Amity Law Review aims at publishing research work that is original and in accordance with the scholarly integrity of the journal. Thus, the authors are requested to abide by the ethical duties and responsibilities and help maintain the scholarly integrity. The authors submitting their manuscripts for publication in the Journal are required to read and understand our ethical policy before submitting the manuscripts. Authors must be honest in presenting their observations and conclusions of their research.
Any kind of research misconduct is harmful for knowledge. It could mislead future researchers and students of law. The submitted articles/book reviews/case studies, etc. may be subjected to anti-plagiarism check so as to detect any possible overlapping and similarity in content. This is in accordance with our commitment to prevent ethical misconduct, which is a growing problem in academic and professional publications. In case any such content is found to be similar, the same shall be liable to be rejected.
1. Ethical Duties of the Author(s):
The author(s) shall ensure that all the work submitted by them is original and any content that requires due acknowledgement is fully referenced. Also, the author shall disclose the source of all data and third-party material. Reproducing text from the work of others, without giving due acknowledgement and credit to the author (plagiarism) or producing many papers with the same content and language by the same authors themselves (self-plagiarism) is also not acceptable. Submitting the same conclusions and suggestions to multiple journals concurrently is unethical.
Some other crucial duties of the Author(s) include – That the author(s) shall also provide accurate contact details for the corresponding author, who shall be responsible for the authorship of the paper and who shall be the corresponding author for any correspondence relating to originality of the paper. It may also include any queries or investigations that may arise in the context of paper submission. The author(s) are also required to ensure that there are no duplicate submissions, i.e., the same manuscript should not be sent for consideration to different journals at the same time. They shall submit a duly filled and signed Copyright form and Declaration of Originality form upon confirmation of acceptance of their work for publication, thereby transferring the copyright to the publisher of the journal.
The author(s) must be honest in presenting their results and conclusions on the basis of their research. Any inferences borrowed from the work of others shall highly be disregarded. They shall be willing to cooperate and comply with any requests made by the editor and publisher with regard to source of data, proof of authorship or originality, etc. All authors have an obligation to inform and corporate with journal editors to provide prompt correction of errors in their published or unpublished works. The authors can expect complete transparency, efficiency and integrity from the publisher and the Editorial Team during the review after the submission process. In case any approval is required to be taken from any third party for reproduction of their authored content, the same shall be obtained and submitted along with the manuscript.
2. Ethical Duties of the Editorial Team:
The Editorial Team shall maintain integrity and fairness as required by the Journal. Members of the Editorial Team shall protect the reputation of the Journal and published work that is found to be of high quality and intellect and is of contemporary relevance. Furthermore, members of the Editorial Team shall give due consideration to all those who have made a significant contribution and shall be cited as author(s). Other individuals who have contributed to the work should also be acknowledged. Articles should include a full list of the current institutional affiliations of all authors, both academic and corporate. They shall ensure that a thorough, objective and confidential peer review is conducted for all submissions and that they pass the required quality check and editorial assessment at the initial stages. They are also required to aim at providing fair and impartial review and publication process as far as it is possible, with due respect and acknowledgement accorded to the author(s).
They shall ensure that they give prompt responses to all communications initiated by the author(s) and to give necessary recommendations to the authors. The Editorial Team shall also communicate the acceptance or rejection of all submissions to the authors in a timely manner and also give reasonable explanation and updates to authors during the submission process as well as after a decision has been arrived at. They shall accept papers based only on original merit, quality and relevance of the content. They shall, as far as practicable, abstain from making decisions based upon personal preferences. They shall further ensure that all third party sanctions have been taken by the authors. In case such sanctions have not been obtained, the Editor shall remind the author to do the needful. In case of absence of sanctions, the discrepancy shall be informed to the publisher. Finally, they are expected to remain in good communication with both the publisher and the author(s).
3. The Journal and Ethics:
It shall be ensured that the integrity and reputation of the journal is not jeopardized and that work of highest quality shall be published.
The Journal shall make use of plagiarism detection software for every submission made to the journal at the first stage of the submission and publication process. Amity Law Review has a detailed instruction manual containing guidelines prescribed for the authors outlining the form and manner of submission with details pertaining to the referencing style, font size, font style, line spacing, requirement of abstract and suggestions, etc.
In case any work is found to be unethical or plagiarized, the Editorial Team shall reserve the rights to conduct a fair and transparent investigation into the same. Depending upon the decision/result of such investigation, the Editorial Team may further decide to either reject the manuscript or require the author to re-submit the same within the prescribed period with appropriate changes. In case the paper is already published before the discovery of the unethical submission, the Editorial Team reserves the right to retract the work, with a statement of explanation. The authors are expected to cooperate and render all support and cooperation sought from them by the Editorial Team of Amity Law Review.
In case of any further queries relating to submissions, review, publication, etc., the Editorial Team of the Amity Law Review may be contacted at alsdpublications@amity.edu