Journal Publishing

About Pink Petals Publications

Pink Petals Publications headquartered in Moradabad (India) is one of the Indian fastest
growing publishing agency established in 2020. For a growing writer/academic professional, the
partnership with us begins at the level when he starts thinking to have his own journal. We
remain every academician’s trusted publishing support for all his/her professional life. Starting
from publishing Journals for Medical professionals; Pink Petals Publications now extending his
horizon beyond the health sector. We work with the aim to provide End to End Journal Publishing
Services to Standalone, Trust, Society or Institutional based Journals at an affordable cost. With
the knowledge and implementation of Best Practices in Publishing together with the guidelines of
COPE we can bring the most ethical research work and researchers before the Scholarly
platform.

Pink Petals Publications Journals follow the policy of open access under the CC-BY-NC 4.0
licence. For the details of self archiving policy for authors:
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
SELF-ARCHIVING POLICY……….https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/sharing
EDITOR SELECTION
 
Open Access Policy
A comprehensive outlook on open access policy that we follow:
Open access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature
freely available online to anyone interested in reading it without any restriction. This Open access
publications are freely and permanently available online to anyone with an internet access.
Unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium (which is non-commercial) is
permitted, provided the author/editor is properly attributed. All the periodicals are deposited
immediately upon publication, without any technical, financial, gender limitations, in an agreed
format on the journal website as well as archiving and indexing databases as applicable to a
journal. All articles are self-archiving, with world-wide access through DOI (Digital Object
Identifier) - standardized by the International Organization for Standardization, provided for
individual article published.
Why open access publishing?
Restricted access to scientific research and advancements through subscription pay wall hinders
communication within the scientific community. Moreover, restricted access can also hinder the
education and dissemination of scientific knowledge to the aspiring younger generations who are
keen to pursue a career in science. Increased productivity and development of science can only
be achieved by diffusing knowledge and providing the facilities for creating permanent
repositories such as Open Access.
The use of a Creative Commons 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) enables user/ reader/ peer to use
the content with clear permission in a way that it can be reused and redistributed as long as the
article source is appropriately given credit for non-commercial purpose.
 
Self Archiving Policy for Authors
Policies and embargo periods may vary from Journal to Journal. Unless otherwise stated on the
Journal website author instructions page.
Authors may self-archive versions of their work on their own webpages, on institutional
webpages, and in other repositories.
Abstract and Citation information
Authors may reuse the Abstract and how to cite information (e.g. Title, Author name, Publication
dates) of their article anywhere at any time including social media such as Facebook, blogs and
Twitter, providing a proper acknowledgment is offered and wherever possible a link including the
DOI number is included linking back to the article on the Journal/PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS website. This is available in how to cite information on the article online.
Submitted Version
Submitted version (SV) is recognized as the un-refereed author version of an article completed
before submission for submission to a journal. This is often referred to as the “preprint” version.
The author accepts full responsibility for the article, and the content and layout is set out by the
author.
Authors may not make their for-submission version available anywhere at any time. This inhibits
posting on their own personal websites, institutional or non-commercial subject based
repositories, commercial platforms websites or repositories, and or social media.
Accepted Manuscript
The accepted manuscript (AM) is the final draft author manuscript, as accepted for publication by
a journal, including modifications based on referees’ suggestions, it is excluding copy editing and
type setting and is often referred to as post-print version. PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS carries this version on ready for production tab.
 Immediately upload their AM to their own personal webpage (excluding commercial
websites and repositories)
 Immediately upload their AM to their institutional or other non-commercial subject based
repositories on the provision that it is not made publicly available until after the specified
embargo period (as may be applicable)
In the journals where embargo period is applicable the authors after the completion of the
embargo period may:
 Upload their AM to institutional repository or other non-commercial repositories and make
it publicly available.
  Accepted Manuscripts may not be uploaded or shared on commercial websites or
repositories, unless the website or repository has signed a licensing agreement with
PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS permitting such uploading or sharing.
Embargo periods
PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS may have Embargo periods and this may vary
between journals.
When uploading an accepted manuscript to a repository, authors should include the following
acknowledgment as well as a link to the accepted version. This will connect the published
version to the AM version in the repository and help ensure that the article is cited correctly.
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in [insert
journal title] following peer review. This accepted Version [insert complete citation information
here] is available online at: xxxxxxx [insert URL and DOI of the article on the Journal website].
Published Version
Published Version (PV) is defined here as the final typeset and edited version of the journal
article that has been made available by PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS on the
respective journal website by formally and exclusively putting the article either in ‘online first’ or
releasing it as a part of the complete issue of that journal.
The PV as it appears in the journal following copyediting and proof correction may not be
deposited by authors in institutional repositories or posted to third party websites and made
publicly available unless the article is published on an Open Access model licence (CC-BY-NC
4.0) that allows for such posting. Authors may share their PV with private groups within their
institution or through private groups on non-commercial repositories that are signatories to the
STM Voluntary principles for article sharing on Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCN). The PV
may not be uploaded or shared on commercial websites or repositories unless the website or
repository has signed an agreement with PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS permitting
such uploading or sharing.
PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS @ OPEN ACESS
Authors who have agreed to publish their article on an Open Access basis, and who have paid
any associated fees, are entitled to make their article publicly available according to the terms of
their selected licences. In the case of PINK PETALS PUBLICATIONS JOURNALS, the CC-BY-
NC 4.0 is the agreed licence which gives freedom for non-commercial sharing of articles by
authors upon publication.
 
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
This Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based on the Code of Conduct
and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011).
 Editors’ Duties
 Publication Decisions: The editor is responsible for deciding on accepting,
rejecting, or requesting modifications to the manuscript. In some instances, the
editors may require multiple rounds of reviews and modifications. The editors
communicate review result in a timely fashion. The editor reserves the right to edit,
clarify or shorten the manuscript as deemed necessary.
Fair Review: The editor must ensure that each manuscript submitted to the Journal
is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to the author’s race, gender,
sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy.
The decisions will be based on the paper’s importance, originality, clarity, and
relevance to the journal’s scope.
Confidentiality: The editor and editorial staff always ensure that information
regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: The editor and members of the editorial
board of this journal shall not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted
manuscript for his/her own research without the author’s explicit written consent.
 Authors’ Duties
Publication guidelines: Authors must follow the submission guidelines of the
journal.
Originality, Plagiarism and Acknowledgement: Authors must ensure that the
work they are submitting as theirs is entirely original. Authors must certify that the
manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere. Authors will appropriately
cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Authors sign a declaration stating that
the manuscript and the illustrations within are original, or that he/she has taken all
the necessary steps to avoid breach of copyright.
Multiple Submissions: Authors must certify that the manuscript is not currently
being considered for publication elsewhere. Submitting the same paper to more
than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour.
Authorship of the Paper: All authors mentioned in the paper must have
significantly contributed to the research. The author submitting the manuscript to the
journal ensures that all contributing co- authors and no uninvolved person(s) are
included in the author list.
Conflict of Interest: Authors must notify the editors of any conflicts of interest that
may be construed to influence the manuscript.
Fundamental Errors: Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of
mistakes at any point in time if the author(s) discovers a significant error or
inaccuracy in submitted manuscript.
 Reviewers’ Duties
Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep all manuscripts received confidential.
 Acknowledgement of Sources: Reviewers must ensure that authors have cited all
relevant published work referred to in the paper in the endnotes and bibliography.
Reviewers will bring to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap
between the manuscript and any other published paper they are aware of.
Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal
criticism of the author is inappropriate.
Supporting Argument: Reviewers should express their views clearly with
supporting arguments.
Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have
conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships,
or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with
the paper(s).
Promptness: In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to
complete review of manuscript within the stipulated time he/she should notify the
editor in a timely manner and withdraw from the review process.
COPE
Journal follows the high standards of peer review as set out in the COPE Ethical Guidelines for
Peer Reviewers.
All research articles and other article types are subjected to thorough peer-review, usually by at
least 2 external peer-reviewers. After initial assessment by the journal Editor for suitability in the
journal, the Editor will invite appropriate independent reviewers with sufficient and specific area
of expertise. The Editors decision is made based on these reviewer reports, which are made
available to the authors upon decision. Where the Editor of the journal is an author in the
submission, adequate steps are taken to ensure blinding the Editor from the submission during
peer-review. Further information about journals specific model of peer-review is found on the
journal’s information pages
 
Editor Selection
Pink Petals Publications Journals are committed to unbiased and ethical editorial process for it
journals. The selection of editors are based on the following criterion:
1. A senior academician in the field
2. Someone who has either served as an editor/ associate editor/ reviewer in a peer
reviewed journal in the field
3. Someone who has published well in the field of study
4. Someone who is well acquainted with ethical editorial processes and COPE directives
The editorial responsibility is then transferred to the editor and a team of external editorial board
members.
In a journal managed by a learned society the editor is appointed by the society and its
members.