Author Declaration & Publication Agreement

By signing this document the authors of the above mentioned manuscript agree to transfer exclusive publishing and distributing rights of the above mentioned work to the Journal of International Medical Sciences Academy (JIMSA) without any precondition.

1. Authors retain the copyright of their work. They may reuse their work for academic purposes provided JIMSA is duly acknowledged by citing the year, volume and page numbers of the version published in the journal. Authors may also share PDF of published version with individual scholars or may post it in their personal or institutional websites. However, mass distribution or any commercial (forprofit) usage of articles either in print or electronic form mandates prior permission of JIMSA editorial board.
2. JIMSA reserves the right to publish the work in any form or medium including print and electronic (online or offline) in such quantities as deemed essential for distribution of the article around the globe. JIMSA also reserves the right to republish, translate or reprint the articles as and when required without any timeframe. However JIMSA shall not alter any content of the article without prior permission of the authors.
3. JIMSA shall not pay any royalty for the first-time publication of the work or limited reprint of the article. However a royalty of 30% shall be payable to the corresponding author if the reprint sale of the authors’ single article exceeds Rs.5000 in any one financial year (April to March).
4. The authors warrant that the work is an original contribution and they have full control over the original data. The authors also warrant that this work has neither been published elsewhere nor been submitted simultaneously to another journal irrespective of the language of publication or geographic territory of the publisher. Except being presented orally in conferences and as abstract in conference proceedings the article should not have been published in print or electronic media (both online and offline) of any language. Violation of this clause will be construed as self-plagiarism (duplicate publication) and will attract appropriate disciplinary action.
5. The authors of the present work warrant that the work contains no material that would infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of another author or publisher. Plagiarism will be viewed very seriously and when detected appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright owners for legitimate reuse of illustrations or text. JIMSA shall not be held responsible for any copyright violation committed by authors and any legal proceeding should be defended by the authors on their own. When reusing materials from other sources authors are encouraged to acknowledge the original source and provide the journal with a copy of written permission from the copyright holders.
6. The article shall not contain any material that contravenes any law including but not limited by law of defamation and contempt of court.
7. The article should contain or reflect data and photographs that are genuine. Deliberate manipulation of data or photographs will be viewed seriously and editor reserves the right to take appropriate action.
8. Authors should fulfill the authorship eligibility criteria of ICMJE and WAME. Corresponding author shall be responsible for ensuring appropriate credit of authorship to various members of their team. JIMSA shall not entertain any authorship dispute after acceptance of the article for publication. JIMSA strongly denounces gift authorship and ghost authorship.
9. Authors agree to fully indemnify JIMSA and its editor in respect of all costs, liabilities, damages and expenses of whatsoever nature incurred by publishing the article.
10. In suspected scientific misconduct JIMSA reserves the right to inspect original raw data or other materials deemed necessary to establish facts. In suspected or proven scientific misconduct editor of JIMSA reserves the right to take any one or more of the following disciplinary action: (1) publish a note of concern within the pages of JIMSA; (2) Publish a open reprimand within the pages of JIMSA; (3) inform the head of authors’ institution or funding agency or scientific integrity office recommending disciplinary action; (4) retract the publication; (5) reject article that are already accepted for publication; (6) blacklist the authors indefinitely or for a specified period.
11. If and when mutually agreed by the authors and JIMSA, the authors shall undertake to pay the cost of printing, color photographs, article processing charges, cost of publishing supplementary materials and such items.
12. If the accepted manuscripts are not published within 12 months from the date of signing this document, this agreement shall be considered null and void. However, JIMSA shall not be held responsible for publication delay due to any reason.
13. Authors reserve their right to withdraw their manuscript at any stage before final acceptance. Similarly authors may also opt to withdraw their work if it is not published within 12 months of final acceptance. However when the article is accepted after peer review and pending for publication authors cannot withdraw the manuscript without valid reason and the editor’s decision shall be final in this matter.
14. Authors shall declare potential and actual conflicts of interest (both financial and non-financial) that could have directly or indirectly biased interpretation or conclusion of their work.
15. Corresponding author shall act as guarantor of the article and he/she shall be responsible for any dispute that may arise by publishing the article. The corresponding author shall also represent all other coauthors in case of any dispute redressal. Although communications are usually done with the corresponding author, editor of JIMSA reserves the right to directly contact any of the coauthors in cases of suspected scientific misconduct or disputes.