Global Science Press: Policies

Policies

Integrity in Research: Authors must present honest and accurate research findings, avoiding inflated claims, errors, or biases. Internal reviews should assess the validity of their work before submission.
Authorship Responsibility: Only individuals who meet authorship criteria should be listed, ensuring significant contributions, manuscript review, and approval of the final version. The corresponding author ensures compliance and that submissions are unique to the journal.
Acknowledgements: Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be recognized in the "Acknowledgements" section with written consent.
Referencing: Proper citations are mandatory, with explicit permissions for private or confidential information and reused materials.
Misconduct: Practices like fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism are strictly prohibited. Data must be retained for post-publication analysis while respecting privacy and intellectual property rights.

Support for Accessibility: Global Science Press has supported open access publishing since 2017, providing authors with options for gold open access or self-archiving.
Self-Archiving: Authors may share preprints without embargo and accepted manuscripts after a 12-month embargo (waived for certain subscriptions). Gold open access articles can be shared immediately under a Creative Commons (CC BY) license.

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Self-Archiving: Authors may share preprints without embargo and accepted manuscripts after a 12-month embargo (waived for certain subscriptions). Gold open access articles can be shared immediately under a Creative Commons (CC BY) license.

Please note the following details for submitting any lost or missing issues (calendar-year basis):

Back-issue claims will be honored for 6 months after the last issue of each volume has been distributed.
Claims for copies lost or damaged in the mail are allowed within 6 months of the mailing date of the issue.
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Cancellations/Refunds

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