Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

The International Journal of New Findings in Health and Educational Sciences (IJHES) respects the privacy of its authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and registered users.

This Privacy Statement explains how personal information provided through the IJHES website and online submission system may be collected, used, stored, and protected.

Information We Collect

Depending on the user's interaction with the journal, IJHES may collect information such as:

  • Full name;

  • Institutional affiliation;

  • Academic or professional position;

  • Email address;

  • Country and other profile information;

  • ORCID or other researcher identifiers, where provided;

  • Information submitted as part of a manuscript;

  • Corresponding author and co-author information;

  • Peer-review information;

  • Editorial and publication-related correspondence; and

  • Technical information necessary for the operation and security of the journal website and publishing system.

Users are responsible for ensuring that information submitted to the journal is accurate and appropriate.

How We Use Personal Information

Personal information collected by IJHES is used only for legitimate journal and publishing purposes, including:

  • Processing and managing manuscript submissions;

  • Communicating with authors regarding submissions, revisions, decisions, and publication;

  • Organizing and conducting peer review;

  • Communicating with reviewers and editors;

  • Managing user accounts and journal roles;

  • Maintaining editorial and publication records;

  • Processing publication-related administrative matters;

  • Responding to inquiries and complaints;

  • Maintaining the security and functionality of the journal website and publishing system; and

  • Complying with applicable legal, ethical, and publishing requirements.

Manuscript and Editorial Information

Information submitted as part of a manuscript may be accessible to authorized editors, reviewers, and publishing personnel as necessary to perform their respective responsibilities.

Submitted manuscripts and related editorial information are treated as confidential during the editorial and peer-review process, subject to applicable policies and legal requirements.

Author and Reviewer Information

Author names, affiliations, and other bibliographic information associated with published articles may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record.

Reviewer identities are treated according to the journal's peer-review policy and review model.

Confidential reviewer information will not be disclosed to authors except where disclosure is specifically permitted by the journal's applicable policies.

Use of Email Addresses

Email addresses provided to IJHES are used primarily for journal-related communication, including:

  • Submission and editorial correspondence;

  • Peer-review invitations and communication;

  • Publication-related notifications;

  • Responses to inquiries;

  • Important journal announcements; and

  • Other communications directly related to the user's role or activities with the journal.

IJHES does not sell, rent, or trade users' personal information for commercial purposes.

Disclosure to Third Parties

Personal information will not be disclosed to unrelated third parties except where disclosure is:

  • Necessary to operate the journal and its publishing services;

  • Required to provide a specific publishing or technical service;

  • Necessary to comply with a legal obligation;

  • Necessary to investigate suspected misconduct, security issues, or other legitimate concerns; or

  • Authorized or requested by the individual concerned.

Where external services are used to support journal operations, access to personal information is limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant service.

Publicly Available Information

Certain information associated with published scholarly work may become part of the public academic record.

This may include:

  • Author names;

  • Institutional affiliations;

  • Article titles;

  • Abstracts;

  • Keywords;

  • Publication dates;

  • DOI and bibliographic metadata; and

  • Other information contained in the published article.

Authors should not include unnecessary personal or confidential information in manuscripts or supplementary materials.

Data Security

IJHES takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or loss.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information through the journal's website or submission system.

Data Retention

Personal information and editorial records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for legitimate journal, publishing, scholarly-record, legal, ethical, and administrative purposes.

Information associated with published articles may be retained as part of the permanent or long-term scholarly record.

Cookies and Technical Information

The IJHES website and publishing system may use cookies and similar technical mechanisms where necessary for website functionality, user authentication, security, session management, and system performance.

Technical information may also be collected automatically by the website or hosting infrastructure for security, maintenance, and operational purposes.

Children's Privacy

IJHES is an academic publishing platform and does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children for purposes unrelated to the operation of the journal.

Privacy of Research Participants

Authors are responsible for protecting the privacy and confidentiality of research participants.

Manuscripts must not contain unnecessary personally identifiable information. Where applicable, authors must obtain appropriate informed consent for the publication of identifiable information, photographs, clinical details, or other materials relating to individuals.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

IJHES may update this Privacy Statement when necessary to reflect changes in its publishing practices, website functionality, legal requirements, or applicable privacy standards.

The current version of this statement will be made available through the official IJHES website.

Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or the handling of personal information may be directed to the IJHES Editorial Office:

Email: editor@ijhespub.org

By registering with IJHES, submitting a manuscript, participating in peer review, or otherwise using the journal's website, users acknowledge that their information may be processed as described in this Privacy Statement, subject to applicable law and the journal's policies.