Privacy Policy
The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Open Research and Advancement (IJMORA) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, institutional representatives, registered users, and website visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, processed, stored, protected, used, and retained within the IJMORA journal platform, manuscript submission system, peer-review workflow, editorial management system, and website services.
By using the IJMORA website, creating an account, submitting a manuscript, reviewing submissions, contacting the editorial office, downloading content, or accessing journal services, users acknowledge and accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
IJMORA may collect personal, academic, professional, technical, editorial, publication, and communication information necessary for operating a scholarly publishing platform.
Website Security
Technical records may be collected to help prevent abuse, spam, unauthorized access, fraudulent activity, and security threats against the journal platform.
Editorial Operations
Information may be processed to manage manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial decisions, publication production, and scholarly communication.
Research Publishing
Certain publication-related information becomes publicly visible after successful publication to support scholarly communication and citation.
Types of Information Collected
Depending on the services used, IJMORA may collect information including names, email addresses, affiliations, institutional details, country information, ORCID identifiers, manuscript files, cover letters, reviewer reports, editorial decisions, contact messages, account information, login records, publication metadata, support tickets, and technical security logs.
Public article metadata may include author names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, keywords, publication dates, issue information, citation details, DOI information, supplementary materials, and other scholarly records associated with published content.
How We Use Information
Information collected by IJMORA is used solely for legitimate scholarly publishing and journal management purposes. This may include manuscript processing, editorial assignment, reviewer invitation, peer review coordination, editorial decision communication, publication production, indexing preparation, metadata generation, website administration, system security, fraud prevention, policy compliance, technical support, and service improvement.
- Managing manuscript submissions and revisions.
- Assigning editors and reviewers.
- Communicating editorial decisions.
- Publishing accepted articles.
- Generating article metadata.
- Maintaining publication records.
- Supporting indexing and archiving activities.
- Providing technical support.
- Preventing abuse and unauthorized access.
- Improving website functionality and security.
Author Information and Published Content
Authors submitting manuscripts understand that certain publication-related information may become publicly available following publication. This information may include author names, affiliations, article titles, abstracts, keywords, publication dates, article identifiers, issue information, references, and related scholarly metadata.
Such information is necessary for scientific communication, indexing services, citation systems, library databases, academic repositories, search engines, and scholarly discovery platforms.
Reviewer and Editorial Confidentiality
IJMORA takes reviewer and editorial confidentiality seriously. Reviewer identities, reviewer comments, editorial discussions, confidential manuscript files, unpublished research materials, and editorial notes are protected within the journal system and are not publicly disclosed unless required by journal policy, legal obligations, ethical investigations, or explicit reviewer consent where applicable.
Editors, reviewers, guest editors, and staff are expected to maintain confidentiality regarding manuscripts under review and unpublished scholarly content.
Cookies
Session cookies and related technologies may be used to support authentication, user sessions, security functions, spam prevention, user preferences, and website performance.
Technical Logs
Technical information such as browser details, device information, login timestamps, IP-related security records, and system events may be recorded for operational and security purposes.
Communication Records
Contact forms, support requests, ticket submissions, editorial communications, and service inquiries may be stored to maintain communication history and support quality.
Abuse Prevention
Certain technical information may be analyzed to detect spam, automated attacks, suspicious activity, unauthorized access attempts, and policy violations.
Data Retention
Scholarly publishing requires long-term record keeping. Manuscript files, reviewer reports, editorial decisions, publication records, audit records, metadata, correspondence, correction records, retraction records, indexing information, and publication history may be retained for extended periods for scholarly, legal, archival, administrative, and research integrity purposes.
Contact tickets, support requests, technical logs, and system security records may also be retained when necessary to maintain platform security and operational history.
Third-Party Services and External Links
IJMORA may interact with indexing databases, DOI registration agencies, citation services, plagiarism screening providers, archival systems, analytics services, institutional repositories, and scholarly discovery platforms. Information shared with such services is limited to what is reasonably required for journal operations and scholarly dissemination.
The journal website may also contain links to external websites. IJMORA is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of external websites.
Data Protection and Security Measures
IJMORA implements reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, accidental disclosure, misuse, loss, destruction, alteration, or security compromise.
User Rights
Subject to applicable laws, users may request correction of inaccurate account information, update affiliation details, modify contact information, request clarification regarding stored data, or contact the journal regarding privacy-related concerns.
Certain scholarly publication records may need to remain preserved for academic integrity, citation history, legal compliance, editorial transparency, and long-term scholarly recordkeeping.
Children's Privacy
IJMORA is intended for academic, professional, and scholarly users. The journal does not knowingly collect personal information from young children for journal participation purposes.
Policy Updates
IJMORA may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect operational improvements, security developments, legal requirements, publication practices, technological changes, or journal policy updates. Revised versions become effective upon publication on the website.
Contact Information
For privacy-related questions, data protection inquiries, account concerns, confidentiality matters, or information requests, users should contact the IJMORA Editorial Office through the official contact page and retain any ticket or reference number for future communication.
Final Privacy Statement
IJMORA is committed to responsible data handling, scholarly integrity, editorial confidentiality, platform security, and transparent publishing practices. By continuing to use IJMORA services, users acknowledge and accept this Privacy Policy and the associated data handling practices described herein.