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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The corresponding author takes responsibility for the paper's analysis, the manuscript preparation and decision to submit the manuscript to J-CASTE for open access publication or describes in the Comments to the Editor box below any additional considerations.
  • The corresponding author affirms on behalf of all authors that there are no competing interests OR discloses in
    the Comments to the Editor box below any competing interest(s) that might bias objectivity or create a
    perception of conflict of interest in relation to their submission. This Declaration covers any competing interest
    within 5 years before the submission date. An author's competing interest(s) might include gains or benefits
    from the following. (J-CASTE does nor require authors to state the monetary value of their financial interests).
  • 1. Financial support for research including grants, honoraria, gifts, salary, equipment and supplies, travel expenses.
  • 2. Employment while engaged in this research either present or anticipated by any organization, private or public, that may gain or lose financially through publication of this paper.
  • 3. Personal financial Interests such as investments and stock options in companies affected by publication of this research, consulting fees or other forms of remuneration including royalties from organizations which may profit or lose as a result of publication.
  • This Declaration assures that authors to the best of their knowledge and in good faith attest to the high standard for transparency necessary to maintain the integrity of intellectual inquiry and debate.

Author Guidelines

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A. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S GRANT OF RIGHTS

The Corresponding Author grants to the Journal, during the full term of copyright and any extensions or renewals of that term, the following:

  1. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to reproduce, republish, transmit, sell, distribute, and otherwise use the Work in electronic and print editions of the Journal and in derivative works throughout the world, in all languages, and in all media now known or later developed.
  2. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to create and store electronic archival copies of the Work, including the right to deposit the Work in open access digital repositories.
  3. An irrevocable non-exclusive right to license others to reproduce, republish, transmit, and distribute the Work under the condition that the Authors are attributed. (Currently this is carried out by publishing the content under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.)

Copyright in the Work remains with the Authors.

B. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S DUTIES

  1. When distributing or re-publishing the Work, the Corresponding Author agrees to credit the Journal as the place of first publication.
  2. The Corresponding Author agrees to inform the Journal of any changes in contact information.

C. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR’S WARRANTY

The Corresponding Author represents and warrants that the Work is the Authors’ original work and that it does not violate or infringe the law or the rights of any third party and, specifically, that the Work contains no matter that is defamatory or that infringes any literary or proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, or any rights of privacy. The Corresponding Author also warrants that he or she has the full power to make this agreement, and if the Work was prepared jointly, the Corresponding Author agrees to inform the Authors of the terms of this Agreement and to obtain their written permission to sign on their behalf. The Corresponding Author agrees to hold the Journal harmless from any breach of the aforestated representations.

D. JOURNAL’S DUTIES

In consideration of the Author’s grant of rights, the Journal agrees to publish the Work, attributing the Work to the Authors.

E. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement reflects the entire understanding of the parties. This agreement may be amended only in writing by an addendum signed by the parties. Amendments are incorporated by reference to this agreement.