Peer Review Process 

Submissions to the Zeichen passes through a double-blind peer-review process. The criteria for publication in Zeichen are as follows: 
The study presents the results of primary scholarly research. 
Results reported have not been published elsewhere. 
The research meets all applicable standards of ethics and research integrity. 
Experiments, statistics, and other analyses are performed to a high technical standard and are

described in sufficient detail. 
Conclusions are presented in an appropriate fashion and are supported by the data. 
The article is presented in an intelligible fashion and is written in standard English. 

Once the manuscripts have passed quality control, they are assigned to a member of the Editorial Board (or an expert who is not a member of the Board) for conducting the peer-review process and for making a decision to accept, invite revision of, or reject the article. Information for reviewers can be accessed here. 

Publication Ethics And Policies

                       Publication Ethics Promotes And Encourages Developing High Quality Scientific Contents During Publication Process. Graphy Publications Endorses COPE And ICMJE Guidelines To Handle The Submitted Manuscript In Case Suspected For Any Duplication Or Substantial Overlap.

All Article Published Under Graphy Publications Follows Standard Editorial Process To Maintain Quality Scientific Contents In All Graphy Journals. Editorial Process Involves Strict Measures To Prevent Plagiarism, Redundancy Of Manuscripts, Multiple Submissions, Fabrication And Falsification Of Data.

Plagiarism

The Author Should Develop His Own Contents While Preparing Any Manuscript Towards Publication And Should Avoid Plagiarizing The Contents Of Other Author’s Paper Without Proper Citation. If Manuscripts That Are Found To Have Been Plagiarized From A Manuscript By Other Authors, Whether Published Or Unpublished, Will Be Considered As Plagiarism.

Duplicate Submission

Authors Should Not Submit The Same Manuscript, Simultaneously To More Than One Journal To Consider For Peer Review Process. Manuscripts That Are Found To Have Been Published Elsewhere Or To Be Under Review Elsewhere Will Be Considered Duplicate Submission.

Duplicate Publication

Duplicate Publication Is The Publication Of A Paper That Shares The Same Hypotheses, Data, Discussion, And Conclusions Substantially With One Already Published, Without Clear, Visible Reference To The Previous Publication.

Redundant Publication

Redundant Publication Is The Publication Of A Paper That Overlaps Substantially That Has Already Been Reported In Large Part In A Published Article Or Is Contained In Another Paper That Has Been Submitted Or Accepted For Publication Elsewhere.

Data Fabrication Or Falsification

Data Fabrication Is Making Up Data Or Results And Recording Or Reporting The Fabricated Information Without Carrying Out The Study. Falsification Includes The Manipulating Research Materials, Equipment, Processes, Changing, And Selective Omission/Deletion/Suppression Of Conflicting Data Without Scientific Or Statistical Justification.

Improper Authorship/ Contribution ship

Authorship Credits Should Be Given Those Who Do Substantial Contributions To Conception And Design, Acquisition Of Data, Or Analysis And Interpretation Of Data, Drafting The Article Or Revising It Critically For Important Intellectual Content, And Final Approval Of The Version To Be Published. All Contributors Who Do Not Meet The Criteria For Authorship Should Be Acknowledged As Contribution ship.

Citation Manipulation

Citation Manipulation Is Including Excessive Citations, In The Submitted Manuscript, That Do Not Contribute To The Scholarly Content Of The Article And Have Been Included Solely For The Purpose Of Increasing Citations To A Given Author’s Work, Or To Articles Published In A Particular Journal.

  Note: 

               If any Graphy journals article found violating the above mentioned policies during publication process, the following rules will be applicable to the author(s).

Rejection of the infringing manuscript.

Rejection of every other manuscript submitted to any Graphy journals.

Prohibition (minimum period of 3 years) for submission of any new manuscript against all the authors.

Prohibition (minimum period of 3 years) against all of the authors from serving on the Editorial Board

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