JOURNAL POLICIES
1. INTRODUCTION
Bionatura Journal ("we" or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and explain your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
This policy should be read together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when collecting or processing personal data, ensuring full transparency on how and why we use your data.
Personal data refers to any information related to an identifiable natural person, including but not limited to name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or factors specific to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
2. PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
We may collect, use, store, and transfer different categories of personal data, including:
✔ Identity Data (first name, last name, username, title, gender).
✔ Contact Data (email, telephone numbers).
✔ Technical Data (IP address, browser type/version, time zone setting, operating system).
✔ Usage Data (information about website interaction).
✔ Marketing and Communications Data (preferences for receiving communications from us).
✔ Identity Data (first name, last name, username, title, gender).
✔ Contact Data (email, telephone numbers).
✔ Technical Data (IP address, browser type/version, time zone setting, operating system).
✔ Usage Data (information about website interaction).
✔ Marketing and Communications Data (preferences for receiving communications from us).
Additionally, we collect Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data, which does not identify any individual and is used for analytical purposes.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use personal data solely for journal-related activities, including:
✔ Processing and publishing manuscripts.
✔ Providing website access and user services.
✔ Complying with legal obligations.
✔ Communicating with users regarding submissions or journal updates.
✔ Processing and publishing manuscripts.
✔ Providing website access and user services.
✔ Complying with legal obligations.
✔ Communicating with users regarding submissions or journal updates.
We do not sell or rent personal data for commercial purposes. Marketing emails are only sent if explicit consent has been given.
4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Our website may use cookies to enhance user experience. Users can control cookie preferences via browser settings, but disabling cookies may limit certain website functionalities.
5. INFORMATION SECURITY
We implement reasonable measures to protect data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no digital system can be 100% secure.
6. RETENTION OF INFORMATION
Personal data is retained as long as necessary for its intended purpose and compliance with legal obligations. Once no longer needed, data is securely disposed of.
7. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to update this policy at any time. Updates will take effect immediately upon publication on our website.
8. CONTACT INFORMATION
For privacy concerns, please contact editor@bionaturajournal.com.
9. COMPLIANCE WITH DATA PROTECTION LAWS
Bionatura Journal complies with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR, ensuring privacy and security measures are met.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING POLICY
All articles published in Bionatura Journal are open access and freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Under this license, users may:
✔ Share – Copy and redistribute articles in any medium or format.
✔ Adapt – Remix, transform, and build upon articles for any purpose, even commercially.
✔ Adapt – Remix, transform, and build upon articles for any purpose, even commercially.
Conditions:
✔ Attribution – Proper credit must be given, with a link to the license, and changes (if any) must be indicated.
📌 Authors retain full copyright ownership of their work and do not transfer rights to the publisher.
By submitting a manuscript to Bionatura Journal, authors agree to publish their work under the CC BY 4.0 license, ensuring unrestricted dissemination with proper attribution.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
All materials must be submitted electronically. Any submission inquiries should be directed to editor@bionaturajournal.com.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Types of Manuscripts
✔ Review Articles (concise, up to five pages).
✔ Research Papers (no fixed length, but should be concise).
✔ Short Communications (up to three pages).
✔ Methodological Papers (specialized focus).
✔ Research Papers (no fixed length, but should be concise).
✔ Short Communications (up to three pages).
✔ Methodological Papers (specialized focus).
All submissions undergo peer review and must meet editorial and ethical standards.
Assurance of Originality
Submitting a manuscript to Bionatura Journal implies:
✔ The work is original and unpublished.
✔ The submission is not under review elsewhere.
✔ The work is original and unpublished.
✔ The submission is not under review elsewhere.
Materials Ownership
Authors must properly acknowledge sources for previously published content and obtain necessary permissions.
PLAGIARISM POLICY AND CONSEQUENCES
Bionatura Journal is committed to the highest ethical standards in academic publishing. All manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using Grammarly’s Plagiarism Checker, Copilatio, and other verification tools before peer review.
Actions Against Plagiarism:
❌ Rejection of Manuscript – If plagiarism is detected during review, the manuscript is rejected.
❌ Retraction of Published Article – If plagiarism is discovered post-publication, the article is retracted.
⚠ Author Notification – Authors are formally informed of plagiarism findings and consequences.
❌ Retraction of Published Article – If plagiarism is discovered post-publication, the article is retracted.
⚠ Author Notification – Authors are formally informed of plagiarism findings and consequences.
📌 For more details, refer to our full Plagiarism Policy.
ETHICS AND EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Editorial Board Responsibilities
✔ Ensuring manuscript quality and integrity.
✔ Overseeing peer review and ethical standards.
✔ Making final decisions on manuscript acceptance.
✔ Overseeing peer review and ethical standards.
✔ Making final decisions on manuscript acceptance.
Author Responsibilities
✔ Ensuring work is original and plagiarism-free.
✔ Disclosing conflicts of interest.
✔ Complying with ethical publishing standards.
✔ Disclosing conflicts of interest.
✔ Complying with ethical publishing standards.
Reviewer Responsibilities
✔ Conducting double-blind peer reviews objectively.
✔ Ensuring confidentiality of manuscript details.
✔ Ensuring confidentiality of manuscript details.
Publication Ethics
Bionatura Journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), ICMJE, and WAME guidelines.
PEER REVIEW POLICY
Bionatura Journal employs a double-blind peer review process, ensuring reviewers and authors remain anonymous.
✔ Evaluation Period – Maximum 90 days from submission.
✔ Criteria – Reviewers assess originality, methodology, impact, and clarity.
✔ Final Decision – The Editor-in-Chief makes the ultimate publication decision.
✔ Criteria – Reviewers assess originality, methodology, impact, and clarity.
✔ Final Decision – The Editor-in-Chief makes the ultimate publication decision.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Bionatura Journal provides immediate open access to its content, supporting global knowledge exchange.
📌 License: CC BY 4.0 – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
✔ Full Open Access: No paywalls or access restrictions.
✔ Authors retain full copyright ownership.
✔ Authors retain full copyright ownership.
INDEXING AND VISIBILITY
Bionatura Journal is indexed in [relevant databases], ensuring maximum visibility and discoverability.
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Bionatura Journal maintains confidentiality regarding:
✔ Submitted manuscripts.
✔ Reviewers’ identities and feedback.
✔ Authors' personal and institutional data.
✔ Submitted manuscripts.
✔ Reviewers’ identities and feedback.
✔ Authors' personal and institutional data.
📌 Bionatura Journal is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
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Based on a work at https://bionaturajournal.com/index.html.
For permissions beyond what is covered by this license, visit https://bionaturajournal.com/index.html.