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Journal Of Himalayan Earth Sciences (JHES)

AUTHORSHIP POLICY

Criteria for authorship:

    1. Considerable contributions to the commencement or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
    2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
    3. Final approval of the version to be published.
    4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
    5. All individuals designated as authors should meet the above-mentioned criteria for authorship. Those who do not meet the above criteria should be acknowledged in the work.

Ethical responsibilities for authors:

  1. The author must present an accurate and complete account of research performed, absolutely avoiding deception.
  2. The corresponding author must have the approval of all the authors for each submission and publication of the manuscript.
  3. Each co-author is responsible for considering his or her role in the project and whether that role merits attribution of authorship.
  4. Ghost authorships are not permitted, and other contributors should be mentioned in the acknowledgment.
  5. Industry representatives or others retained by industry who contributed to an article and meet the requirements for authorship or acknowledgement must be appropriately listed as contributors or authors on the article, and their industry affiliation must be disclosed in the published article.
  6. The materials in any newly submitted paper should be original. If the paper is based on a prior publication, its contents must be substantially different from the previous version. The authors need to indicate how the new paper differs from relevant previous publications.
  7. Any figure, table, or other material taken from any other paper (preferably published) shall not be used without proper citation in the manuscript.
  8. The author needs to identify the source of all information quoted or offered, except that which is common knowledge.
  9. Personal criticism is never acceptable; however, criticism regarding the scientific work of others must be appropriate.
  10. Potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, must be disclosed to the editor with the submission.
  11. Authors should fully disclose related financial interests and outside activities in publications (including articles, abstracts, manuscripts submitted for publication), presentations at professional meetings, and funding applications.
  12. The research mentioned in the manuscript should be conducted according to the commonly accepted ethical standards.
  13. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to notify the editor immediately if any statements in the list cease to be true.

Order of Authorship:

The Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences appreciates that the order of authorship should be in the descending order of contributions; however, several different ways of determining order of authorship exist across different disciplines, research groups, and institutes. The promotion committees, granting agencies, readers, and others who seek to understand how individual authors have contributed to the work should (in the case of the order of authorship of the Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences) believe that the order is for the contribution of work of the individual authors.

Change in Authorship:

  1. Addition of the author’s name before the issue is published
    1. The corresponding author will send a request to the chief editor or associate editor, providing clear reasons for excluding the name.
    2. The corresponding author must submit the agreement to be accountable for the changes in authorship.
    3. The chief editor/associate editor may ask the corresponding author to submit a No Objection Certificate from all the authors.
    4. All authors must agree on the inclusion of names if not otherwise than the paper publication will be suspended or will be published without the addition of new names.
    5. The chief editor, in consultation with the associate editor, will extend a final decision afterwards no further additions can take place.
  2. Removal of the author’s name before the issue is published
    1. The corresponding author will send a request to the chief editor or associate editor, providing clear reasons for excluding the name.
    2. The corresponding author must submit the agreement to be accountable for the changes in authorship.
    3. The corresponding author will also submit a No Objection Certificate from all authors
    4. All authors must agree on the exclusion of names, if not so then the paper publication will be suspended or will be published without the removal of names.
    5. Acceptance letter from the author whose name should be omitted must be provided with the request; otherwise request will not be entertained.
    6. The chief editor, in consultation with the associate editor, will extend a final decision after which no further removal can take place.
  3. Addition or omission of author name after online publishing

    1. There will be no change in the name and sequence of authors once the journal is published online. No queries in this regard will be entertained.
  4. A claim of an outsider that he/she contributed to the paper, and his/her name was not included in the paper

    1. Corresponding author will be responsible for such claims, and the Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences editorial board, staff, and the faculty or the administration of the National Centre of Excellence in Geology will not be responsible for such claims.