Copyright Policy : Author (s) should affirm that the material has not published previously. It has not been submitted to another journal, and it is not under consideration by any other journal. Global Learners Academy of Development will be the holder of copyright of published articles and we prefer authors to assign copyright to Global Learners Academy of Development.
Publication Decisions : The editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. Plagiarism is considered to be bad practice and unethical. All types of plagiarism like Verbatim Copying, Paraphrasing and Self Plagiarism should be avoided. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Publication Ethics : The journal’s aim is to augment the knowledge base in collaboration with scholars, academicians, professionals and practitioners by allowing free access to valuable information around the world. The publication in a refereed academic journal follows standard publication ethics to ensure the validity and integrity of scientific findings. It is therefore of great importance that all parties (the editor, the author, the peer-reviewers and the publishers) involved in publication process conduct themselves in accordance with the highest possible level of publication ethical standards from submission to publication of an article.
Editors Duties
Publication Decision – The editor is responsible and has complete authority on deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal should be accepted for publication. Editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. Editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision. Neither the Chief Editor nor the board members have the authority to influence the reviewers who are conducting the review of the articles submitted for peer review.
Fair Play – The editor evaluate manuscripts submitted to 270 DEGREE based on their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors
Confidentiality – The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to 270 DEGREE to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
The editor/editorial staff should preserve anonymity of reviewers and must not disclose the details of the reviewers to a third party without the consent of the reviewers.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest – Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by editor/editorial staff that has a view of the manuscript in handling process in his or her own research without the written consent from the author(s).
Response to error(s) in research work – The editor should respond immediately in case author(s) contact editorial office related to error(s) of significant nature in his/her own published work and thus appropriate measures should be taken that also include written formal retraction or correction of published manuscript.