see item no. 5 for the copyright policy

2. Requirements

a. The language of manuscripts should be English. Only British English is acceptable. Other native terms if used can be part of the text, and do not need to be italicised. However, they must be explained in English.

b. ISVS e-journal has only an e-mail submission system. There is no online submission system. Use the same e-mail address and accumulative emails to communicate with the editor. Do not start a new email every time.

c. ISVS e-journal only accepts Microsoft Word: either .doc or .docx versions for submission. PDF files or any other forms are not accepted.

d. There is no particular requirement on the length of manuscripts, but should not preferably exceed 24 pages using Times New Roman 11 Point font in single line spacing.

3. Open Access Policy

a. ISVS e-journal is open-access. This means that articles published in the ISVS e-journal are available and reusable worldwide free of charge and without restrictions immediately on publication. They remain so forever, through the repository at CROSSREF assigning a DOI: Digital Object Identifier, as well as by the ISVS e-journal website being active online.

b. ISVS permits self-archiving of the papers published. This means that by publishing in the ISVS e-journal the authors keep the rights of self-archiving. Authors can archive the PDF version on their personal websites, their institution’s repositories or any non-commercial repository for personal use, internal institutional use or for permitted scholarly posting. However, it is recommended to use the final published version of the paper with the acknowledgement of the original source of publication and a link inserted to the published article on the journal website. They can do so any time after the paper is published on the journal website.

c. Conflicts of interest must be avoided. Conflicts of interest comprise those which may not be fully apparent, yet may influence the judgment of the author, the reviewers and the editors. They are aspects that may make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. “Financial” interests may include employment, research funding, stock or share ownership, payment for lectures or travel, consultancies and company support for staff. The authors, reviewers and editors should consult Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) GUIDELINES ON GOOD PUBLICATION PRACTICE specifying how to act once any conflict of interest is likely to be involved, and declare if there is any conflict of interest.

The full COPE guidelines can be accessed here
More information regarding COPE guidelines can be found here

4. Research Publication Ethics

a. The authors should follow the international standards of responsible research publication promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics. The journal will take usual steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct may have occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication. The papers submitted to the journal are checked using ‘Turnitin’ or other similar software as appropriate. An author submitting a paper is encouraged to submit a report from ‘Turnitin’ or other similar software.

5. Copyright Notice

An author who publishes in the ISVS e-journal agrees to the following terms:

  • The author retains the copyright and grants the journal the right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • The author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work with the acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book).
  • The author is permitted and encouraged to post his/her work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after it has been published, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as greater citation of the published work.

    • Read more about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    6. Privacy Statement

    The names and email addresses appearing in the papers published in the ISVS e-journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal in particular and the ISVS activities in general such as the ISVS Seminar. They will not be made available to any other party or used for any other purpose, other than dealing with the publication, the seminar and the ISVS.