PEER REVIEW
Bentham Science Publishers follows the double-blind peer review procedure for submissions
of all manuscripts to its journals.
All submitted articles/eBook chapters are subjected to an extensive peer review in consultation with members
of the journal’s editorial board and independent external referees (usually three reviewers). All
manuscripts/chapters are assessed rapidly and the decision based on all the peer reviewers' comments, taken
by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief/eBook Editor, is then conveyed to the author(s).
Submissions from the Editor-in-Chief will undergo independent peer-review and will be submitted to another
Editor for his decision on acceptance.
Copyediting and Proofs
Articles and eBook chapters must be written in good English in a clear and correct style in order to maintain
uniformity throughout the text. Articles/chapters submitted are copyedited before they are published.
Reprints
High-quality, bound/unbound, print/e-prints can be purchased for all published articles and book chapters.
Editorial Policies
Articles must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on
their behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required to submit a Copyright Letter along with
the manuscript, on behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will confirm that the manuscript (or
any part of it) has not been published previously or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and
copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained.
PLAGIARISM PREVENTION
Plagiarism means copying or paraphrasing another writer's content, be it a text, a result or an observation, and
stating it as one's own, without citing a reference to the original source. Therefore, authors should
acknowledge and cite references to the work of other scientists in their manuscripts. The author should ensure
that all the sources are authentic and that there is no discrepancy in the content of the manuscript.
Bentham Science is vigilant in checking and identifying the primary sources of the data within the content by
using the iThenticate software to detect instances of
overlapping and similarity of text in submitted manuscripts. iThenticate software verifies the content against a database of periodicals, materials
on the Internet, and a comprehensive article database. The software generates a similarity report in percentage
that matches the article in process and the published material. This similarity is further scrutinized for
suspected plagiarism according to the publisher's Editorial Policies. The generated report comprises the overall
percentage of the content reused.
The Credibility of Sources- Acknowledgements
The study of an author has to be original. If there are credible sources of the content referred to in the
manuscript, the author needs to cite all of them. Authors are advised to use iThenticate before submitting a manuscript to
ensure that there are no instances of plagiarism. Authors are required to provide proper consent from the
individuals and contributions of other authors should be acknowledged.
Bentham Science has different editorial policies for authors who have more than one publication. Following
those policies, the authors need to specify the sources of the submission in their recent work. For further
details, please visit the following link of Editorial Policies for Concurrent Publication/Simultaneous
Submission at https://benthamscience.com/pages/editorial-policies-main
Bentham Science strictly follows COPE guidelines to detect plagiarism. For clearer insight, authors may refer
to the flowcharts provided by COPE by clicking here or visiting the COPE website.
Copyright and License
Open Access Plus (Subscription Journals and eBooks)
Accepted articles can be published online for free open access. Open access publishing provides maximum
dissemination of the article to the largest audience. All authors will be asked to indicate whether or
not they wish to pay to have their paper made freely available on publication. If authors do not select
the 'Open Access Plus' option, then their article will be published with standard subscription-based
access.
Copyright (Subscription Journals and eBooks)
Editors/Authors who contribute in a Bentham’s Journal/eBook will transfer copyright to their work to
Bentham Science Publishers. Submission of a manuscript to the respective journals implies that
all editors/authors have read and agreed to the content of the copyright letter.
Ethical Approval of Studies and Informed Consent
For human or animal experimental investigations, it is a prerequisite to provide a formal review and
approval, or review and waiver, by an appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee, which
should be documented in the paper. For investigations undertaken on human subjects, the manner in which the
informed consent was obtained from the study participants (i.e., oral or written) should be stated in the
Methods section.
Authors are encouraged to obtain patient consent when they use confidential case material. Consent is not
necessary in the case of very brief case vignettes which do not contain identifying information or if the
case material is disguised sufficiently to prevent identification of the patient.
In obtaining consent, the author(s) should discuss the purpose(s) of publication, the possible risks and
benefits to the patient and the patient's right to withhold or withdraw consent. In the case of a minor
patient, consent should be obtained from the parent(s) or guardian(s).
Standard Protocol on Approvals, Registrations, Patients Consents & Animal Protection
All clinical investigations must be conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki principles. Authors
must comply with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org) with regard to the patient’s consent
for research or participation in a study. Patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers must not be
mentioned anywhere in the manuscript (including figures). Editors may request that authors provide
documentation of the formal review and recommendation from the institutional review board or ethics
committee responsible for oversight of the study.
Errata and Corrections in Published Articles
Authors and readers are encouraged to notify the Editor-in-Chief if they find errors in published content,
authors’ names and affiliations or if they have reasons for concern over the legitimacy of a publication. In
such cases the journal will publish an ERRATUM in consultation with Editor-in-Chief and authors of the
article, and/or replace or retract the article.
ARTICLE WITHDRAWAL
Articles in Press (articles that have been accepted for publication or published as E-pub Ahead of Schedule
but which have not been formally published with volume/issue/page information) that include errors, or are
determined to violate the publishing ethics guidelines such as multiple submission, fake claims of
authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like, may be “Withdrawn” from the journal. Withdrawal
means that the article files are removed and replaced with a PDF stating that the article has been withdrawn
from the journal in accordance with BSP Editorial Policies.
ARTICLE RETRACTION
Published articles (with volume/issue/page information) which may contain infringements of professional
ethical codes, such as multiple submissions, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data
or the like are retracted.
- A retraction note titled “Retraction: [article title]” signed by the authors and/or the Editor-in-Chief
is published in the paginated part of a subsequent issue of the journal and listed in the contents list.
- In the electronic version, a link is made to the original article.
- The online article is preceded by a screen containing the retraction note. It is to this screen that the
link resolves; the reader can then proceed to the article itself.
- The original article is retained unchanged with a watermark on the PDF indicating on each page that it
is “retracted.”
- The HTML version of the document is removed.
Redundant (multiple) publication/Re-publication
Abstracts and posters of conferences, results presented at meetings (for example, to inform investigators or
participants about findings), results databases (data without interpretation, discussion, context or
conclusions in the form of tables and text to describe data/information where this is not easily presented
in tabular form) are not considered prior publication.
Authors who wish to publish translations of the articles that have been published elsewhere should ensure
that they have appropriate permission(s), indicate clearly that the material has been translated and
re-published, and indicate clearly the original source of the material. The Editor-in-Chief may request
copies of related publications if he/she is concerned about overlap and possible redundancy.
PERMISSION FOR REPRODUCTION:
Bentham Science has collaborated with the Copyright Clearance Center to meet its customer’s licensing,
besides rights & permission needs.
The Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink® service makes it faster and easier to secure
permission from Bentham Science journal titles. Simply visit Journals by Title and locate the desired content. Then go to the article’s
abstract and click on “Rights and Permissions” to open the RightsLink’s page. If you are unable to locate
the content you wish to use or are unable to secure the rights you are seeking, please e-mail us at [email protected]
Published/reproduced material should not be included unless written permission has been obtained from the
copyright holder, which should be forwarded to the Editorial Office in case of acceptance of the article for
publication.
Open Access Articles
Articles are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public
License (CC-BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode),
which permits unrestricted distribution and reproduction in any medium, as long as the work is properly
credited/attributed. For more details, please visit Open
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