Last updated: 5 October 2026
The Journal of Integrated Medical Sciences & Research (JIMSR) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of its website and editorial services. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information that may be collected, how such information is used, and the measures taken to protect confidentiality.
1. Scope of this Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the JIMSR website, manuscript submission and editorial correspondence, peer-review activities, and other communications associated with the journal.
This policy should be read together with the journal’s Publication Ethics, Peer Review, Copyright & Licensing, Open Access, and other editorial policies.
2. Information We May Collect
JIMSR may collect information voluntarily provided by authors, reviewers, editors, readers, or correspondents, including:
- Name
- Academic or professional designation
- Institutional affiliation
- Postal address
- Email address and other contact information
- ORCID iD or other scholarly identifiers
- Manuscript files and supplementary material
- Author contribution and conflict-of-interest declarations
- Ethical approval and clinical-trial information where applicable
- Reviewer comments and editorial correspondence
- Information submitted through enquiries, complaints, appeals, or other communications
The journal may also receive limited technical information automatically generated when users access the website, such as IP address, browser type, device information, date and time of access, referring pages, and standard web-server logs.
3. How Information Is Used
Personal and scholarly information may be used for legitimate journal and publishing activities, including:
- Receiving and processing manuscript submissions
- Conducting editorial screening and peer review
- Communicating editorial decisions and revision requests
- Verifying authorship, affiliations, conflicts of interest, ethical approvals, and other publication requirements
- Corresponding with reviewers, editors, and authors
- Publishing article metadata and author information
- Maintaining the scholarly and editorial record
- Investigating complaints, appeals, corrections, retractions, or allegations of research or publication misconduct
- Improving the journal website and editorial workflow
- Meeting applicable legal, ethical, indexing, archiving, and scholarly-publishing requirements
JIMSR does not sell personal information to advertisers or other third parties.
4. Manuscript and Peer-Review Confidentiality
Manuscripts submitted to JIMSR are treated as confidential editorial documents.
JIMSR follows a double-blind peer-review process. Editors and reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, and unpublished information obtained during the review process.
Reviewer identities will not ordinarily be disclosed to authors, and reviewers should not directly contact authors regarding manuscripts under review without authorization from the journal.
Information contained in an unpublished manuscript must not be used for personal advantage or disclosed to unauthorized persons.
5. Information Shared During Editorial Processing
Information may be shared, where necessary, with persons involved in the legitimate editorial and publication process, including:
- Editors and members of the editorial team
- Peer reviewers
- Authors and corresponding authors
- Technical or publishing service providers assisting with journal operations
- Ethics, integrity, indexing, archiving, or regulatory bodies where disclosure is reasonably required
Only information necessary for the relevant purpose should be shared.
6. Information Made Public After Publication
When an article is published, certain scholarly information becomes part of the permanent public record. This may include:
- Author names
- Academic qualifications where provided
- Institutional affiliations
- ORCID iDs
- Corresponding-author contact information where appropriate
- Author contribution statements
- Conflict-of-interest declarations
- Funding information
- Article title, abstract, keywords, citation details, and other bibliographic metadata
Published scholarly information may subsequently be distributed to indexing services, repositories, search engines, citation databases, libraries, preservation systems, and other scholarly-information services.
7. Email and Editorial Correspondence
Email addresses supplied to JIMSR are used primarily for editorial, publication, administrative, or scholarly communication related to the journal.
Editorial correspondence may be retained as part of the journal’s publication and integrity records.
JIMSR will not knowingly use journal contact information for unrelated commercial marketing.
8. Cookies and Technical Data
The JIMSR website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for the proper functioning, security, administration, and performance of the website.
WordPress and associated website services may also generate standard technical or server-log information.
Users may control or delete cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
If JIMSR introduces additional analytics, advertising, or other third-party tracking services in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated where appropriate.
9. External Links
The JIMSR website may contain links to external websites, services, repositories, ORCID records, institutional pages, or other third-party resources.
JIMSR is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites. Users should review the privacy policies of those services separately.
10. Data Retention
Personal, editorial, and scholarly information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Complete the editorial and publication process
- Preserve the scholarly record
- Maintain documentation of editorial decisions and peer review
- Address complaints, appeals, corrections, retractions, or research-integrity matters
- Meet applicable legal, ethical, archival, or indexing requirements
Information forming part of the published scholarly record may be retained permanently.
11. Data Security
JIMSR takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal and editorial information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or loss.
However, no electronic transmission or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Requests Concerning Personal Information
Individuals may contact JIMSR to request access to, correction or updating of, or where applicable withdrawal of consent for, personal information held by the journal, or to raise a grievance regarding its handling, subject to applicable law.
Requests for deletion or restriction will be considered where appropriate, subject to the journal’s responsibility to preserve legitimate editorial, scholarly, ethical, and publication records.
Published information forming part of the scholarly record may not always be removable, but factual corrections may be considered in accordance with the journal’s correction and publication-ethics policies.
13. Children’s Privacy
JIMSR is a scholarly publishing platform intended primarily for researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, students, reviewers, and readers of academic literature.
JIMSR does not knowingly solicit personal information from children except where such information is necessary for a legitimate scholarly or editorial purpose and its processing is permitted by applicable law. Where required by law, appropriate consent from a parent or lawful guardian will be obtained.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
JIMSR may revise this Privacy Policy when its editorial processes, website services, legal requirements, or data-handling practices change.
The date of the most recent revision will be displayed at the top of this page.
15. Contact
Questions or concerns regarding privacy or the handling of personal information may be directed to:
Journal of Integrated Medical Sciences & Research (JIMSR)
P3A/187, Sector 27, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur,
Raipur, Chhattisgarh – 492018, India
Email: contact@jimsr.org
Editorial Office: managingeditor@jimsr.org
Website: www.jimsr.org