Journal Policy

Principles of Transparency and Best Practices of SSGMJSE

SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering - SSGMJSE, ISSN (online) XXXX-XXXX adopts the following mechanism as a best practice to uphold the principles of transparency.

1. Journal Name and ISSN

Journal Name: SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering - SSGMJSE, ISSN (online) XXXX-XXXX

2. Website

The domain name chosen for the www.ssgmjournal.com website is unique. Precautions have been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards of publication. The necessary information for authors, reviewers, editors and other interested parties has been provided in detail in the website.

3. Peer Review Process

SSGMJSE follows Double-Blind Peer Review process. To maintain a high-quality publication, all submissions undergo a rigorous review process. Details of the Peer Review Process can be found on the journal’s website.

4. Ownership and management

SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering - SSGMJSE is owned by SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering. The publisher address is Editorial Office, SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering, SSGMCE Campus, Shegaon Dist – Buldhana 444203, India.

5. Governing Body

The editorial team is composed of renowned experts in the areas covered by the journal. The journal management team is responsible for the day-to-day management of the journals’ official activities.

6. Editorial Team and Contact

Editorial Board members are renowned experts in subject areas of various field and specializations included within the journal’s scope from different countries. Details of the editorial and reviewer board members, as well as their contacts can be found on the journals’ website.

7. Copyright and Licensing

The copyright policy is clearly stated in the author’s guidelines and the copyright form is available in SSGMJSE journal website. Licensing information is described in the home page with Creative Commons license is indicated.

8. Author Fees

The article publication charges of INR 500 (USD $25 for international authors) is clearly mentioned in the publication charges page of the journal’s website. Authors can easily find information about publication charges prior to submitting their manuscripts for review in SSGMJSE.

9. Process for handling Misconduct

SSGMJSE employs following steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred including plagiarism, citation, forgery and tampering / falsification of data

  • All manuscripts are processed through plagiarism detection software in initial screening process before peer review.
  • After the peer review process, if the evidence of plagiarism is found convincing then the author is/are asked to provide a proper explanation.
  • If there is no response or an unsatisfactory explanation within the time limit, the paper is permanently rejected.

10. Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Our journal is committed to ensuring the highest standards of publication ethics whereas the publication malpractice is strictly prohibited by all possible measure. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. Ethical guidelines for editors, reviewers and authors can be found in the website.

11. Publishing Schedule

SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering - SSGMJSE publishes papers monthly and has 2 Issues per Year. The published papers / issues can be found in the archive page of our website

12. Access Policy

SSGMJSE is an open access journal under Creative Commons License. Authors / Readers can freely access the journal and can view/download the full text in PDF format from the journal website without any subscription or charges.

13. Archiving and Indexing

SSGMJSE Journal has its own electronic backup and offline/ online preservation for archiving the published articles. Articles published in SSGMJSE are provided with unique DOI identification to help authors identify their article and link to it on the web. SSGMJSE also archives published articles via indexing agencies.

14. Revenue Sources

SSGM Journal of Science and Engineering - SSGMJSE is a non-profit journal which operates solely on publication fees paid by the authors and not funded by any institution/ organization

15. Advertising

SSGMJSE does not advertise. Our journal is known to the users and authors only through indexing agencies and web searches. Any conversation with the authors is done only through official e-mail IDs mentioned in the website.

16. Direct Marketing

SSGMJSE does not use any direct marketing for promoting or advertising the journal.