Privacy Statement

Website: https://ijarmrtresearchjournal.com

The International Journal of Agricultural Research and Multidisciplinary Research Trends (IJARMRT) respects the privacy of its authors, reviewers, editors, researchers, scholars, readers, and website visitors. This Privacy Statement explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected when users interact with the journal website, submit manuscripts, participate in the peer-review process, or communicate with the journal.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on the services used, IJARMRT may collect information provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and other users, including:

• Full name and professional designation.
• Email address and contact information.
• Institutional or organizational affiliation.
• Academic and professional information.
• Manuscript, research paper, and related submission information.
• Reviewer and editorial information where applicable.
• ORCID ID or other academic identifiers, where provided.
• Information submitted through contact forms or official email communication.

We may also automatically collect limited technical information, such as browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited, and general website usage information for security, maintenance, and website improvement purposes.

2. Use of Personal Information

Information collected by IJARMRT may be used for legitimate academic, editorial, research, publishing, administrative, and website-related purposes, including:

• Processing and managing manuscript submissions.
• Conducting editorial assessment and peer review.
• Communicating with authors, reviewers, and editors.
• Sending manuscript decisions, revision requests, and publication updates.
• Managing published articles and academic records.
• Providing author and reviewer support.
• Maintaining the security and functionality of the journal website.
• Responding to enquiries and requests.

3. Manuscript and Author Information

Information submitted with a manuscript may be used for editorial evaluation, peer review, communication, publication, indexing, archiving, and maintenance of the scholarly record.

Information associated with a published article, such as author name, affiliation, designation, email address, ORCID ID, and other relevant academic information, may be displayed publicly where applicable and in accordance with the journal's publication practices.

Unpublished manuscripts and related information are handled with reasonable confidentiality during the editorial and peer-review process.

4. Peer Review Confidentiality

Information relating to peer review may be treated as confidential and used only for legitimate editorial and academic purposes. Reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, review comments, and other information received during the review process.

Review-related information will not normally be disclosed publicly unless disclosure is required by applicable law, journal policy, or an appropriate academic or ethical process.

5. Information Sharing and Disclosure

IJARMRT does not sell, rent, or commercially trade personal information submitted by authors, reviewers, editors, or website users.

Information may be shared with authorized service providers, technical service providers, indexing or scholarly communication services, or other parties where reasonably necessary for legitimate publishing, website, security, administrative, or legal purposes.

Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, legal process, regulatory requirements, or to protect the rights, security, and integrity of the journal and its users.

6. Data Security

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

However, no internet-based transmission, website, electronic storage system, or communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore understand that information transmitted online may involve certain risks.

7. Cookies and Website Technologies

The journal website may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functionality, improve user experience, maintain security, and understand general website usage.

Users may manage or disable cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions.

8. Third-Party Websites and Services

The IJARMRT website may contain links to third-party websites, indexing services, scholarly platforms, payment services, or other external resources.

Third-party websites operate under their own privacy policies and terms. IJARMRT is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of external websites.

9. Data Retention

Personal information, manuscript records, editorial correspondence, peer-review records, and publication-related information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for editorial, academic, administrative, legal, archival, and scholarly record-keeping purposes.

Published article information may be retained permanently or for an extended period as part of the scholarly publication record.

10. User Rights

Subject to applicable laws, journal policies, and legitimate academic record-keeping requirements, users may request:

• Access to certain personal information held by the journal.
• Correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Updates to contact or academic information.
• Deletion of personal information where legally and operationally appropriate.

Requests may be submitted through the official journal contact details provided below.

11. Children's Privacy

The journal's services are primarily intended for researchers, authors, academicians, scholars, reviewers, editors, and other users involved in academic and research activities. We do not knowingly seek to collect unnecessary personal information from children.

12. Updates to This Privacy Statement

IJARMRT may revise or update this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes in journal practices, website functionality, legal requirements, or academic publishing standards.

Any updated version will be published on this page. Users are encouraged to review this statement periodically for any changes.