REVIEW PROCESS

Submission Guidelines

IJATEST welcomes author submission of papers concerning any branch of the Engineering, Science and Technology.

1.When submitting papers for potential publication in the IJATEST, please submit an original editable file in one of the (.doc) style files. All figures, images, tables, etc., should be embedded into the original file. Detailed instructions on preparing papers for submission can be found in the Template Paper.
2. Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full text papers including results, tables, figures and references. Full text papers (.doc) will be accepted only by E-mail:editor.ijatest@gmail.com
3.Papers are sent to reviewers for their peer review process.The reviewers’ recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
4. Each final full text paper (.doc, .pdf) along with the corresponding signed copyright transfer form should be submitted byE-mail: editor.ijatest@gmail.com
5. Permanent and Direct Link of your paper IJATEST, So that you can share the link on your Linked, Facebook, Twitter etc pages to showoff to the world.
6. IJATEST Provides Individual “Digital Certificate of Publication” to each author of the published paper.

Download IJATEST Paper Format-Click Here

nstructions to Authors&Reviewers

Paper Preparation:

Consider a significant problem

Propose an interesting, compelling solution

Demonstrate the practicality and benefits of the solution

Draw appropriate conclusions

Clearly describe what the authors have done

Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness.

Guidelines for paper preparation:

Only FULL PAPERS are accepted for review, and papers must comply with the recommended formatting guidelines.

Submitted papers should be original and must have not been published nor submitted for review/publication to any other editorial.

Please do not copy from Internet and submit them. We don’t encourage any kind of plagiarism. Try to put articles in your own words.

Give credits and references to original authors and researchers where ever necessary.

Papers must be written in clear English language.

Good papers will be of a minimum of 2 pages and a maximum of 6 pages.

All figures, tables, references, etc. are included in the page limit, and must be placed in the appropriate positions in the body of the paper.

Papers must be submitted in MS Word format only.

Peer Review Process

To ensure the fairest and most objective decision-making, the editorial process is run in accordance with the standard procedures and Guidelines set by the Journal.

The IJATEST Peer Reviews all the material it receives. We give Utmost Importance to articles that will help Engineers & Managers to make better decisions in real-time practical Applications.

We Work with an aim to reach decision within 2-4 weeks of submission.

After Author(s) submits his/her paper to us through online submission,

At this time a receipt of manuscript acknowledgement is sent to the author(s) to let them know that their manuscript has been received.

Each manuscript is then read by an Internal editor (either individually or in consultation) to assess its appropriateness for the journal according to the guidelines determined by the editorial policy.

A manuscript could be rejected without additional review for one or more reasons, and the authors are notified.

If the paper seems to fit the criteria of the journal, it will be forwarded to Reviewers for comprehensive review.

Reviewers are allowed sufficient time to complete their review and submit comments to the editor.

Reviewers provide comments intended to help produce a better manuscript. Our reviewers of a manuscript judge the quality of the manuscript objectively and impartially.

Our review will constructive & helpful as possible and in no case will involve any kind of personalized criticism.

Editor makes a publication judgement based on the reviews and sends out a decision letter to the author(s).

If the manuscript needs modifications, Authors are provided sufficient time to come up with the changes suggested by the Reviewers.

Revised manuscripts will go through review process again.

Policy and Ethics of IJATEST Publication

International Journal of Advanced Trends In Engineering, Science and Technology(IJATEST) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. Authors who submit papers to IJATEST attest that their work is original and unpublished, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition, authors confirm that their paper is their own; that it has not been copied or plagiarized, in whole or in part, from other works; and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

Policy Of the Journal: Submitted papers should be original and must have not been published nor submitted for review/publication to any other editorial. Please do not copy from Internet and submit them. We don’t encourage any kind of plagiarism. Try to put articles in your own words. Give credits and references to original authors and researchers where ever necessary. Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, and correctness.

Policy of screening for plagiarism
IJATEST is  encourages only research and we discourage plagiarism of any kind. Papers submitted to IJATEST will be screened for plagiarism using various tools(CopyCatch, Copyscape, DupliChecker, ArticleChecker etc). If plagiarism is detected, IJATEST will immediately reject papers without reviewing the paper leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Copyrights

Author(s) retains the copyright/Publication rights (if any) with out any restrictions for all the papers published with our Journal.

Editor and Editorial Board & Reviewer member responsibilities include:

1. Calling initial articles from editorial board members.

2. Solicit a steady stream of articles on a regular basis together with other editorial board members.

3. Adding peer-reviewers to the peer-review database.

4. Assigning peer-reviewers to the respective articles.

5. Oversee the peer-review process and making sure that reviewers respond within the deadline.

6. Ensure the quality of published material through peer-review, own comments, and editing.

7. An editor must have superior skills to ask for revision without the reviewers’ decision and if needed, should be able to rewrite poorly written manuscripts.