Authorship
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported research. All co-authors must have reviewed and approved the final manuscript and agreed to its submission. Any change to the author list after submission requires written consent from all authors, communicated to the editorial office.
Originality and Duplicate Submission
Submitted manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript, or substantially overlapping content, to more than one journal simultaneously is considered a serious ethical violation and will result in rejection and notification to the authors' institution.
Data Integrity
Authors must present an accurate account of the research performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately; fabrication, falsification, or selective reporting of results is grounds for rejection or, if discovered post-publication, retraction.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, or personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing the research or its evaluation. Disclosed conflicts are managed by the handling editor on a case-by-case basis, including reviewer reassignment where necessary.
Plagiarism
All submissions are screened for textual similarity. See our detailed Plagiarism Policy for the specific threshold and screening process, which follows UGC guidelines as referenced by ISSN India.
Retraction Policy
Published articles found to contain significant errors, ethical breaches, or plagiarism after publication may be retracted following investigation by the editorial board, with a formal retraction notice published and linked to the original article.
Reporting Concerns
Concerns regarding potential ethical breaches in a submitted or published manuscript can be reported confidentially to editor@rtijti.com.