Misconduct

Misconduct in paper (for example, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism) damages the scientific enterprise, is a misuse of public funds, and undermines the trust of citizens in science and in government, submitted or published in Octa Journal of Biosciences complaint should me send through Subject line-complaint email to  Editor-in-Chief   manoj.tripathi1@icar.gov.in and CC to Dr Vinod Kumar vinodkdhatwalia@gmail.com.   

Appeals process

Appeals of a rejection decision are only successful in a handful of cases and usually only when you can provide strong evidence or new data that can respond to and alleviate the concerns of the editor and reviewers. As appeals are matters of journal policy they are given lower priority than new submissions and may take at least several weeks, if not longer, to resolve. Appeals must be rational arguments not emotional ones so be sure you have enough evidence before trying to change the editor’s mind.

Subject line Appeals -email to  Editor-in-Chief   manoj.tripathi1@icar.gov.in and CC to Dr Vinod Kumar vinodkdhatwalia@gmail.com

Author Complaint Process

Before submitting manuscripts, authors are requested to read all the guidelines and policies regarding processing and publication of the manuscript. The authors have the right to complaint and ask explanation if they perceive any misconduct in any applicable policies and ethical guidelines. The authors can raise their complaints by submitting a letter to Editor-in-Chief   manoj.tripathi1@icar.gov.in and CC to Dr Vinod Kumar vinodkdhatwalia@gmail.com

Author or any other scholar may submit their complaints about any issues related to:

Plagiarism

Copyright violation

Deceiving in research results or wrong research results

Violations in set standard for research

Unrevealed conflicts of interest

Bias in review process

Manuscript processing time is unusually late

The peer-review comments are unsatisfactorily

Authorship issues

Submission declaration and verification

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis or as an electronic preprint.

Conflict of interest

All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.

Submission declaration

Submission of an article entails that the work described has not been published previously in any journal and, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form in any language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

Corrections

We try hard not to make mistakes, but errors — both by editors and by authors — do creep into the journal. We publish corrections when necessary, and, to ensure that corrections are handled consistently, one editor deals with them all. We set no time limit for notifying errors or publishing corrections. We always try to contact the author of the original article unless the error is very obvious, and we publish all corrections as soon as we can.

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Retractions

Retractions are considered by journal editors in cases of evidence of unreliable data or findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and unethical research. We may consider an expression of concern notice if an article is under investigation. The PDF may be removed or replaced with a version watermarked with “Retracted.”

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