About Journal


IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (IJIRM) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2016 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately on acceptance. In addition, the journal would allow free access (Open Access) to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and citations to articles published in IJIRM.

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with “Uniform requirements” of the IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine as per guidelines by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (Updated December 2019). The uniform requirements and specific requirements of IJIRM are mentioned below. Before sending a manuscript contributors are requested to check for the author guidelines, which are available on the website of the journal (www.ijirm.org/info/author) or directly from the (Manuscript Peer-Review Process called MPRP) manuscript submission website https://www.mprp.in/journals/IJIRM


Aims and Scope

The aims and commitment of the journal are to publish peer-reviewed manuscripts addressing significant issues in all the subjects and areas of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. Journal is committed to improving Education and Research on Pneumonia, TB, COVID-19, Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Asthma, Lung Cancer, Chronic Bronchitis, Airway Obstruction, Obstructive Lung Diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Spirometry, Cystic fibrosis, Smoking Diseases, Dust Mites, Restrictive Lung Diseases, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, Tumors, Malignant Tumors, Benign Tumors, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Neonatal Diseases, etc.
 

Indexing and Abstracting Information

Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, J- gate, ROAD, CrossRef, Microsoft Academic, Indian Citation Index (ICI), Scilit.


Journal Ethics

Journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of publication. We strictly adhere to the industry associations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), which set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. To know more about specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflict of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit the author guidelines

Open Access (OA) Publication

The journal promotes open access publishing that can be refers to free, unrestricted online access to research outputs such as journals, articles and books. OA content is open to all without any accessing fees without paying a subscription charge. Articles are freely available immediately after publication without any registration. This means the researchers, students, readers, scholars, and any layperson from anywhere and anytime have rapid access to the latest research content via Innovative Open Access (OA) Policy. For more details and information, visit: www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals

 

Creative Commons Licensing

The journal is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. This license allows authors to grant certain permissions to others while retaining certain rights for themselves.

 

Repository Policy

Authors can deposit their published article in any repository. After publication of the article in the journal, authors are allowed and encouraged to submit their content online (for example, in institutional repositories or on their website). As this can result in fruitful discussions and earlier and more frequent citation of published work which can help to promote the accessibility and reproducibility of research findings for others.

 

The journal takes a signed copy of the consent declaration form authors where they sign and accepts responsibility for releasing this material to the publisher on behalf of any and all co-authors. But author retains the copyright of the content and transfers all the licensing and publishing rights to the publisher. The author grants the publisher the only right to commercially utilize the article. For the duration of the copyright's full legal term, they provide the publisher, exclusive right, and license to publish. This transfer of publication rights covers the non-exclusive right to reproduction and distribute the article, including reprints, translations, photographic, reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online) or any other reproduction of similar nature.

 

Plagiarism

Self-plagiarism is the redundant reuse of your own work, “use another’s production without crediting the sources,” or “present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” The IJIRM also considers “self-plagiarism” as a form of plagiarism. An example of self-plagiarism would be when an author borrows from his or her own previously published work without the proper citation within the newly submitted manuscript. We provide iThenticate software to our editor and reviewers as a part of our manuscript submission system.


Digital Archiving

Innovative Publication has a primary partnership with CLOCKSS Archive to provide long-term digital preservation.
CLOCKSS is a collaborative project between 14 leading publishers and 34 institutional libraries to provide a ‘dark archive’ that guarantees long -term preservation and access. It uses the LOCKS technology to archive all material from participating publishers.

 

Advertising Policy

The Journal retains the discretion to decline any advertisement that does not meet journal advertising policy.

1. Advertisements will not be accepted if they are indecent, offensive, or discriminatory based on personal, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, or religious grounds, whether in text or artwork.

2. The Journal will not accept advertisements for products or services known to be harmful to health, such as tobacco and alcohol.

3. Product advertorials will not allow any treatment-specific or drug-specific campaigns to target specific articles related to the advertised products.

The presence of advertisements or product information on the Journal's website does not means endorsement or approval by the Journal or its publisher regarding the quality or claims made by the manufacturer of the advertised products. Editorial decision does not depend on the any advertisement visible on the website.

 

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the “Ahead of Print” model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using DOI as the reference source. Innovative Publication has a policy that changes WILL NOT be made after the publication of an article. Unless an accepted procedure for making corrections to the scientific record is followed.
 

Revenue sources

IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine is a self-financed open access journal, which is published in online versions. Article publication charges levied on authors are the only source of income that is utilized in maintaining the administrative and other charges. Also, the very least part of revenue comes from advertisements and subscriptions.

The APC is based on an adjusted scale, providing reduced rates for low- and middle-income countries on the publication charges. Operating expense including the cost of web presence, print version, pre-press preparations, and staff salaries is supported by the above-mentioned resources.

KERF has outsourced all pre-publication, publication, and post-publication processes to the publisher, including APC management.

Please visit for APC details

 

About Publisher

 IP Innovative Publication Private Limited, is a well-established publisher headquartered in New Delhi, India. IP has a reputed specialization in medical, dental, nursing, and pharmacy subjects and has more than 225 books and 50 journals in its portfolio. It was founded in April 2011 and has become a well-respected medical publisher in India that fully supports many of the popular open-access models through its peer-review management system. Researchers, students, scholars, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals access Innovative journals from around the globe to educate themselves about new and innovative discoveries and to improve patient care. For more info about the publisher, click here


Innovative Specialization

Print and Online Scholarly Publisher, Peer-review system, Specialized in Medical, Dental, Nursing, and Pharmacy books and Journals as an Open Access (OA) Publisher.