This Publication Ethics Policy applies to all journals published by Himalayan Publisher.

Himalayan Publisher is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly publishing. The publisher follows internationally recognized ethical guidelines to ensure the quality, credibility, and reliability of the research published across all its journals.

1. Authorship and Contribution

Authorship credit should be based on substantial intellectual contributions to the research work, including study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, or critical revision.

All individuals who have made significant contributions to the research should be listed as authors. Individuals who contributed in supportive roles should be appropriately acknowledged.

Honorary authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, and ghost authorship are strictly prohibited.

2. Originality and Plagiarism

Authors are required to submit original and unpublished work. Plagiarism in any form, including direct copying, paraphrasing without attribution, duplicate publication, and self-plagiarism, is strictly prohibited.

All submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening using recognized plagiarism detection software before the peer-review process. Manuscripts containing unethical overlap or copied content may be rejected or retracted.

3. Data Integrity and Research Accuracy

Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and authenticity of the data presented in their manuscripts.

Fabrication, falsification, manipulation, or selective reporting of research data is considered serious research misconduct and is strictly prohibited.

Authors should maintain original research records and provide supporting data when requested during the editorial or peer-review process.

4. Conflict of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could influence or appear to influence the research, peer-review, or publication process.

All conflicts of interest are handled transparently to ensure fairness, objectivity, and integrity in editorial decision-making.

5. Ethical Treatment of Human and Animal Subjects

Research involving human participants or animals must comply with internationally accepted ethical principles and institutional guidelines.

Authors conducting human subject research must obtain informed consent from participants and ensure the protection of participant privacy, dignity, and rights.

Research involving animals must follow recognized ethical standards for humane treatment and animal welfare.

Where applicable, authors must provide ethical approval details from Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), Ethics Committees, or relevant regulatory authorities.

6. Peer Review and Editorial Responsibility

All submitted manuscripts undergo a fair, unbiased, and confidential peer-review process conducted by qualified reviewers and editorial experts.

Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on the basis of scientific quality, originality, relevance, and academic merit without discrimination based on nationality, gender, institutional affiliation, or personal beliefs.

Editors and reviewers must maintain confidentiality regarding submitted manuscripts and avoid misuse of unpublished information.

7. Corrections, Retractions, and Editorial Actions

Himalayan Publisher is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.

Where necessary, corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions may be issued to address errors, inaccuracies, ethical violations, or research misconduct identified before or after publication.

Retractions are reserved for serious ethical breaches, unreliable findings, plagiarism, or other forms of publication misconduct.

8. Editorial Independence and Integrity

Editors operate independently and make editorial decisions free from external influence, commercial pressure, or conflicts of interest.

Editorial decisions are based exclusively on academic merit, scientific quality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s scope.

9. Transparency and Accountability

Himalayan Publisher maintains transparency throughout the editorial and publication process by clearly communicating editorial policies, ethical guidelines, peer-review procedures, and publication requirements to authors, reviewers, and readers.

The publisher is committed to accountability, ethical publishing practices, and continuous improvement in scholarly communication standards.

10. Policy Compliance

By submitting a manuscript to any journal published by Himalayan Publisher, authors confirm that their work complies with this Publication Ethics Policy and internationally recognized ethical publishing standards.

Himalayan Publisher remains dedicated to promoting ethical research practices, academic honesty, scientific integrity, and responsible scholarly publishing across all its journals.