Publication Ethics Statement

IJSSER publishes high-quality work through a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring that the field of scholarly publication receives high-quality scientific work. In cases of plagiarism, data falsification, and incorrect authorship credit, IJSSER takes these ethical publication issues very seriously and follows a zero-tolerance policy. ISSER uses TURNITIN for all submissions to ensure the originality of the content. To learn more... ↗

Copyright / Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate and free open access to all its content and is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) ↗ . This means readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, as long as proper attribution is given. This policy is consistent with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) ↗ definition of open access.

Copyright, Publication Rights, and Licensing

• The author(s) retain copyright over their work published by our journal, without restrictions.
• Authors are granted the freedom to retain full publishing rights without limitations.
• The legal framework and formal attributes of articles published in our journal adhere to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To this effect, all published articles, including their formats (e.g., PDF), will bear the notation: © Year by the author(s). Licensed and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ↗ .
• Authors are empowered to utilize their published articles in any manner they choose, provided they attribute the work to the journal using the specified citation format of the published article.

Repository Policy

Authors are explicitly authorized to deposit any version of their article, be it the author's original version, the accepted manuscript, or the version of record, on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other non-commercial repositories of their choice. Additionally, the policy extends to commercial platforms and social media, promoting broad dissemination.

Article Version Posting Permissions

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Archival Policy

IJSSER is preserved in the LOCKSS ↗ (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and PKP Preservation Network (PN) archival systems to ensure that our content is securely and permanently archived...

The URL to the LOCKSS Publisher Manifest is: https://ijsser.com/index.php/ijsser/gateway/lockss ↗ .

Announcement and Advertisement

Call for papers and academic activities, such as conferences, are announced free of charge in the journal’s News & Announcements section. Advertisements may be placed on the journal website, through email marketing, or via official social media channels.

All advertising and promotional activities are independent of editorial decision-making and have no influence on the peer review process or publication decisions. Advertisements are clearly separated from editorial content and are managed by the publisher, not the editorial team.

Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Authors may use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies only to improve the language, clarity, and readability of their manuscript prior to submission. Such tools must not be used to generate original scientific content, interpret results, draw conclusions, or replace human judgment. Authors are fully responsible and accountable for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted work.

The use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the writing process must be disclosed by authors in a separate section titled "Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies in the Writing Process," which should come right before the references. The declaration should state the name of the tool and the purpose of its use. AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors.

The use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools to create or alter figures, images, graphical abstracts, or artwork is not permitted, except where such use is part of the research methodology and is clearly described in the Methods section.

Editors and reviewers must treat all manuscripts and related communications as confidential and must not use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the editorial evaluation or peer review process.

Failure to comply with this policy may result in editorial action in line with the journal’s ethics and publishing standards.