Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/). The relevant responsibilities and expectations of authors, reviewers, and editors of the journal are below.
Responsibilities of authors
General
• The authors must confirm that the submitted manuscript is the original work of the authors and not published/sent for publication/submission elsewhere.
• The authors must confirm that the manuscript will not be submitted elsewhere until the editorial process is completed.
• Competing interests/conflict of interest: The authors must declare all financial and non-financial competing interests. Non-financial competing interests include a declaration of political, personal, religious, ideological, academic, and intellectual competing interests. Authors from pharmaceutical companies or other commercial organizations that sponsor clinical trials should declare these as competing interests on submission. They should adhere to Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies (GPP3) in medical publications.
• If any part of the manuscript contains previously published content (figures/tables), authors should submit a statement of permission to reproduce the material signed by the author(s) and publishers concerned.
• Authors should ensure that if the current study’s Abstract has been published in any conferences, it is either not under a copyright or that the embargo period is over. If the Abstract is under copyright protection from the publishers, permission should be sought for re-using the material.
• The author(s) of a manuscript agree that if the manuscript is accepted for publication, the published article will be copyrighted using a Creative Commons "Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike" license. This license allows the author(s) to retain the copyright but also allows others to freely copy, distribute, and display the copyrighted work and derivative works based upon it under certain specified conditions.
Authorship
• To give appropriate credit to each author, the individual contributions of authors should be specified in Authors’ Contributions section of the manuscript. An 'author' is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study. According to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines, to qualify as an author one should have:
- made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
- been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
- given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not usually justify authorship.
• The order of authorship must be agreed by all named authors prior to submission.
• Full names, institutional affiliations, e-mail addresses, and ORCiD ID need to be clearly mentioned during the submission step; however, this information should be avoided from the manuscript file as we follow double blind peer review.
• All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an 'acknowledgements' section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Source of fund for the study must be clearly mention in this section.
Responsibilities of reviewers
Peer review is a fundamental role in maintaining the publication's integrity. We recognize reviewers’ vital role by publishing reviewer acknowledgments in January-February each year.
The publisher/journal follow the double blind peer review. Double-blind peer review is a model of peer review which reduces bias by allowing reviewers to judge the manuscript based on content alone, un-biased by knowledge of who the authors are.
• Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential document, and must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the journal editor.
• The reviewers will perform the work on volunteer basis.
• Reviewers are free to decline invitations to review particular manuscripts at their discretion. They should also not accept manuscript review assignments for which they feel unqualified.
• Reviewers who have accepted manuscript assignments are normally expected to submit their reviews within three weeks (20 days).
• Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
• If a reviewer suggests that an author includes citations to the reviewer’s (or their associates’) work, this must be for genuine scientific reasons and not with the intention of increasing the reviewer’s citation count or enhancing the visibility of their work (or that of their associates).
Key features of a review include:
• An outline of the conceptual advance over previously published work
• A specific recommendation
• The reasons for that recommendation
• A summary of the specific strengths and weaknesses of the paper. In this regard, we encourage referees to comment on the quality and presentation of the figures as well as the validity of the statistical methods used to interpret them. (If necessary, the editors can obtain primary data from the authors for referees’ use in these more detailed evaluations.)
• We also encourage reviewers to indicate if the supplementary information is well organized and directly relevant to the main points of the paper.
Points to be considered in review
• Is the question posed original, important and well defined?
• Are the data sounds and well controlled?
• Is the interpretation (discussion and conclusion) well balanced and supported by the data?
• Are the methods appropriate and well described, and are sufficient details provided to allow others to evaluate and/or replicate the work?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the methods?
• Can the writing, organization, tables and figures be improved?
• Are there any ethical or competing interests issues you would like to raise?
• Any other recommendations to improve the clarity and quality of the publication?
Responsibilities of editors
• Veterinary World adopts the World Association of Medical Editors' definition of editorial freedom. According to this definition, editorial freedom, or independence, is the concept that editors-in-chief have full authority over the editorial content of their journal and the timing of publication of that content. Journal owners should not interfere in the evaluation, selection, or editing of individual articles either directly or by creating an environment that strongly influences decisions.
• The editors will be guided by COPE's Guidelines for Retracting Articles when considering retracting, issuing an expression of concern about, and issuing corrections pertaining to articles that have been published (https://publicationethics.org/node/19896/revisions/66386/view).
• The editor shall ensure that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely.
• Articles must be reviewed by at least two external reviewers.
• The editor shall select reviewers who have suitable expertise in the relevant field.
• The editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sex, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• The editor should use the journal’s electronic submission system for all journal communications.
• The editor must not attempt to influence the journal’s ranking by artificially increasing any journal metric.
• The editor must protect the confidentiality of all material submitted to the journal and all communications with reviewers, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant authors and reviewers.
• Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
• The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.
Plagiarism check
We check the plagiarism with the use of iThenticate. To reduce the similarity, please give proper citations and use the words/sentences carefully.
If your study involves human subjects and/or animals, you need to provide the following:
• Authors must provide the name of the ethical approval committee/Institutional Review Board they have obtained consent from along with approval number/ID.
• Authors should specifically mention if a waiver was obtained for the study and the reason for the waiver. They should confirm that the study was conducted in accordance with Helsinki Declaration as revised in 2013.
• Authors must state that written informed consent was obtained from the study participants (and the relevant document(s) must be provided when requested by the journal). If verbal informed consent was obtained, the reason(s) for the absence of written consent must be provided.
• Since patients have a right to privacy, identifying information (including patients’ images, names, initials, or hospital numbers) should not be included in recordings, written descriptions, or photographs unless the information is essential for scientific purposes. In any case, written informed consent from the patient must be obtained to publish these graphics in print and electronic form. If such consent has not been obtained, personal details of patients in any part of the paper and in any supplementary materials (including illustrations) must be removed before submission.
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Certificate also includes permission from other copyright holders if any copyrighted materials used in manuscript. (Download Author Declaration Certificate).
Authors submitting a paper to Veterinary World have to disclose competing interests if any by submission of Competing Interests Disclosure Certificate.
Language: The language of publication is English. Authors for whom English is a second language must have their manuscript professionally edited by an English speaking person before submission to make sure the English is of high quality.
Abbreviations, Symbols and Nomenclature: All specifications must be stated according to the S.I. system. Concentrations of chemical solutions are to be given in mol/l. All other concentrations should be given in % (volume or weight). Any abbreviations of chemical, biological, medical or other terms should only be employed when it is certain that they are internationally known. The full name must be stated in brackets when the abbreviation is first used.
All biological, medical, chemical or other terms should be used according to the most recent recommendations of the respective international nomenclature. Enzymes should be given in I.U. (International Units), according to Enzyme Nomenclature (Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). In the case of commercially obtained substances or reagents, when they are first mentioned in the text, the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier should be given as a footnote. Products (preparations etc.) with a registered trademark should be marked with.
Bacterial names should be in accordance with the latest edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore). Viruses are to be given the classification and names recommended by the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.
Names of micro-organisms and zoological names should be in italics in the manuscript.
Figures/Graphs: The manuscript comprises the text and a list of all figures and tables with their captions and titles in a separate file. Each figure, table, and bibliographic entry must have a reference in the text. All figures/graphs etc. must be in JPG format. Fonts in the figure should be in Calibri.
References: Each paper should include bibliographical references. The name of the journal in which the paper cited appears should be listed in the form of the abbreviated title from the cover of the journal concerned, otherwise use the abbreviations contained in a Bibliographic Guide for Editors & Authors from Chemical Abstracts, which is available in all major libraries, or the World List of Scientific Periodicals, 4th ed., London 1963-65, or www.journalseek.net, or from other authenticated list. Name of the journal must be in Italic letter. Please ensure that references in the text exactly match those in the manuscript's reference list. If editing sections of text please ensure that any references that are affected are amended accordingly in the reference list. Reference to personal communications and unpublished result should be in the text only. We will use Harvard (slight modification) reference style instead of PubMed from January 2020.
Examples:
Manuscripts should be submitted Online via the online submission site www.ejmanager.com or click the submit your manuscript link from www.onehealthjournal.org. The use of an online submission and peer review site speeds up the decision-making process, enables immediate distribution, and allows authors to track the status of their own manuscripts. If assistance is needed, Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts. But please refer tutorial for online submission from www.onehealthjournal.org ("For Authors" button) before contacting the editorial office.
Editorial Office contact e-mail: editoronehealth@gmail.com
Online Submission:
To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below:
Sender author can track the progress of the submitted manuscript from his/her author account. However, sender author will receive a system generated email each time; at the time of submission, article revision letter, submission of the revised manuscript, provisional acceptance, payment request, acceptance/reject etc.
Sender author will receive an email once reviewers submit the comments to Veterinary World. Editor will check the comments and forward it to the sender author with or without further comments. Sender author has to submit the revised manuscript as per editorial and reviewers comments within 4 weeks. If sender author needs more time then he/she must have to get the approval from the editor. Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision for each manuscript.
Upon provisional acceptance of a paper for publication, corresponding author will receive the email regarding payment of Article publishing charge (Please refer homepage for latest charge). Charges must be paid within 10 days as per instructions given in the email. Signed acceptance letter will be provided to all author after payment. Acceptance will be final after the payment of publishing charge.
English language editing: Minor English language editing will be done by journal copyeditor without any cost to the authors. However, we will ask for external copyediting if manuscript English is not acceptable.
Proof Corrections: The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing PDF. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format).
Proofs must be returned to the Editor within five days of receipt with corrections if any. If there is no correction then corresponding author must have to reply accordingly. We ask that you only correct typesetting errors and grammatical errors if any. Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made.Online publication: Online articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. We do assign DOI to each newly published article. We will send the email to all authors once article will be published.
Publication certificate: We will provide publication certificate to all author with the detail of published article by an email after online publication.