General Instructions

General Instructions

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Ariviyal publishing is committed towards publishing original articles with high scientific quality, efficient processes for article submissions, vigorous and impartial peer review, high-quality author service, and high-level of publication ethics. Here we provide comprehensive guidelines for authors, reviewers, editors and publishers.

Note

The author guidelines apply to all Ariviyal owned journals (Nano Progress, Green Reports, Applied Research Frontiers, and Chemical Science and Engineering Progress) except “Numerical Analysis and Applicable Mathematics”. Please find out the specific guidelines for the Journal “Numerical Analysis and Applicable Mathematics”.

Table of Contents

• 1. General Guidelines
• • 1.1. Registration with Ariviyal
  • 1.1.1. Login to Ariviyal User Service
  • 1.1.2. Login to Submission System
  • 1.2. Choose your Journal
  • 1.3. Open Access
• 2. Guidelines for Authors
• 2.1. Manuscript Requirements and Style Guide
• 2.1.1. Articles general structure
• 2.1.2. Article types and length
• 2.1.3. Language usage
• 2.1.4. Title
• 2.1.5. Authors and affiliations
• 2.1.6. Abstract
• 2.1.7. Keywords
• 2.1.8. Introduction
• 2.1.9. Materials and methods
• 2.1.10. Results and discussion
• 2.1.11. Figures, schemes and tables
• 2.1.12. Conclusions
• 2.1.13. Acknowledgements
• 2.1.14. Author contributions statement
• 2.1.15. Conflict of interest statement
• 2.1.16. References
• 2.1.17. Table of contents graphic
• 2.1.18. Supporting Information
• 2.2. Cover Letter
• 2.3. Article Templates
• 2.4. Author submission checklist
• 2.5. Corrections/Additions
• 2.6. Retractions
• 2.7. Funding disclosure
• 2.8. Manuscript transfer
• 3. Copyright Transfer
• 3.1. Copyright permission
• 3.2. Copyright form
• 4. Editing Service
• 4.1. English editing
• 4.2. Translation
• 4.3. Manuscript formatting
• 5. Guidelines for Reviewers
• 5.1. General note
• 5.2. Comments to editors
• 5.3. Comments to authors
• 6. Guidelines for Editors
• 6.1. General note
• 6.2. Reviewers selection
• 6.3. Review Process
• 6.4. Decision making
• 7. Guidelines for Readers
• 8. Ethical Guidelines
• 8.1. Article manipulation / Plagiarism
• 8.2. Data Fabrication and Falsification
• 8.3. Authorship and Acknowledgements
• 8.4. Errors in published works
• 8.5. Competing interests
• 8.6. Human & animal welfare/ hazards
• 8.7. Editor(s) and Reviewer(s) responsibility to authors
• 8.8. Data protection
• 9. Manuscript Publishing Process
• 9.1. Choose your Journal
• 9.2. Mandatory files for submission
• 9.3. Initial checking
• 9.4. Editorial Process
• 9.5. Revision / Decision
• 9.6. Proof Corrections
• 9.7. Final publication

General Guidelines

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1.1. Registration with Ariviyal Publishing

Authors, editors and reviewers must register with Ariviyal Publishing to create their official Ariviyal account. Please use the following link to register with Ariviyal Publishing; https://www.ariviyalpublishing.com/register/. A valid e-mail ID and basic information (first and last name, affiliation and country) will be required for the registration. See the Ariviyal's Privacy Statement which assures readers that their name and email address will not be used for other purposes. The username/password can be used to login to the Ariviyal webpage and also to access the submission system. Ariviyal publishing follows a simple and easy online process for the major processes/activities such as manuscript submissions, review process, editorial work, to get membership and subscription, editing service, to become reviewer and editorial board member, and copyright permission/orders. The Ariviyal online process is mainly to benefit authors for the rapid publication of their original results and to make the work easy and effective as possible for the reviewers and editors.

[NOTE : Ariviyal publishing uses single login (username/password) for the Ariviyal User Service and Submission System.]

1.1.1. Login to Ariviyal User Service

To access the options under the Ariviyal User Service such as (Membership, Subscription, Editing Service, Become Reviewer or Editorial Board Member, and Permission/Orders) follow the link https://www.ariviyalpublishing.com/login.php which will direct you to the Ariviyal User Service centre. In this basic information regarding Research area, Affiliation, Country and so on (Strongly Recommended) may be asked to update for records which will not be used for other purposes (See Ariviyal's Privacy Statement for more information). After login, the users can follow the ‘guide-note’ given in each and every specific page for the easy and rapid process.

1.1.2. Login to Submission System

The two major processes (Article Submission and Review Process) can be done by login to the Submission System at https://www.ariviyalpublishing.com/login.php. After login, the user may be asked to update their basic details regarding Research area, Affiliation, Country and so on (Strongly Recommended) for records which will not be used for other purpose without permission (See Ariviyal's Privacy Statement for more information). The authors and reviewers can check the status of their submissions and reviews. To make the online process simple and easy for the authors and reviewers, we have given ‘guide-note’ in each and every specific page.

1.2. Choose your journal

Ariviyal publishes 5 internationally peer-reviewed Journals in all aspects of Science and Engineering. The Journal names and details are listed below;
1. Nano Progress
(About the Journal; Editor-in-Chief: XXXXXX; ISSN: XXXXX)
2. Green Reports
(About the Journal; Editor-in-Chief: XXXXXX; ISSN: XXXXX)
3. Numerical Analysis and Applicable Mathematics
(About the Journal; Editor-in-Chief: XXXXXX; ISSN: XXXXX)
4. Appllied Materials: Physics and Chemistry
(About the Journal; Editor-in-Chief: XXXXXX; ISSN: XXXXX)
5. Chemical Science and Engineering Progress
(About the Journal; Editor-in-Chief: XXXXXX; ISSN: XXXXX)

Prior to submit your manuscript, you must check the About the Journal and Keywords on the specific journal webpage and make sure that your paper best fits within the scope of the Journal. In addition, we strongly recommend authors to browse the recent content of the Journal that we publish for quality and relevance to your field.

1.3. Open Access

What is open access?

Open Access is a broad international academic movement to make academic information freely available through the internet for everyone. It means that the open access articles can be freely available to read, download, copy, translate, distribute, print, or re-use it in education or another way within the legal agreements, and there are no financial, legal or technical barriers.

Ariviyal open access

All the Ariviyal owned journals (Nano Progress, Green Reports, Applied Research Frontiers, and Chemical Science and Engineering Progress, and Numerical Analysis and Applicable Mathematics) are open access and internationally peer-reviewed. The main purpose of open access is to make pipeline between authors’ research outcomes and our valuable readers for free of cost. All papers published by Ariviyal are freely available for readers under an open access license (Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license). Ariviyal articles published under the CC BY license are freely accessible and free to re-use by everyone with proper accreditation/citation of the original publication.

In general, authors are asked to pay an Open Access (APC) for publishing an article in an open access journal under a Creative Commons CC BY license. The APC covers all the expenses involved in the publication process (peer-review, copy editing and hosting the final article on dedicated servers). The ACP is paid by authors only after the manuscript is accepted for publication. However, Ariviyal charges no Open Access or submission charge for the articles published in 2018-2019. There are no processing charges or submission charges for rejected articles and editorial items such as corrections, additions and comments.

Open access has enormous importance and advantages for researchers, lecturers, students, administrators and publishers.
Available to All → The open access articles are freely available and accessible over the internet. Everyone can download the article without any charge or subscription.
Visibility and Citation → Since the open access articles are freely available; it creates maximum chances to be read and to be cited more frequently than the articles published by conventional journal.
Publication Speed → Open access journals are often online-only published. Thus, the accepted articles are more rapidly published online than the traditional, subscription-based and printed journals.

2. Guidelines for Authors

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Guidelines given here will help you to prepare your manuscript for submission to Ariviyal owned Journals. Authors are suggested to read the Ariviyal guidelines carefully so that you may save time for editing the article. Manuscripts submitted to Ariviyal should follow the specific instructions.

2.1. Manuscript requirements and style guide

2.1.1 Article types and length

Three types of original articles are mainly considered by Ariviyal owned journals.
1. Comprehensive research articles
2. Communications
3. Review articles

[Note: Authors interested in publishing short communications, letters, note or case studies are advised to contact the respective editor-in-chief of the journal at submissions@ariviyalpublishing.com].

Comprehensive research articles

The comprehensive research, full-length research or research articles should present new research findings in respective fields. This is the most common type of the manuscripts we are interested to publish. These manuscripts should contain detail information on the design, experimental, result and discussion of the research work with clarity and completeness. The research work should have a general impact and contribute to the advancement of the particular field. Although there is no page limit, the word count of these manuscript types should not exceed over 7000 excluding title, affiliation, abstract, acknowledge, table and figure captions, conflict of interest, supporting information, and references. The word count of abstract should range from 150 to 250. Similarly, the number of figures should not exceed over 15 and the number of tables should be less than or equal to 10.

Communications

The communications must contain original and highly significant work. These types of articles will be given high priority in publication and will ensure fast publication. It will be reviewed as quickly as possible by our reviewers and editorial board members. The communications should comprise a maximum of 3000 words (excluding title, affiliation, abstract, acknowledge, table and figure captions, conflict of interest, supporting information, and references) and the abstract restricted to 100 words or the equivalent. Similarly, the maximum of 7 figures and 5 tables will be allowed.

Review articles

Review articles should summarize existing information on a particular topic. These manuscripts should contain a critical and constructive analysis of the literature in a specific field and provide background information for future research. The review articles must comprise a minimum of 8000 words and maximum of 35000 words (including title, affiliation, abstract, acknowledge, table and figure captions, conflict of interest, supporting information, and references). There is no limit for figures, tables and schemes. However, the journal page should not exceed over 30 (maximum of 30000 words).

2.1.2 Articles General Structure

The manuscript should contain the following contents,
(i) Title
(ii) Authors and affiliations
(iii) Abstract
(iv) Keywords
(v) Materials and methods or Experimental section (not applicable for review articles)
(vi) Results and discussion (not applicable for review articles)
(vii) Main text (for review articles)
(viii) Figures, schemes and tables
(ix) Conclusions
(x) Acknowledgements
(xi) Author contributions statement
(xii) Conflict of interest statement
(xiii) References
(xiv) Graphical abstract
(xv) Supporting Information

2.1.3 Language usage

The manuscripts of all types should be written in English. Prior to submission, the authors should confirm that the manuscript is free from typo, spelling and grammatical errors. If the authors are non-native English speakers, it is highly recommended to ask your colleague who is native English speaker to revise your manuscript for clarity. To benefit our authors, Ariviyal Publishing provides professional language editing service (Please refer Ariviyal User Services). However, the language editing service is not a requirement for publication in Ariviyal owned journal and it does not guarantee that the article will be accepted. Our copyeditors will check (if necessary edit) the accepted manuscript for spelling and formal style before publication.

Content / Article Type	Comprehensive Research Article	Communications	Review Article
Focus	New research findings in respective fields and the articles should contain detail information on the design, experimental, result and discussion of the research work with clarity and completeness.	Original and highly significant work	It should summarize existing information on a particular topic and contain a critical and constructive analysis of the literature in a specific field and provide background information for future research.
General structure	(i) Title (ii) Authors and affiliations (iii) Abstract (iv) Keywords (v) Introduction (vi) Materials and methods (vii) Results and discussion (viii) Figures, schemes and tables (ix) Conclusions (x) Acknowledgements (xi) Author contributions statement (xii) Conflict of interest statement (xiii) References (xiv) Graphical abstract (xv) Supporting Information	(i) Title (ii) Authors and affiliations (iii) Abstract (iv) Keywords (v) Introduction (vi) Results and discussion (vii) Materials and methods (viii) Figures, schemes and tables (ix) Conclusions (x) Acknowledgements (xi) Author contributions statement (xii) Conflict of interest statement (xiii) References (xiv) Graphical abstract (xv) Supporting Information	(i) Title (ii) Authors and affiliations (iii) Abstract (iv) Keywords (v) Introduction (vi) Main text (vii) Figures, schemes and tables (viii) Conclusions (ix) Acknowledgements (x) Author contributions statement (xi) Conflict of interest statement (xii) References (xiii) Graphical abstract (xiv) Supporting Information
File format	MS Word or DOTX
Title	Concise and reasonable, should be not more than 50 words	Concise and reasonable, should be not more than 50 words	Concise and reasonable, should be not more than 50 words
Abstract	Abstract - range from 150 to 250 words	Restricted to 100 words or the equivalent	No limit
Keywords	Should list 5-7 keywords
References	Maximum of 75	Maximum of 30	Above 100
Word count and Length	Word count - maximum 7000 (excluding title, affiliation, abstract, acknowledge, table and figure captions, conflict of interest, supporting information, and references).	Word count - maximum 3000 words (excluding title, affiliation, abstract, acknowledge, table and figure captions, conflict of interest, supporting information, and references).	No limit
Number of Figures and Tables	The number of figures should not exceed over 15 and the number of tables should be less than or equal to 10.	The maximum of 7 figures and 5 tables will be allowed.	No limit
Font type, font size and line spacing	Use Ariviyal manuscript template	Use Ariviyal manuscript template	Use Ariviyal manuscript template

2.1.4 Title

The title should be concise and reasonable thought of what the onlooker can anticipate from the article. Crafting title with the specific Key terms of the work will engage the readers with special attention. A catchy title will attract the audience and it should also indicate the novelty. Over all, the title should accurately, clearly, and concisely reflect the importance and content of the paper in not more than 50 words.

2.1.5 Authors and Affiliations

The authors who have made a significant contribution to the work have been listed. Others involved in the work should be thanked in the acknowledgement. The full name of the authors should be indicated precisely and the authors' affiliation (where the actual work was carried out) should be placed below the names. Point out the affiliation using the lower case super script at the end of the each author’s name. The address should contain full postal address for each affiliation (city, state/province, and country along with a postal code) mentioned in the article, and also try to include the email address of all authors.

Corresponding author is usually provides the scholarly input and designs and approves the procedure to be followed in the study. She/He is accountable for the manuscript correction, proof reading, and whole correspondence during the paper submission, handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts upto the acceptance of the manuscripts and also in the post publication. Ensure the corresponding authors email Id and address is up to date by the corresponding author. If the present address differs from the permanent address at the bottom of the footnote of the author’s can describe the “Present address or permanent address” but the affliction address always retained the place where actual work was carried out.

2.1.6 Abstract

Alike the title of the paper, the abstract should also be attractive and concise, which will aid the readers to determine whether the full paper interest to them. The abstract should be a short summary of the full work. Typical abstract of a research report should provide information along the observing stages: Purpose of the study, Methodology used in the research, Finding or comparing the similar study, significance of the work, novelty of the result in concise. It should be self-contained and must be citation-free.

2.1.7 Keywords

Keywords will express the essence of the paper, it creates gateway to easy search and filter the paper. Important, more specific and relevant key words should be used. It is recommended to provide 5 to 7 keywords. The keyword should be more specific terms and highly pointing out for the editorial board to determine in which category the article come under.

2.1.8 Introduction

Clearly introduce the theme of the work without any subheading; altogether compact your work for the focused view of the wide research theme. The introduction should briefly define the purpose of the work and its significance, and why it is important. The current state of the focused research area should be reviewed carefully and appropriate publications should be cited. Finally, briefly talk about the main aim of the project and highlight the main conclusions.

2.1.9 Materials and methods or experimental section

This is the most important part and heart of the scientific paper. This section in the manuscript should be detail enough to allow others to replicate the results. The well-established methods should be described briefly with an appropriate citation. However, new methods and protocols should be described in detail. Materials used to carry out the work should be mentioned with its necessary details (such as sources, purity, grade and so on) to help others to follow. Similarly, instruments used are motioned with its model number and basic specifications. Similarly, the name and version of any software used should be given in detail.

2.1.10 Result and Discussion

In this section results and outputs of the research work should be described in a very clear, accurate and concise way. This section may either be presented as combined “Results and discussion” part or separated by two main headings as “results” and “discussion”. Subheadings are allowed but footnotes should not be used. The results of the research work present in the manuscript may include the experimental results and their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusions. In the discussion part, authors should discuss the key findings of the study and how they can be interpreted in perspective of previous reports and of the working hypotheses.

In addition, the authors may consider the following points which may be very helpful for our readers;
(a) Brief description on the novelty of your research work
(b) Discussion on how your findings advance the current views
(c) Brief guide-note on the future direction of the research
(d) Postulate theories that could be tested in the future
(e) If necessary authors may compare their results over previous reports with proper citation
(f) Short note on potential short-comings and limitations on your interpretations

2.1.11 Figures, Schemes and tables

The Figures, Schemes and Tables in the manuscript should reflect your most significant results in an accurate, clear and concise way. Prior to read your complete work, most of the readers will only look at your Figures, Schemes and Tables to know whether your research interests them or not. Therefore, make sure that whether the Figures, Schemes and Tables can stand alone to give a clear meaning of your most significant results without any significant support of the main text. In addition, the high quality Figures and Schemes may give your work a professional appearance. Please follow the points given below to help us to serve better;

• Present the Figures, Schemes and Tables either at the end of the article or insert them into the main text close to their first citation
• Text, symbols and units present in the figures should be very clear and visible
• In case of multiple images in a figure should be number properly and must include the details of the images in the figure caption
• XRD patterns should be indexed with proper citations
• In Table, values should include appropriate unites
• If you are using Ariviyal template, please prefer to locate the Figures, Schemes and Tables at the top or bottom of the column close to their first citation
• Figures, Schemes and Tables must be numbered as Figure 1, Scheme I, Figure 2, Scheme II, Table 1, etc
• At the time of submission, authors may choose to submit their Figures, Schemes and Tables separately in zip archive
• The Figures and Schemes with sufficiently high resolution (minimum 1000 pixels width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi or higher) are acceptable. The preferred file formats are TIFF, JPEG, PNG and PDF
• All Figures, Schemes and Tables should have a short and meaningful caption
• Authors are strongly recommended to create Tables by using the Table option of Microsoft Word
• Authors are encouraged to prepare Figures and Schemes in color. There is no additional cost for publishing full color graphics

Example of a well-designed table,

Samples	Pore properties			EDS (atom %)			XPS (atom %)
	SBET (m2/g)	Vpore [cm3/g]	Daver [nm]	C	N	O	C	N	O
PS-600	645	0.27	1.6	85.4	0.9	13.7	83.5	1.1	15.4
PS-700	1071	0.53	1.9	86.2	0.7	13.1	84.9	0.9	14.2
PS-800	1517	0.91	2.3	88.0	0.5	11.5	88.4	0.7	10.9
PS-900	2029	1.30	2.5	91.5	0.4	8.1	91.6	0.7	7.7

Example of a good figure with high resolution,

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2.1.12 Conclusions

In this section authors should briefly summarize the core findings of the work and generalize their importance. Authors are strongly recommended to avoid the bullet point format. The conclusion should be as short as possible and should not present explanations unrelated to the topic. Please ignore “negative” results that do not fit your key findings, however, discussion them in the discussion part. Although this section is not mandatory, authors are highly recommended to give a short conclusion immediately after the “Results and discussion” section.

2.1.13 Supporting Information

The supporting information may contain large original data (e.g. well-known procedures, additional tables, spectral data, additional figures and less significant schemes, etc.). The supporting information will be published as received from the authors. Please indicate the name and title of each element as follows Figure S1: title, Table S1: title, Scheme S1: title, etc. The Excel or PowerPoint files, animations, video clips and sound recordings may be presented in the SI.

2.1.14 Acknowledgements

This section should be included at the end of the article before the “conflict of interest statement”. Authors should list those individuals who made a contribution/help to the research (e.g., instrumental/technical support, providing language help, carrying out the literature review, computerizing and analyzing the data, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.), but who is not a listed author. Prior to listing the names, authors should have obtained his/her permission. Acknowledgements of grants, funds, etc. should be given in this section with full details (e.g., grant number and funding organizations, etc.).

2.1.15 Conflict of Interest Statement

This section should be presented after the “Acknowledgements” section. If there is no conflict of interest, authors should state "The authors declare no conflict of interest". However, authors should state all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. In addition, the reason for why each interest may represent a conflict must be explained.

2.1.16 References

The reference section should be presented at the end of the article. In the text, the reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [1], as a superscript[1]. Authors are recommended to place the reference numbers at the end of the sentence, particularly, after the punctuation (e.g. ;[1] ,[1–3] or .[1,3]). The references cited in the text must be listed in the reference section, and vice versa. Authors should make sure that the given publication information are correct and complete. References should be described as follows, depending on the type of work; some examples are given below,

Journal Articles: [1] Author 1, A. B.; Author 2, C. D.; Author 3, E. F. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name, Year, Volume, Page range.
Example: [1] Gopiraman, M.; Karvembu, R.; Kim, I. S. Highly active, selective, and reusable RuO2/SWCNT catalyst for Heck olefination of aryl halides. ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 2118–2129.
Books: [2] Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. BOOK TITLE, 3rd ed.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country, Year; Page range; ISBN.
Example: Kalam, A. P. J. A.; Rajan, Y. S. India 2020: A vision for the new millennium, 1st ed.; Penguin Books, India, 2002; 1-344; ISBN: 9780143423683.
Book Chapters: [3] Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. Title of the chapter. In BOOK TITLE, 2nd ed.; Editor 1, A., Editor 2, B., Eds.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country, Year; Volume, page range; ISBN.
Example: [3] Babu, S. G.; Gopiraman, M.; Karvembu, R.; Kim, I. S. Carbon material supported nanostructures in catalysis. Chemical functionalization of carbon nanomaterials: Chemistry and applications. 1st ed.; Thakur, V. K.; Thakur, M. K., Eds.; CRC Press, Boca Raton, United States, 2015; 169-194; ISBN: 9781482253962.
Patents: [4] Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. Patent title. Patent number, Year.
Example: Christensen, G. K. Toy building set. U.S. Patent 3,597,875, 1971.
Unpublished work: [5] Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. Title of Unpublished Work. Abbreviated Journal Name, Status (manuscript in preparation, under review; accepted; in press).
Conference Proceedings: [6] Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. C.; Author 3, D. Title of Presentation. Proceedings of the Name of the Conference, Location of Conference, Country, Date of Conference; Editor 1, Editor 2, Eds. (if available); Publisher: City, Country, Year (if available); Abstract Number (optional), Pagination (optional).
Thesis: [7] Author 1, A.B. Title of Thesis. Level of Thesis, Degree-Granting University, Location of University, Date of Completion.
Websites: [8] Title of Site. Available online: URL (accessed on Day Month Year). Unlike published works, websites may change over time or disappear, so we encourage you create an archive of the cited website using a service such as website. Archived websites should be cited using the link provided as follows:

2.1.17 Table of contents graphic

Authors should provide a clear and meaningful graphical abstract that should reflect the main content of the article in a concise and pictorial form. Authors are strongly encouraged to provide an attractive and colourful graphical abstract (should reflect the content of the paper) in order to capture the attention of a wide readership. The graphical abstract can be uploaded as a separate file in the online submission system. Preferred file types are TIFF, PNG, JPEG, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. Authors are requested to provide the image with high clarity and it should be readable. The image size should be 5 cm × 7 cm with minimum screen resolution of 96 dpi or more.

2.1.18 General

Abbreviations: Abbreviations and Acronyms are the spelled out terms in the text for the first time and used consistently thereafter. However, widely known abbreviations can be used without identification.

2.3 Cover Letter or Justification

A cover letter (sometimes referred to as a justification or letter to reviewers) is an excellent opportunity for authors to promote their research work to the editor and reviewers. While submitting the manuscript authors are requested to provide cover letter along with the manuscript. This cover letter should include manuscript title, name of the co-authors (if any) and full contact details of the corresponding author with office or institutional address, telephone, fax and email address. Corresponding author should clearly state the approval of co-authors for manuscript submission along with any competing interests. It is also strongly advised to declare that work is original and not submitted/published elsewhere with other publishers. More importantly, authors should include a statement on how the work is suitable to this journal. Additional information about the manuscript can be included in the cover letter to help Editors for evaluating the submission.

2.4 Article Templates

Ariviyal Article Templates are provided for the authors to compose their manuscript in a very simple and effective way. It has been designed with a standard format and style. Authors are advised to adopt the template for submission of their manuscript; however, it’s not mandatory. We hope that the Ariviyal Template will give you a clear idea of length and layout of the final article to be published. Authors are advised to choose an appropriate Template for the submission since each Ariviyal Journal has its own Ariviyal style. The foremost recent version of Microsoft word (doc/x) and DOTX file formats are accepted. Download the Ariviyal Article Templates using the following link: www.ariviyalpublishing.com/article-templates.php

2.5 Mandatory files for submission

Prior to submission, please make sure that you have all mandatory files for submission to Ariviyal Journals. The following files are mandatory for submission to Ariviyal Journals.

• Main manuscript file (including Figures, Tables and Schemes)*
• Table of content (or) Graphical Abstract (NA for Numerical Analysis and Applicable Mathematics)*
• Suggested Reviewers (3 reviewers)*
• Cover Letter*
• Copyright form*
• Supporting Information (if necessary)
• Tables in separate file (if necessary)
• Figures in separate file (if necessary)
• Videos and Schemes (if necessary)

2.6 Corrections / Additions

Although major changes are not allowed after the publication of an article, minor corrections and additions may be incorporated or published separately (with same volume number and issue number), however, with an approval of Editor. Corrections/additions may be requested by the author(s). In case of errors noticed in a published article, readers should contact the corresponding author(s) for clarification. While submitting additions/corrections, corresponding author should get approval from all the co-authors. All the additions/corrections (with the original article title and author list, citation including DOI, and details of the correction) should be sent to editorial@ariviyalpublishing.com

2.7 Retractions

It is completely author(s) responsibility to submit an error-free original manuscript for publication. Articles that contain incorrect, misrepresented, carelessly prepared, intentionally falsified or plagiarized data may be retracted. In such a case, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors or Editorial members may take responsibility in organizing a careful investigation with authors. If any unscientific or unethical activity is proved, the article will be immediately retracted and a retraction statement on why it is retracted will also be published. The retraction notice may contain information about the original article title and author list. When considering retraction of article, Ariviyal follows guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please visit the following link (https://publicationethics.org/) for more information.

2.8 Funding Disclosure

Authors must clearly indicate the sources of funding, grants or awards that you have received for carrying the work.

2.9 Manuscript Transfer

Ariviyal Publishing has adopted the Article Transfer Service in order to save authors valuable time. If the Editor-in-Chief thinks your article is better suited for another Ariviyal Journals, then the Editor-in-Chief may offer you to consider transferring the submission to another Ariviyal Journal. Authors may accept or decline the Article transfer offer. Please note that the transfer offer does not guarantee that the article will be accepted for publication. In fact, the final decision of the transferred article will belong to the editor-in-chief of the new journal.

3. Copyright Form and Permission

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3.1 Copyright Permission

Copyright permission should be obtained by the authors to reproduce any published materials (figures, schemes, tables or text) which they do not hold the copyright. Please note that the copy permission should be requested by the authors from the copyright holder, usually the publisher or Journals. During article submission, authors may be asked to submit the letter of permission obtained from copyright holder.

• It is very important to get copyright permission for your own work published by other publishers (in case if you do not retain copyright)
• Use of Photographs, Tables, Graphs, Charts, Schemes and Artworks may also require copyright permission from the owner even if the content is slightly modified or altered.

However, copyright permission may not be required for:

• Highlighting short notes with proper citation
• Completely redrawn or reconstructed Graphs, Table, Charts, Schemes and Artworks (significantly changed beyond recognition) by the authors do not require copyright permission.

We strongly recommend authors to get copyright permission prior to the submission of an article that includes reproduced materials. It may save huge time in the publication process. Please note that Ariviyal do not publish articles without copyright permission.

3.2 Copyright Form

Corresponding author of the articles must submit Ariviyal Publishing – Copyright Form for the publication of their article in Ariviyal Journals. Ariviyal Publishing does not publish articles without copyright form. By signing in the Ariviyal Publishing – Copyright Form, corresponding authors and co-author(s) declare and agree the following conditions,

• The article submitted is an original work and has neither been published in any other peer-reviewed journal nor under consideration for publication by any other journal. The text, illustrations, tables and any other materials included in the manuscript do not violate upon any existing copyright or other rights of anyone.
• The Article contains no false or other unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that infringe any personal or proprietary rights of any other person or organization.
• This license involves the right to provide the Article in electronic online formats and hard copies. Ariviyal publishing will have the right to print, publish, and create derivative works throughout the world, all rights in and to all revisions or versions or subsequent editions of the Work in all languages and media throughout the world.
• The author(s), reserve the following rights:
• All proprietary rights other than copyrights, such as patent rights,
• The right to use all or part of this article, including tables and figures in future works of their own, provided that the proper acknowledgment is made to the Publisher as copyright holder.
• The privilege to make copies of this article for his/her own use, but not for sale.
• Author Warranties
• If any plagiarism found in my article after Publication, I am the entirely responsible of it not Ariviyal Publishing Journals or Ariviyal publishing Board members.
• I have obtained written permission from copyright owners for any excerpts from copyrighted works that are included and have credited the sources in the Article before submitting to Ariviyal Publishing.
• If the Article was prepared jointly with other authors, I have informed the co-author(s) of the terms of this License agreement and that I am signing on their behalf as their agent, and represent that I am authorized to do so.
• If any dispute arises, final decision shall be taken by Ariviyal Publishing Company.

4. Ariviyal Editing Service

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To help our authors, Ariviyal Publishing provides you a quality language editing, translation and formatting services. We know that manuscripts are often returned from Journals for English language and formatting issues. We are here to help you with editing services; however, it is not mandatory to use the Editing service for the submission of articles to Ariviyal Journals.

4.1 English Editing Service

Ariviyal English editing service is designed to assist our authors in English Editing. Highly qualified editor with subject area expertise will review and edit your manuscript. Our aim is to help you to prepare an article which is completely free from grammatical, spelling, and other common errors.

Ariviyal English Editing service includes:

• Correcting spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors
• Checking for problems in tense and conjugations
• Altering awkward or unnatural sentences
• Making the document more professional
• Formatting the document according to Ariviyal style
• Verifying, editing, or formatting references

4.2 Translation Service

Ariviyal Translation Service helps you to translate your manuscript from Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hindi and Tamil into English. Highly qualified editor with subject area expertise will review and edit your manuscript to ensure that your manuscript is translated accurately and professionally written.

Ariviyal Translation Service includes:

• Translating the manuscript accurately
• Making the document more professional
• Formatting the document according to Ariviyal style
• Verifying, editing, or formatting references

4.3 Manuscript Formatting

Ariviyal Publishing provides completely free manuscript formatting service for our authors who wish to submit their manuscript to Ariviyal Journals. Our aim is to support you to save your valuable time by giving an excellent formatting service by our skilled formatters. Please note that formatting manuscript according to Ariviyal Style is not mandatory for the submission to Ariviyal Journals, however, it may help you to get the paper published as quickly as possible.

Ariviyal Translation Service includes:

• Formatting the document according to Ariviyal style
• Verifying, editing, or formatting references
• Checking alignments

It is very simple to access our Ariviyal Editing Services; authors who wish to submit their manuscript for English Editing Services are kindly requested to log in to Ariviyal User Services and go to the Editing Services. You will be asked to upload your manuscript. It is a paid service; author has to pay for the English Editing Services. For more details, please log in to Ariviyal User Services. If you have any question about Ariviyal Editing Services, please contact us at info@ariviyalpublishing.com

5. Guidelines for Reviewers

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Peer review process is very important in publishing a high quality article in which reviewer’s role is very essential. Reviewer comments are the primary source of an Editor in making decision on an article. We kindly request our reviewers to read the guidelines given below and follow it.

5.1 General Note

• Ariviyal Journals operate single-blind peer review process. Immediately after Editor’s initial assessment, reviewers are invited to review the manuscript and to provide detail comment on the manuscript.
• Based on the manuscript title and abstract, reviewers can accept or decline the invitation or they can suggest an alternate reviewer, however, it is not mandatory.
• Articles submitted to our Ariviyal Journals are peer reviewed by at least two internationally recognized experts. If the reviewer(s) comments are not satisfied, the Editor-in-Chief may invite more reviewers or may seek advice from Editorial Board to make a final decision on the manuscript.
• Reviewers must not share or discuss about the manuscript with anyone outside the peer review process. They must keep the peer review process confidential.
• Reviewers are kindly requested to submit their valuable comments on the manuscript within the agreed timeframe. However, if reviewers required more time, they can send email to the corresponding Editors in order to extend the time for submitting the comments.
• Potential Conflicts of Interests: Reviewers may inform to the Editor-in-Chief if they hold any conflict of interest. If the reviewers invited to evaluate an article which they previously reviewed for another journal should not consider this as a conflict of interest in itself. In this case, reviewers can comment on the manuscript and they can highlight the changes made between the previous version and the current one.

5.2 Comments to Author

• It is highly recommended that the reviewer should comment on originality of the manuscript submitted for review.
• Reviewer comments should include strengths and weaknesses of the work and the manuscript in a more detailed manner.
• Reviewers should give valuable advice on how to improve the article. However, it should not change or spoil the main focus of the manuscript.
• Technical quality, charity of the presentation, depth of research, and contribution to the field of the manuscript should be commented as detail as possible.
• Review comment should be comprehensive and clear.
• Reviewer must avoid personal criticism on authors, co-authors or corresponding authors.
• Reviewers must not contact authors personally about the paper or work.

Reviewers’ recommendation should be either:
Accept as it: the paper is accepted without any further changes
Minor revision: the manuscript can be accepted after minor changes
Major revision: the acceptance of manuscript is depending on the revisions and the manuscript requires major changes before its acceptance for publication
Resubmission: manuscript may be resubmitted after editor or reviewers suggestion
Article transfer to another Journal: manuscript may be suitable for another journal
Reject: the article is not original or it has serious flaws

5.3 Comments to Editors

• Reviewers can make personal comment on the manuscript about originality, quality and clarity of the paper.
• Specific statement such as ‘this work has been done before’ can be highlighted with appropriate references or evidences which may help editors in their evaluation and decision.
• Make sure that the confidential comments on manuscript to the editor should not be a place for denigration or false accusation, done in the knowledge that the authors will not see these comments.

For more details, we recommend our Reviewers to follow the guidelines for Peer Reviewers, based on COPE (Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors).
https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf

6. Guidelines for Editors

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6.1 General Note

The editors are experts in their respective fields and they are highly responsible for the peer review process. They have a major role in handling the manuscripts, make decision on the acceptance or rejection of a paper and help our authors to promote their research. Ariviyal publishing wants to make the work easier for editors by ensuring you have the right tools in right time to promote your journal.

We recommend our editors to follow the guidelines for editors, based on COPE (Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors)
https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

6.2 Responsibilties

6.2.1 Editor-in-Chief

The Editor-in-Chief takes prime responsibility in maintaining or updating the scientific quality of the journal. However, most of the editorial processes are handled by our Ariviyal team. Hence, the Editor-in-Chief does not need to be actively involved or spent more time in the editorial process. The Editor-in-Chief may serve for a three years term and may be reappointed. The Editor-in-Chief responsibilities are given below;

• Editor-in-Chief has to inviting well qualified researchers to join the editorial board
• May need to advice on or improve the journal policy and scope
• Suggesting titles for special issues or inviting guest editors for the special issues
• Final decision on the manuscripts submitted to our journal
• Editor-in-Chief may submit his/her own work publication (In this case, Associate Editors may handle the manuscript)

6.2.2 Associate Editors

The Associate Editors are also play crucial role in maintaining and updating the scientific quality of the journal. Our Ariviyal Team works extensively with Associate Editors to handle the editorial processes. The Associate Editors are requested to serve for a three years term and may be reappointed or promoted to Editor-in-Chief of the same or another Ariviyal Journals. The Associate Editors responsibilities are given below;

• Associate Editors may be asked to review 1-3 manuscripts in a year
• May have to work with our Ariviyal Team to improve the journal policy and scope
• May have to discuss with Editor-in-Chief to take final decision of submitted articles
• Associate Editors may be invited to submit his/her own work publication (In this case, Editor-in-Chief may handle the manuscript)

6.2.3 Editorial Board Member

Editorial board members are the strength of our Ariviyal Journals as they are experts in various scientific fields. Our Ariviyal Team assists Editorial board members in handling the editorial processes. Alike Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor Term, the editorial board members are also requested to serve for a three years term and may be reappointed or promoted to Associate Editors or Editor-in-Chief of the same or another Ariviyal Journals. The Associate Editors responsibilities are given below;

• Editorial board members may have to review 3-5 manuscripts in a year
• If assistance needed, Editor-in-Chief may ask your opinion to take final decision of any submitted articles
• Editorial board members may be invited to submit his/her own work publication

6.3 Reviewer Selection

• Ensure appropriate reviewer is selected for the particular manuscript (highly qualified in specify field and dynamic reviewer).
• Editors are responsible of choosing two reviewers (in particular case editors can choose more than two) and ensure that all of them are not recommended by the authors of the manuscript.
• Editors should break off with reviewers who consistently produce poor quality of reviewing the paper, late review of the manuscript, rude and disrespectful.
• Editors are encouraged to search of reviewers in wide range in different sources to spot out the potential new reviewer not to stop with the personal contacts author suggestions, bibliographic databases.

6.4 Review Process

• Editors should ensure that initial response to the paper should be given on time within the time limit of (max of 3 weeks). In some special cases, the Editors may extend the review time.
• Editors should able to manage all papers assigned to them, irrespective of the fields and subject area.
• Section editors should assign the papers appropriately, to balance the discrete loads in the editorial board.
• The Section Editors should send reviewers comments directly to authors and also receive the comments from authors and then directed towards the editor for decision.
• Editors should intimate all the information to the authors in written feedback.
• Editors should be always justifying the reason for the important decision that has been deviated from actual peer review process.
• An editor has authority to monitor the peer review process of the reviewers to ensure the quality and to maintain ethics of publications.
• Editors can encourage reviewers to comment on the ethical questions of the manuscript and to be alert on the plagiarism.
• Editors should enquire reviewers to disclose any potential conflict of interest before agreeing to review a manuscript.

6.5 Decision Making

• Editor’s decision on acceptance or rejection of a paper should be based on the reviewer’s comments and their own view of the paper (quality, importance and originality).
• Editors founds out that the paper have quality towards the publication, and there is conflict of two different decision from the reviewers,
• Editors can choose one or more reviewers for particular paper.
• Editors can make final decision towards the acceptance or rejection of the paper.
• Editors can immediately reject the manuscript, if it does not hold any standard toward the particular journal.
• Editors should not fluctuate with decision that they have made towards the submission of the manuscript, unless they identify valid serious problem. The decision should be justified to Editor –in-chief.
• Editor’s decision will be final in case of the misconduct and conflict raised from the authors.

7. Guidelines for Readers

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• Ariviyal journals are open access, internationally peer-reviewed and freely available forums for our readers. Open access creates pipeline between authors’ research outcomes and our valuable readers for free of cost.
• All Ariviyal articles are published under an open access license (Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license); thus, our readers can re-use the article content without permission or charges. However, proper accreditation/citation of the original publication should be given. Please read our full guidelines for more details.
• Readers can directly contact the corresponding author of the article if you need any clarification about the article. Please note that author(s) are responsible for the contents present in their articles. Articles that contain incorrect, misrepresented, carelessly prepared, intentionally falsified or plagiarized data may be retracted.
• In case of no proper response for your queries from the corresponding author, readers may write a complaint against the article and the authors. You can send your complaint to editorial@ariviyalpublishing.com Your complaint should include information about article title, author(s) name and DOI number.
• Ariviyal welcomes any feedbacks/comments about our services and suggestions to improve our service. You can go to our Ariviyal website and find an option “Feedback & Complaint” to write your message.

8. Ethical Guidelines

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Ethics is often directly related to the strength of a journal. This section provides general guidance to Ethical standards and the code of conduct. Please read it carefully when you submit your manuscript to Ariviyal Journals. In addition to the ethical guidelines for authors, this section also presents ethical guidelines for reviewers, editors and publishers.

8.1 Article Manipulation / Plagiarism

• Article submitted to the journal should be an original work of the author and it should meet the academic standards.
• The submitted articles which are under consideration should not be submitted/published elsewhere.
• The words, figures or ideas of the other authors should not be used without proper citation or quoted text.
• In case of using substantial amounts of wording from other published works/Images of authors in different journal may require permission from the copyright holder and the authors are responsible for obtaining this.
• Ariviyal uses (---plagiarism software name---) to find the plagiarism in the submitted work which overlaps content and similar text on the other published and submitted manuscripts.
• Manuscripts that are detected to be manipulated /plagiarized/ duplicate at any stage will be subjected to rejection.

8.2 Data Fabrication and Falsification

• The data, images or theoretical calculation submitted to the journal should be original without any malpractices. If the submitted article/published paper is found to be fabricated or falsified is subjected to withdraw and rejection of the paper.

8.3 Authorship and Acknowledgements

• Authorship should be particularly given for only who gave intellectual and significant contribution in the research work and they are agreed to be an author.
• The final version of the article should be seen by all co-authors and have approved for submission. The co-authors should be willing to take relevant responsibility for submitted articles.
• Any change in authorship after submission must be approved by the all authors and given proper clarification to the editor.
• Proper spelling of the author’s names and affiliation should be checked before final submission.
• Authors have an authority to give proper acknowledgement to all workers, institution and funding contributed to the work.
• The submission of the article is done only by the one of the authors they have listed.

8.4 Errors in published works

• At any stage of the published work, when the authors find out a significant error or miscalculation in the published article, it is the author's duty to notify the journal editor or publisher and act together with the editor to withdraw or correct the paper.

8.5 Competing Interest

All participants in the journal process such as authors, peer reviewers, editors and journal Staff must manage their conflicts of interest when fulfilling their roles in the process of article review and publication and must disclose all relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest.

• The conflict of interest is an unavoidable issue occurs outside the research which affects the objectivity of the work and its evaluation. The author(s) should take responsibility in providing conflicts statement if any to avoid further conflicts.
• Editors may request that authors should sign a statement “I am fully aware of all the data in this study and I assure complete responsibility for the integrity of the data and the morality and accuracy of the data analysis.”

For more information on COIs, see the guidance from the (site any conflict of Interest from well reputed journal)

8.6 Human & animal welfare / hazards

• Studies involving the hazarders’ chemicals/ procedures or equipment and live animals /human subjects should provide a clear statement and ethical document where ever it’s necessary.
• Authors should mention a statement that the studies have been approved by the appropriate institutional and/or national research ethics committee and have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards. The approval or case number should be provided.

8.7 Editor(s) and reviewer(s) responsibilities to authors

This section presents ethics and responsibilities of editors and reviewers. We strongly recommend editors and reviewers to read the guidelines carefully.

• Editors should not disclose any information about the submitted manuscripts to anyone and it should be handled in a confidential manner.
• Editors should treat authors, associate editors, editorial members and reviewers fairly and professionally throughout the peer review process and beyond
• Editor-in-Chief should be professional in the followings
• Should take clear decision to accept or reject the submitted manuscript
• Ensure the efficient, fair and timely assessment of submitted manuscripts
• Based on manuscript's importance, originality and clarity, and its relevance to the journal, Editors should take decision on submitted articles
• In case of scientific misconduct arises on published articles, Editors should take responsibility and enquire with the authors. Editors should follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to go for retractions or corrections.
• Editors should avoid sending invitation to reviewers who has a conflict of interest with authors.
• Reviewers must not share or discuss about the manuscript with anyone outside the peer review process. They must keep the peer review process confidential.
• Potential Conflicts of Interests: Reviewers may inform to the Editor-in-Chief if they hold any conflict of interest. If the reviewers invited to evaluate an article which they previously reviewed for another journal should not consider this as a conflict of interest in itself. In this case, reviewers can comment on the manuscript and they can highlight the changes made between the previous version and the current one.
• Reviewer must avoid personal criticism on authors, co-authors or corresponding authors.
• Reviewers must not contact authors personally about the paper or work.
• While submitting your comments, reviewers must avoid suggesting authors to cite your published work unless otherwise it is appropriate.

8.8 Data Protection

Information collected from authors, reviewers, editors, readers and all other Ariviyal users will not be used for other purpose and we do not share with any individual or organisation unless they are working directly with us. Please check Ariviyal Privacy Policy for more details.