Peer Review and Publication Policy

Double Blind Peer Review Policy

The journal employs the double-blind peer review process. Every proposal submitted for publication is read at least by an editor, for an initial review. If the paper agrees with editorial policies and with a minimum quality level, is sent to two reviewers. The reviewers won't know the author's identity, as any identifying information will be stripped from the document before the review.

Reviewers' comments to the editors are confidential and before passing on to the author will be made anonymous. Based on the reviewers' comments, the Editorial Board makes a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript, and communicates to the authors the decision, along with referees' reports. Whether significant revisions are proposed, acceptance is dependent on whether the author can deal with those satisfactorily.

Policy on Retraction of articles

The Journal follows the COPE guidelines for the Retraction of articles: It Can be found at the following link:

https://publicationethics.org/node/19896

Policy on plagiarism

The journal does check the plagiarism of submitted papers through Similarity Check - Crossref. To complain, please feel free to contact us. The journal will debar the guilty authors from publishing for a period of six months.

Open Access Policy

International Journal of Agriculture and Nutrition is an open-access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal.

Copyright Policy

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright as per Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0.

Authorship Policy

Authorship provides credit for a researcher's contribution to a study and carries accountability (as described by McNutt et al. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201715374; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715374115; licensed under CC BY 4.0).

Preservation Policy

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored on three different sources. Content on one server is online and accessible to the readers. The copy of the same content is kept as a backup on another source. On the other hand journal’s Abstracting/Indexing services also store much essential information about the articles. All articles are also stored in printed format in our society's office.

Repository Policy

The Journal allows authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or another repository of their choice as per Sherpa/Romeo Green policy.

Complaint Policy

Anyone can directly contact us via email or Enquiry Form for any kind of complaint, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does peer review work at this agriculture journal?

Double-blind. An editor reads every submission first; if it meets editorial policy and a minimum quality level it goes to two reviewers, with all identifying information stripped from the document. Reviewer comments are made anonymous before being passed to the author.

Who takes the final decision on a manuscript?

The Editorial Board, using the reviewers' reports. The decision is communicated to the authors together with the referees' reports, and where significant revisions are proposed, acceptance depends on the author addressing them satisfactorily.

What is the journal's retraction policy?

The journal follows the COPE guidelines for retraction of articles, published at publicationethics.org.

Who holds the copyright in a published paper?

The authors. The journal allows author(s) to hold copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 licence.

How is content preserved long term?

All electronic content is stored on three separate sources: one live and readable, one kept as a backup, and the metadata held by the journal's abstracting and indexing services. All articles are also stored in printed form at the society office.

Can I deposit my article in a repository?

Yes. The journal allows authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice under the Sherpa/Romeo Green policy.