Policy Statement

JEAS Policy Statement

• Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences (JEAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, and case studies in the fields of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, and their allied branches.
• The journal aims to provide a platform for scientists, researchers, and scholars to share their research findings and ideas, and to promote advancement in the Environmental and Agricultural Sciences.

• The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of editorial integrity and transparency.
• The editorial team is responsible for ensuring the quality and validity of published research.
• The journal uses a strict blind peer review process to evaluate manuscripts.
• The editorial team reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s standards or that contain ethical or legal violations.

• The journal uses a double-blind peer review process, where both the authors and reviewers remain anonymous.
• Reviewers are selected based on their expertise in the relevant field.
• Reviewers are required to provide constructive and objective feedback on the manuscript.
• The peer review process is confidential, and reviewers are not permitted to disclose any information about the manuscript or its authors.
• With the consent of reviewers, their names are added to the manuscript as Manuscript Reviewer.

• Authors are required to meet the journal’s authorship criteria, which include:
  • Making significant contributions to the research and manuscript preparation. Author/s will declare the contribution of each author in the manuscript.
  • Being accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the research.
• Authors are required to disclose any conflicts of interest or funding sources in the manuscript.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions and approvals for publication.

• The journal is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards in scientific publishing.
• The journal follows the guidelines and recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
• Authors are required to adhere to ethical principles and guidelines in their research and manuscript preparation.

• The journal uses plagiarism detection software to identify instances of plagiarism.
• Authors are required to ensure that their manuscripts are original and do not contain any plagiarized material.
• Plagiarism is considered a serious offense and may result in the rejection or retraction of the manuscript.

Plagiarism: The submitted manuscripts are being evaluated for the “Similarity Index” using appropriate software so the authors must take care of plagiarism while copying text from other articles and materials. Plagiarism in all its forms is unethical and it is unacceptable.

Definition of Plagiarism: The intentional or unintentional copying of the words of published material by the author himself or by other authors i.e., duplicate publication of the author’s own work or work of other authors without proper citation. Whenever an author uses exact words from published material, they must be placed in quotation marks and a citation must be given.

Plagiarism in any case is an unacceptable practice, Agro Publishers and Agropublishers / JEAS follow strict policy about Plagiarism.

• The journal is an open-access journal, which means that all published research is available online free of charge.
• Open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original author and source are appropriately cited and credited.
• Authors are required to agree to the journal’s Open-Access policy as a condition of publication.

• The journal allows authors to hold the copyright of their published research.
• Authors are required to transfer copyright to the journal as a condition of publication.
• The journal allows authors to retain certain rights, such as the right to reuse their work.

• The journal is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of all submitted manuscripts and peer review processes.

• The journal has a Complaints and Appeals Process for authors, reviewers, and readers.
• Complaints and appeals are investigated and resolved in a fair and timely manner.

• The journal is committed to preserving the integrity and availability of published research.
• The journal uses digital archiving systems to ensure the long-term preservation of published research (See JEAS Archive)

Policy Statement