Submission Guidelines

Authors are responsible for assuring the originality of their works and the full attribution of any non-original material. The journal will verify articles for plagiarism using plagiarism detection software (i.e., reproducing any work without acknowledgment and permission) and will treat it as misconduct if it is found. Any instances of plagiarism that come to the board’s attention or come up during peer review will be properly investigated. Such conduct is inappropriate and will be appropriately exposed when it is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Self-plagiarism will also be treated seriously. Upon receipt of the manuscript, the authors or corresponding author will be asked to sign an agreement confirming that the work has not been submitted elsewhere for publication, that the claimed new results are the authors’ own discoveries, and that all material derived from the body of existing literature has been appropriately acknowledged and referenced.

After the manuscript has been accepted or after publication, if plagiarism, duplication, or re-publication of previously published work in any language is found, the case is referred to the NJREL editorial board, which conducts a thorough inspection while giving the concerned authors a sufficient amount of time to respond. If the author agreement is broken or if the researcher engages in serious and unethical misconduct in connection with publishing the study, the published publication may be removed. Only manuscripts with a content percentage of less than 20% will be accepted. We will perform free first plagiarism checks on the paper, but only the second plagiarism check will be free if we ask for a revision because of copied text. It will cost INR 2000 each time it happens if it happens more than twice.

The following is a list of possible plagiarism scenarios:

• Plagiarizing someone else’s writing and submitting it as one’s own.
• Copying substantial amounts of text from one source.
• Patchwork copying is the practice of combining copied text from different sources; it might take the form of a few paragraphs or a larger section made up of several paragraphs.
• Modifying “keywords” and “phrases,” but keeping the source’s core ideas the same.
• Rewriting the text’s original words and submitting them as one’s own.
• Combining passages from several sources that have been slightly rephrased and passing off previously published content as original work.
• Despite being acknowledged, the cited passages are not clearly identified.
• Utilization of plagiarized text without proper attribution.

Guidelines for authors on how to retain integrity in their writing and stay away from plagiarism:

• A writer should always credit those who helped create their work.
• The source of the material must always be acknowledged when paraphrasing or summarizing.
• Using one’s own language and sentence structure, one must make sure that while paraphrasing and/or summarizing another author’s work, they are recreating the other author’s ideas or facts exactly.
• Any text that has been taken from another source needs to be cited and should be enclosed in quotation marks.
• To condense and transmit other people’s contributions in a shorter form of the original, one should use clearer language.
• One must employ his or her own words in addition to their own syntactical structure when paraphrasing another person’s work.
• To make significant changes to the original text that result in an accurate paraphrase, one should have a strong command of the language and a solid grasp of the concepts and vocabulary being employed.
• Authors of difficult studies ought to follow the guidance offered earlier by Angell & Relman (1990). It is ideal to present the findings of a single complex study as a “cohesive” whole rather than breaking them up into several papers. Additionally, writers should send any other papers (published or unpublished) that may be a component of the work being considered if there is any uncertainty as to whether a manuscript submitted for publication reflects fragmented data (Kassirer & Angell, 1995).
• When unsure of whether an idea or fact is well-known, one should cite the source.
• Authors must make the editors and readers aware of the earlier dissemination’s nature when submitting a manuscript for publication that includes previously published data, reviews, conclusions, etc. Data provenance should never be in question.
• Authors are required to check their citations twice.
• A document should only cite sources that are directly relevant to its subject matter. It is unacceptable to deliberately include references with dubious relevance in order to manipulate a journal’s or an article’s impact factor or the likelihood that the paper will be accepted.
• Without correction or modification, the actual work that was consulted or used should be referenced.
• If one is merely relying on a secondary summary of an original publication, it is not necessary to cite it while discussing someone else’s work.
• Authors must always present their writing in a way that makes it clear to readers which ideas/data are their own and which are taken from sources being consulted when they substantially borrow from a source.
• Wherever necessary, authors have an obligation to report evidence that conflicts with their point of view.
• It is the ethical responsibility of the authors to disclose all study-related factors that would affect how easily other researchers could replicate their findings.
• Before beginning a research cooperation, authorship should be decided upon and should follow established standards.
• Only people who have contributed significantly to a project are entitled to be included as authors on a paper.
• In order to demonstrate authorship, faculty-student cooperation should adhere to the same standards. Mentors must only provide authorship to deserving pupils; they cannot give it to those whose efforts do not justify it.

Ghostwriting for academic or professional purposes is unethical.

• The e-Journal on Law and IPR views publication ethics as crucial to the growth of a reputable field of study. This journal is dedicated to ensuring that contributions adhere to ethical and scholarly standards in order to prevent publication malpractice.
• Please read all the instructions available on the journal website by visiting the http://www.jlipr.org before uploading your paper and learn more about the goals and scope of this journal. Please be aware that any manuscripts that do not follow these rules will be rejected.
• Submitted papers will be reviewed and published solely by the decision made by the journal’s editorial board.
• When assessing the manuscripts for their intellectual value, the editorial board keeps in mind the ideal of non-discrimination as it relates to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophies.
• The Editorial Board views plagiarism as a threat to the academic community and has developed a strong policy to prevent it at all costs because it has been shown to be a sign of a low-quality publication or one without a quality control system.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to take an active role in the matter by either retracting the article or submitting the claim to the managing office of the author’s institution and/or relevant academic bodies if it is discovered that an article has copied other works or included copyrighted materials without authorization, with inadequate or incorrect acknowledgement.
• Unless otherwise agreed with the relevant authors and reviewers, the Editor Board is responsible for maintaining the anonymity of all materials submitted to the journal and all correspondence with reviewers.
• The originality of the authors’ writings should be guaranteed. Works shouldn’t have been previously published. The use of previously submitted works is not permitted and is unethical.
• Any financial or personal ties to other people or organizations’ that can be seen as improperly influencing (affecting) an author’s work should be disclosed in the manuscript.
• Articles submitted to our journal that pass the editor’s review are then forwarded to two reviewers, who will then read the articles and submit a report. Depending on the reviewers’ findings, authors may be invited to reevaluate their articles or told that their works have been accepted or rejected.
• The reviewers are urged to maintain the manuscript’s confidentiality, and they are forbidden from using any knowledge gained through peer review for their own gain. Without the editor’s previous approval, reviewers are not permitted to contact the authors directly, share their reviews with third parties, or offer any information regarding the work.
• Any significant resemblance or overlap between the manuscript under review and any other published paper of which the reviewer has personal information should be brought to the editor’s attention so that they can be addressed.
• Reviews should be objectively focused; it is inappropriate to criticize an author or authors personally. Before agreeing to evaluate a work where they have potential conflicts of interest deriving from adversarial, cooperative, or other ties or affiliations with any of the authors, reviewers should consult the editor.