Welcome to the Online Open Access Journal
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The Journal of Agricultural Research and Management (JARM) and all journals under the Online Open Access umbrella operate under a rigorous set of editorial policies designed to protect the integrity of the scientific record and ensure global accessibility.
1. Peer Review Policy
Our commitment to quality is anchored in a Double-Blind Peer Review process.
Confidentiality: Neither the author’s nor the reviewer’s identity is disclosed during the process.
Reviewer Selection: Manuscripts are assigned to a minimum of two independent subject matter experts.
Decision Authority: The Editor-in-Chief or Section Editor holds final authority over acceptance, revision, or rejection based on the reviewer reports and technical merit.
2. Research Integrity & Malpractice Prevention
We maintain a zero-tolerance policy regarding academic misconduct.
Plagiarism Screening: Every submission is screened via iThenticate. A similarity index exceeding 15% (excluding references) triggers a request for revision or immediate rejection.
Data Fabrication & Falsification: Suspected manipulation of data or imagery will result in an investigation following COPE guidelines.
Salami Slicing: We discourage “redundant publication” where a single study is split into multiple minor papers to artificially inflate citation counts.
3. Authorship & Contributor Standards
To ensure proper credit, we adopt the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).
Authorship Criteria: All listed authors must have made substantial contributions to the conception, data acquisition, or analysis of the work.
ORCID Requirement: All corresponding authors are required to provide a verified ORCID iD to ensure accurate metadata indexing and citation tracking.
Changes to Authorship: Any changes (additions or deletions) post-submission require a signed letter from all original authors.
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4. Open Access & Copyright Policy
As a Gold Open Access publisher, we believe in the democratization of knowledge.
Licensing: All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Rights: Authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the journal the right of first publication.
Self-Archiving (Green OA): Authors are encouraged to deposit their Version of Record in institutional repositories immediately upon publication.
5. Conflict of Interest & Funding Transparency
To prevent bias, we enforce strict disclosure rules:
Competing Interests: Authors must declare any financial or personal relationships that could influence the research.
Funding Statement: Every article must include a “Funding Information” section, listing grant numbers and agencies to comply with Plan S and NIH/NSF mandates.
6. Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Discourse
The scientific record must be accurate and up-to-date.
Errata & Corrigenda: Significant errors that do not invalidate the findings will be corrected via a formal notice linked to the original DOI.
Retractions: In cases of ethical breach or fundamental errors, a Retraction Notice will be issued in accordance with COPE protocols.
Commentary: We encourage scholarly debate and allow the submission of “Letters to the Editor” regarding published works.