Chief Editor
Dr. Manjeet Singh Nain
Professor & Principal Scientist (Agricultural Extension)
ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India,110012
e-Mail: chiefeditorisee@gmail.com , chiefeditor.iari@icar.gov.in
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The Indian Journal of Extension Education is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. The journal follows the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of malpractice. All the editors, authors, and reviewers of the Indian Journal of Extension Education agree upon standards of proper ethical behavior and accept the responsibility for fulfilling the following duties and responsibilities as set by the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors. Our key expectations of authors, peer-reviewers, and editors, and the penalty for malpractice are as follows:
Manuscripts submitted to the Indian Journal of Extension Education (IJEE) are evaluated entirely on the basis of their scientific content. There are no publication charges. All possible measures are taken to uphold the highest standards of publication ethics and to prevent malpractices. Authors who submit papers to our Journals attest that their work is original and unpublished and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition, authors confirm that their paper is their own original work, that has not been copied or plagiarized, in whole or in part, from other works, and if the authors have used the works of others the same has been appropriately cited or quoted. Our publication ethics and malpractice statement is based on the guidelines for journal editors developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The chief editor and the editors of the Indian Journal of Extension Education are responsible for
The publisher of the Indian Journal of Extension Education is the Indian Society of Extension Education through its elected President and ACS publishers has been identified as registering agency for DOI, submitting data to crossref and other indexing agencies. The publisher;
Publication Responsibility
The journal takes reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of manuscripts where research misconduct has occurred. In case of seriously flawed articles, the complete retraction of the article will ensue.
The journal demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. Editors will promptly respond to possible misconduct in the publishing process including authors and reviewers.
Copyright and licensing information are clearly described on the journal's website. The copyright of each manuscript published is automatically transferred to the Indian Journal of Extension Education and is mentioned in each article.
The journal clearly indicates plans for electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event a journal is no longer published. This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
Corrections and retractions
When errors are identified in published articles, the publisher will consider what action is required and may consult the editors and the authors' institution(s).
Errors by the authors may be corrected by a corrigendum and errors by the publisher by an erratum.
Retracting a publication is considered if:
• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of a major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation)
• It constitutes plagiarism • The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e., cases of redundant publication).
• It contains material or data without authorization for use.
• Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g., libel, privacy)
• It reports unethical research
• It has been published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process
• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (aka, conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.
Notices of retraction are:
• Linked to the retracted article wherever possible (i.e., in all online versions)
• Clearly identify the retracted article (e.g., by including the title and authors in the retraction heading or citing the retracted article)
• Clearly identified as a retraction (i.e., distinct from other types of correction or comment)
• Be published promptly to minimize harmful effects
• Freely available to all readers (i.e., not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers)
• State who is retracting the article
• State the reason(s) for retraction very objective, factual, and avoid inflammatory language
If there are errors that significantly affect the conclusions or there is evidence of misconduct, this may require retraction or an expression of concern following the COPE Retraction Guidelines.
All authors are asked to agree to the content of the notice.
Chief Editor
Dr. Manjeet Singh Nain
Professor & Principal Scientist (Agricultural Extension)
ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India,110012
e-Mail: chiefeditorisee@gmail.com , chiefeditor.iari@icar.gov.in