Comprehensive guide for preparing and submitting manuscripts to IST Publications journals — IJFISER and IJFIST
Respective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Furthermore, simultaneous submissions are not acceptable. Submission of a manuscript is interpreted as a certification statement that no part of the manuscript is copyrighted by any other publication or under review by any other formal publication.
Innovative Science and Technology Publications follows a double-blind external peer review process for an effective evaluation method with our expert Editors' involvement. These individuals are senior personnel with in-depth content expertise who are responsible for journal content.
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link through mail where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement and send it back to editor. Once this procedure has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word. Guidelines for title page, abstract, keywords, text formatting, headings, abbreviations, footnotes, acknowledgments, scientific styles, statistical analysis, and use of antibodies.
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.
All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals. For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork — photographs, line drawings, etc. — in an electronic format.
IST Publications is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Articles must present original authentic research. Authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to conception, design, data acquisition, or analysis and interpretation of data.
As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal.
A submission to the journal implies that materials described in the manuscript, including all relevant raw data, will be freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes, without breaching participant confidentiality.
The journal encourages authors to provide a statement of data availability in their article. Data availability statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found.
IST Publications — IJFISER and IJFIST do not charge for Submissions. An article processing charge (APC) of £100 (Foreign authors) / INR 5000 (Indian authors) applies to papers accepted after peer review.
Authors need to agree with our Refund Policy before payment of the article processing charge. No refund or cancellation will be considered after the completion of payment and final publication of the submitted manuscript.
Authors preparing a manuscript may utilize AI tools to assist in their work. Nevertheless, these tools must never replace human critical thinking, expertise, and assessment. AI tools should always be utilized under human oversight and control.
The articles accepted and published with IST Publications journals are indexed with academic databases and online libraries, ensuring maximum visibility and discoverability for published research.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, which grants authors the most extensive rights. All articles are freely available without subscription or price barriers.
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Respective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Furthermore, simultaneous submissions are not acceptable. Submission of a manuscript is interpreted as a certification statement that no part of the manuscript is copyrighted by any other publication or under review by any other formal publication. It is the primary responsibility of the author to obtain proper permission for the use of any copyrighted materials in the manuscript before the submission of the manuscript to IST Publications.
IJFISER and IJFIST publishes original research articles, reviews and short communications. Short communications must address a question of particular interest and reach a definitive conclusion.
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Please mail your manuscript [in .docx format/ IJFISER template/ IJFIST template] and supporting files to the email id: editor@istpublications.com
Authors must provide a short description of the contributions made by each listed author (please use initials). This will be published in a separate section in front of the Acknowledgments.
Innovative Science and Technology Publications follows a double-blind external peer review process for an effective evaluation method with our expert Editors’ involvement. These individuals are senior personnel with in-depth content expertise who are responsible for journal content.
Our editorial team performs an initial appraisal of every submitted manuscript based on timeliness, the interest and importance of the topic, the use of the scientific method, the clarity of presentation (including the standard of English), and the relevance to readers.
If the article is considered suitable to be sent to peer review, it will be reviewed by members of the journal’s international Editorial Board and/or other specialists of equal repute.
These individuals are recruited by the editorial team based on their expertise and standing in their field.
Reviewers are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest that may affect their ability to provide an unbiased review of an article.
The peer-review process will be double-blinded.
Peer Reviewers complete a referee report form and provide general comments to the journal Editor-in-Chief and both general and specific comments to the author(s).
Constructive comments that might help authors improve their work are passed anonymously (even if the paper is not ultimately accepted).
Revised manuscripts may be subject to further peer review if appropriate.
The final decision on acceptability for publication lies with the journal expert Editor-in-Chief.
If an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal to which it is submitted, our cascading process may be used to propose an alternative journal to consider the manuscript.
This review process supports the publication of unbiased, scientifically accurate, and subject relevant.
The peer review process at IST Publications (IJFISER and IJFIST) strives to be transparent, fair, thorough, and objective, periodically revised, outlines the basic peer review process used by the journal. The editor-in-chief appoints individuals to serve on the editorial board; the majority of editorial board members serve as decision editors, responsible for managing the peer review process of submitted manuscripts. (There are also several special editors on the board who do not serve as decision editors, but instead manage other aspects of the journal.) Candidates are selected based on expertise in a specific field, geographic and topic distribution, nomination by existing editorial board members, and other factors. Editors serve three-year terms, with reappointment to a second term being expected but not guaranteed, and a third term being at the discretion of the editor-in-chief based on outstanding performance. Performance characteristics of the members of the editorial board will be assessed periodically, and will contribute to reappointment decisions. General performance data, such as the number of manuscripts handled, may be made available to the editorial board as a whole, to allow for individual editors to judge their performance against others; more detailed performance data, such as the number of successful appeals, will be kept confidential.
Peer reviewers for the journal are also selected by the editor-in-chief. In general, a candidate should have a minimum of two peer-reviewed research papers published for which he or she served as first or second author.
The decision editors routinely assess all reviews for quality, assigning a score (1-4 scale) for each review. Both ratings of quality and other performance characteristics (e.g. timeliness of reviews, and number of review invitations accepted, declined, and ignored) will be assessed periodically, and reviewers whose performance is inadequate will not be reappointed.
The peer-review process is double-blinded: the identity of the peer reviewers is not revealed to the authors, and the identity of the authors is not revealed to the reviewers, as long as the authors have adequately removed all identifying information from the manuscript. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure adequate removal of such identifying information prior to manuscript submission. Authors may suggest both decision editors and peer reviewers, but there is no obligation on the part of the journal to accept these suggestions.
A submitted manuscript is a confidential communication, and peer reviewers must not retain, share, or copy it unless approved by the decision editor, e.g. for the purpose of getting confidential input from a colleague; such colleague must also be bound by the same level of confidentiality. If an author appeals an editor’s decision, the appeal will be reviewed by the editor-in-chief, who may consult with one or more senior editors, and may discuss the appeal with the decision editor who handled the manuscript. The editor-in-chief may choose to affirm the initial decision, or allow the authors to resubmit the manuscript for another peer review, with a different decision editor and different peer reviewers. Other courses of action may be appropriate, based on the manuscript involved.
If a published paper is subsequently found to have errors or major flaws, an erratum notice or other notification of the problem will be published in the journal as soon as feasible.
Concerns about misconduct in the peer review or publication process will be handled by the journal to the extent possible; however, the employer of an involved individual, a granting agency, or a regulatory body may need to perform a more comprehensive review of alleged misconduct. It is not the journal’s role to sanction one or more individuals, beyond potential publication of findings as they relate to the scientific record; such sanction is the purview of an employer, granting agency, or regulatory body.
Allegations of misconduct will initially be reviewed by the editor-in-chief, and will begin with a written communication to all involved parties conveying the allegation and requesting information. The editor in-chief may confidentially consult other editors, outside technical experts (with blinding of the identity of the individuals), or others as appropriate. At least one senior associate editor will assist in each such investigation. IST Publications will subscribes to the concepts promulgated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and the COPE flowcharts will guide investigation and resolution of allegations of misconduct, including redundant/duplicate publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, reviewer misconduct, complaints against editors, and other ethical problems with submitted manuscript.
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link through mail where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement and send it back to editor.
Once this procedure has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Publication of color illustrations is free of charge.
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
The version of an article which is published online is considered the final and complete version. Even though it is possible to correct this version, our policy (in common with other publishers) is not to do so, except in very limited circumstances. We are only able to correct typographical errors in the following: author names, affiliations, articles titles, and abstracts and keywords. In such cases, an erratum or corrigendum would be necessary as well (see below), so that there is a record to explain the difference between the online and print versions. We can publish a correction to your article if there is a serious error, for example with regard to scientific accuracy, or if your reputation or that of the journal would be affected. We do not publish corrections that do not affect the contribution in a material way or significantly impair the reader’s understanding of the contribution (such as a spelling mistake or a grammatical error).
Send an email to editor@istpublications.com if you need any changes to be effected.
An erratum will be used if an important error has been introduced during the production of the journal article (one that affects the publication record, the scientific integrity of the paper, the reputation of the authors or of the journal), including errors of omission such as failure to make factual proof corrections requested by authors within the deadline provided by the journal and within journal policy.
We do not publish errata for typing errors except where an apparently simple error is significant (for example, an incorrect unit). A significant error in a figure or table is corrected by publication of a new corrected figure or table as an erratum. The figure or table is republished only if the editor considers it necessary.
A corrigendum is a notification of an important error made by the authors of the article. All authors must sign corrigenda submitted for publication. In cases where co-authors disagree, the editors will take advice from independent peer-reviewers and impose the appropriate amendment, noting the dissenting author(s) in the text of the published version.
An addendum is a notification of a peer-reviewed addition of information to a paper, for example in response to a reader’s request for clarification. Addenda do not contradict the original publication, but if the author inadvertently omitted significant information available at the time, this material can be published as an addendum after peer review. Addenda are published only rarely and only when the editors decide that the addendum is crucial to the reader’s understanding of a significant part of the published contribution.
The title page should include:
Please provide an abstract of up to 250 words. The abstract should be broadly based to appeal to the general readership of IST publications. Avoid use of undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Conclude with a sentence on how this work advanced the state of the art in the field.
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords, which can be used for indexing purposes. Avoid use of words already appearing in the title of the paper.
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.
Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols.
Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. IJFISER or IJFIST list of units, symbols and abbreviations Please follow the link to IST Publications list of units, symbols and abbreviations in plant sciences.
Genus and species names should be in italics.
Authors must deposit new nucleotide sequences to GenBank prior to submitting a paper for publication in IST Publications. An accession number must be given in the manuscript for new genomic DNA, complementary DNA, RNA and other nucleotide sequences discussed in the manuscript.
Authors must indicate, in a subsection at the end of the Materials and Methods section, the reproducibility, or statistical significance of the results, especially as it pertains to figures where error bars are not indicated (e.g. images, blots).
Please provide the antibody product code, if commercially available antibodies have been used.
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work. Order multi-author publications of the same first author alphabetically with respect to second, third, etc. author. Publications of exactly the same author(s) must be ordered chronologically.
Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L (2009) Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J ApplPhysiol 105:731-738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8.
Ideally, the names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of “et al” in long author lists will also be accepted: Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001090000086
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257
Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations, see
If you are unsure, please use the full journal title.
Ideally, the names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of “et al” in long author lists with more than 15 authors will also be accepted. Please always give a minimum of three authors:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329.
For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork – photographs, line drawings, etc. – in an electronic format. Your art will then be produced to the highest standards with the greatest accuracy to detail. The published work will directly reflect the quality of the artwork provided.
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that IJFISER or IJFIST will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your figures, please make sure that:
In the event that there are documented violations of any of the above-mentioned policies in any journal, regardless of whether or not the violations occurred in a journal published by IST Publications, the following sanctions will be applied:
In cases where the violations of the above policies are found to be particularly egregious, the publisher reserves the right to impose additional sanctions beyond those described above.
It is important that the authors record the results of their research in a form that its analysis and review could be done before the publication and by other researchers for a reasonable period after publication. Fabrication, like reporting results that were never conducted or deceive or intent to mislead, is a form of scientific misconduct and regarded as highly unethical and in some jurisdictions may be illegal.
The authors should submit their research papers in the journal’s precise format for each publication. The information provided by the authors should be concise, authentic and give details of the research experiments performed. Authors should include recent research articles and bring in comparative analysis to support their research. However, in doing so authors should rewrite the information in their own words and represent it in a form that supports their original work of research. This information, used from the work of competitors, other researchers and partners, should be cited as references in the research papers. They should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and final approval of the version to be published. A cited author should meet all of these criteria. Individuals that made other contributions to the research like obtaining funds for the research, collecting important data and materials, or co-ordinating with the publication, are significant but do not qualify for authorship. These individuals can be acknowledged in the research papers.
The source of funding for the research project or the publication of the document should be stated. The author should clearly declare that the submitted work and its essential substance have not previously been published and are not being considered for publication elsewhere. If a primary research report has been published, the author should clearly state it and mention the advancement and new analyses or syntheses of data in the secondary research report. An overlap of about 10 per cent is considered acceptable between such journals.
Plagiarism is an unethical practice in the field of research and is completely unacceptable. Authors are required to state they are the copyright owners, or they have taken the copyright owners’ permission before submitting the research report. Any breach of copyright is not acceptable.
Any individuals or organizations who are interested in advertising their products or services in print copies of the journal or on its website are encouraged to contact the editorial office.
Advertisers and sponsors have no advanced knowledge of our editorial contents, nor do the editors have advanced knowledge of advertisers. Journal content is never altered, added, or deleted to accommodate advertising. Advertisers and sponsors have no input regarding any of our editorial decisions or advertising policies. We reserve the right to decline or cancel any advertisement at any time. Advertisements for any products must conform to all regulations and policies of the Government of India, in every respect.
Neither the publisher nor the editors will be legally liable for advertisements presented in the journal. In addition, they cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information provided. The publisher and the editors do not endorse any products or services that are advertised. Neither the publisher nor the authors will be legally liable for any of the content of advertisements, so readers must keep this in mind when reading or seeing advertisements.
Innovative Science and Technology publications Journals (IJFISER and IJFIST) propagation has been done through the journal website. Journals are always digitalized to researchers in recent trends for innovative and deeper insights.
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining integrity of the research and its presentation can be achieved by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include:
The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
If there is a suspicion of misconduct, the journal will carry out an investigation following the COPE guidelines. If, after investigation, the allegation seems to raise valid concerns, the accused author will be contacted and given an opportunity to address the issue. If misconduct has been established beyond reasonable doubt, this may result in the Editor-in-Chief’s implementation of the following measures, including, but not limited to:
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals.
Authors should include the following statements (if applicable) in a separate section entitled “Compliance with Ethical Standards” when submitting a paper:
Please note that standards could vary slightly per journal dependent on their peer review policies (i.e. single- or double-blind peer review) as well as per journal subject discipline. Before submitting your article check the instructions following this section carefully.
The corresponding author should be prepared to collect documentation of compliance with ethical standards and send if requested during peer review or after publication.
The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned guidelines. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned guidelines.
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could have direct or potential influence or impart bias on the work. Although an author may not feel there is any conflict, disclosure of relationships and interests provides a more complete and transparent process, leading to an accurate and objective assessment of the work. Awareness of a real or perceived conflicts of interest is a perspective to which the readers are entitled. This is not meant to imply that a financial relationship with an organization that sponsored the research or compensation received for consultancy work is inappropriate. Examples of potential conflicts of interests that are directly or indirectly related to the research may include but are not limited to the following:
In addition, interests that go beyond financial interests and compensation (non-financial interests) that may be important to readers should be disclosed. These may include but are not limited to personal relationships or competing interests directly or indirectly tied to this research, or professional interests or personal beliefs that may influence your research.
The corresponding author should be prepared to collect documentation of compliance with ethical standards and send if requested during peer review or after publication.
The corresponding author will include a summary statement in the text of the manuscript in a separate section before the reference list, that reflects what is recorded in the potential conflict of interest disclosure form(s). See below examples of disclosures:
Funding: This study was funded by X (grant number X).
Conflict of Interest: Author A has received research grants from Company A. Author B has received a speaker honorarium from Company X and owns stock in Company Y. Author C is a member of committee Z.
If no conflict exists, the authors should state:
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Conflicts of interest (sometimes referred to as ‘competing interests’) occur when outside issues affect, or are perceived to affect, the neutrality or objectivity of research. This can happen at any stage in the research cycle, including during the experimentation phase, while a manuscript is being written, or during the process of turning a manuscript into a published article.
Conflicts of interest do not always stop work from being published or prevent someone from being involved in the review process. However, they must be declared. A clear declaration of all possible conflicts – whether they actually had an influence or not – allows others to make informed decisions about the work and its review process.
If conflicts of interest are found after publication, this may be embarrassing for the authors, the Editor and the journal. It may be necessary to publish a corrigendum or reassess the review process.
A submission to the journal implies that materials described in the manuscript, including all relevant raw data, will be freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes, without breaching participant confidentiality.
The journal strongly encourages that all datasets on which the conclusions of the paper rely should be available to readers. We encourage authors to ensure that their datasets are either deposited in publicly available repositories (where available and appropriate) or presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files whenever possible. General repositories - for all types of research data - such as figshare and Dryad may be used where appropriate.
Datasets that are assigned digital object identifiers (DOIs) by a data repository may be cited in the reference list. Data citations should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite: authors, title, publisher (repository name), identifier.
Where a widely established research community expectation for data archiving in public repositories exists, submission to a community-endorsed, public repository is mandatory. Persistent identifiers (such as DOIs and accession numbers) for relevant datasets must be provided in the paper.
For the following types of data set, submission to a community-endorsed, public repository is mandatory:
| Mandatory deposition | Suitable repositories |
|---|---|
| Protein sequences | Uniprot |
| DNA and RNA sequences | Genbank DNA DataBank of Japan (DDBJ) EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database (ENA) |
| DNA and RNA sequencing data | NCBI Trace Archive NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) |
| Genetic polymorphisms | dbSNP dbVar European Variation Archive (EVA) |
| Linked genotype and phenotype data | dbGAP The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) |
| Macromolecular structure | Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank (BMRB) Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) |
| Microarray data (must be MIAME compliant) | Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) ArrayExpress |
| Crystallographic data for small molecules | Cambridge Structural Database |
The journal encourages authors to provide a statement of data availability in their article. Data availability statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether data are available on request from the authors and where no data are available, if appropriate.
Data availability statements can take one of the following forms (or a combination of more than one if required for multiple datasets):
Innovative Science and Technology Publications – IJFISER and IJFIST do not charge for Submissions. There is no Publication fee for publishing articles.
All articles published in Innovative Science and Technology Publications – IJFISER and IJFIST are published in full open access. In order to provide free access to readers, and to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management, an article processing charge (APC) of £100 (Foreign authors) - INR 5000 (for Indian authors) applies to papers accepted after peer review.
For manuscripts with more than four authors, an additional fee of 1000 INR per author will be applicable for Indian authors and £12 per author for overseas authors.
Unlike traditional publishers, Open Access publishers – like IJFISER and IJFIST – do not generate revenue from selling subscriptions. Instead, we make all of our articles freely available. Other Open Access publishers charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) once an article is accepted for publication to cover the costs of taking a manuscript and turning it into a finished article. But our IST Publications claims fee for publishing. For more information on the principles of Open Access and how they apply to IJFISER or IJFIST, please see What is Open Access Publishing?
When a manuscript is submitted, it is processed through the many different departments at IST Publications:
These teams work with our marketing, communications, and technical teams to ensure your article receives the attention it deserves. A portion of all APCs are reinvested into the technical systems that support these services; ensuring that the publishing process continues to be as easy as possible.
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IST Publications is a self-financing journal and does not receive funding from any agency or Government. The publication processing is solely dependent upon the Article Processing Charges (APC) received from authors. As the journal is Open Access, there are no subscription charges. The content is freely accessible for the readers on the journal website. In order to ensure contents are freely available and maintain publishing quality, APCs are levied on all authors whose papers are accepted for publication after double-blind peer review. Operating expenses including the cost of web presence, costs of peer review, costs of journal production, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, journal management (web hosting, assignment of digital object identifiers [DOI] for each individual article, etc.), and staff salaries are supported by the above-mentioned resource.
Authors need to agree with our Refund Policy before payment of the article processing charge.
An author (he/she) is given sufficient time to decide whether to accept the article processing charges for publication of the manuscript in our journal (i.e., not at submission but after the time of acceptance of the article). Once the author(s) accepts the article processing charges, the respective journal of IST Publications initiates the production process for the revised manuscript. Therefore, no refund or cancellation will be considered after the completion of payment and final publication of the submitted manuscript.
Any kind of refund will not be issued if the author wants to withdraw/retract his/her paper from any IST Publications journals after completion of payment and after the final publication. After payment and publication, if the author wishes to withdraw his/her paper for revision and resubmission, then no refund will be provided from IST Publications. No refunds or cancellation of debts will be issued if the paper is removed due to Copyright Infringement Claims.
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Authors are required to meticulously review the terms and conditions associated with any AI tool they employ, ensuring the safeguarding of the privacy and confidentiality of their data and inputs, including unpublished manuscripts. Special attention must be given to personally identifiable information. The generation of images that replicate or reference existing copyrighted images, individuals, or identifiable products and brands of others is strictly prohibited, along with any likeness of an individual’s voice. Authors should also verify the information for factual accuracy and assess potential biases.
Authors are advised to thoroughly review the terms and conditions associated with any AI tool they intend to utilize, ensuring that they only authorize the AI tool to use their materials solely for the purpose of providing the intended service. It is equally important to confirm that no additional rights are granted to the AI tool regarding the input materials, including, but not limited to, the right to train the AI on those materials. Furthermore, authors should verify that the AI tool does not impose restrictions on the use of its outputs that could impede the subsequent publication of the relevant article.
Authors are required to disclose the utilization of AI tools for manuscript preparation in a separate AI declaration statement upon submission, which will be included in the published work. They should document their usage of AI, specifying the name of the AI tool employed, the purpose of its use, and the extent of their oversight. Such declarations promote transparency and foster trust among authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and contributors, while also ensuring adherence to the terms of use of the relevant AI tool. Basic checks for grammar, spelling, and punctuation do not necessitate disclosure. The employment of AI in the research process must be declared and elaborated upon in detail within the methods section.
Authors must not list AI Tools as authors or co-authors, nor cite AI Tools as authors. Authorship conveys responsibilities and tasks that are exclusively attributable to and executable by humans. Each (co-)author bears the responsibility for ensuring that questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved. Furthermore, authorship entails the ability to approve the final version of the work and consent to its submission. Authors are also accountable for confirming that the work is original, has not been previously published, that the authors qualify for authorship, and that the work does not infringe upon third-party rights. Additionally, authors should familiarize themselves with an Innovative Science and Technology Publication ethics prior to submission.
We prohibit the use of Generative AI or AI-assisted tools to create or modify images in submitted manuscripts. This includes actions like enhancing, obscuring, moving, removing, or adding specific features in images or figures. Adjustments to brightness, contrast, or color balance are allowed only if they do not hide or alter the original information. Submitted manuscripts may be analyzed with image forensics tools or specialized software to detect potential image irregularities.
The sole exception applies when the utilization of AI or AI-assisted instruments is a fundamental component of the research design or methodologies, such as AI-assisted imaging techniques that produce or analyze the fundamental research data, for instance, within the domain of biomedical imaging. In such cases, this usage must be documented in a reproducible manner within the methods section. This section must comprise a detailed explanation of the utilization of AI or AI-assisted tools in the process of image creation or modification. It should include the name of the model or tool, its version, extension numbers, and manufacturer. Authors are advised to comply with the specific usage policies of the AI software and ensure proper attribution of the content. Where applicable, authors may be requested to submit pre-AI-adjusted versions of images and/or the raw composite images used to produce the final submitted versions, for editorial review.
The employment of generative AI or AI-assisted tools in artwork creation is prohibited. However, the utilization of generative AI in the development of cover art may be allowed under certain circumstances, contingent upon the author securing prior approval from the journal’s editor and publisher, providing evidence that all requisite rights have been obtained for the relevant material, and guaranteeing accurate attribution of content.
Policy updated March 2026
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Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
As per significant definitions of open access in the scientific literature (namely the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda declarations), IST Publications (IJFISER and IJFIST) defines open access by the following conditions:
Peer-reviewed literature is freely available without subscription or price barriers. Literature is immediately released in open access format (no embargo period). Published material can be re-used without obtaining permission as long as a correct citation to the original publication is given.
“Reproduction is permitted for non-commercial purposes”. From 2015 Innovative Science and Technology publications started to publish articles under the Creative Commons Attribution License external link and are now using the latest version of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which grants authors the most extensive rights.
This means that all articles published in IST Publications (IJFISER or IJFIST), including data, graphics, and supplements, can be linked from external sources, scanned by search engines, re-used by text mining applications or websites, blogs, etc. free of charge under the sole condition of proper accreditation of the source and original publisher. IST Publications believes that open access publishing fosters the exchange of research results amongst scientists from different disciplines, thus facilitating interdisciplinary research. Open access publishing also provides access to research results to researchers worldwide, including those from developing countries and an interested general public. Although IST Publications (IJFISER and IJFIST) publishes all of its journals under the open-access model, we believe that open access is an enriching part of the scholarly communication process that can and should co-exist with other forms of communication and publication, such as society-based publishing and conferencing activities.
Important Note: some articles (especially Reviews) may contain figures, tables or text taken from other publications, for which IST Publications does not hold the copyright or the right to re-license the published material. Please note that the new author should inquire whether to use this material with the original author.
The High Availability and Visibility of our open access articles is guaranteed through the free and unlimited accessibility of the publication over the Internet. Everyone can freely access and download the full text of all articles published with an Innovative Science and Technology publications (IJFISER or IJFIST): readers of open access journals, i.e., other researchers, do not need to pay any subscription or pay-per-view charges to read articles published by Innovative Science and Technology publications. Open access publications are also more likely to be included in search engines and indexing databases.
The Higher Citation Impact of open access articles results from their high publicity and availability. Open access publications are demonstrably more frequently cited.
Lower Publishing Costs: Open access publishers cover their costs for editorial handling and editing a paper by charging authors’ institutes or research funding agencies.
Faster Publication in IJFISER and IJFIST’s open access journals is achieved by online-only availability.
Any claims of copyright infringement should be addressed to the Editor at editor@istpublications.com bearing the subject line “Copyright Infringement”. The claim must be sufficed by documented evidence supporting the same version as being published or copyrighted or patented by the aggrieved party before the date of publication of the concerned IJFISER or IJFIST articles. On receipt of the claim, the IST Publications Board, if found deemed, shall inform the IJFISER or IJFIST authors to provide an explanation; the discussion of which shall be transparent to both parties.
The IST Publications Board reserves the sole rights to decide the validity of any such claims. After deliberation, if the claim is found justified, the concerned manuscript will be removed from all IJFISER and IJFIST archives and servers. Any subsequent print copies of the concerned issue will not contain the article. In case, the changes required are minimal such as inclusion of references, the authors will be intimated to do the required amendments according to the IST Publications (IJFISER and IJFIST) article correction policies. The alternative version shall undergo peer-review as any other general submission and shall be published in the same issue (number) of the concerned volume. Any claims on copyright will be addressed with the highest priority. A revert mail will be dispatched within 3 working days provided the claim is supported with documented evidence.