Integrated Editorial Services, Conference Management System along with pre-print archiving for protection of copyright of articles, case studies, concept notes, etc.

Abstract

There are several available packages like ‘Editorial Manager’, ‘Scholer One’, ‘Easy Chair’ etc. which provides a platform for Editorial Services to the journals and also Conference Management System including preparation of proceedings for conferences. Apart from those there are several other packages used all over the world and some journals accept submission of papers directly to their emails or other appropriate systems of their own. Some industrial bodies, corporate houses, organisations publish their own magazine / journal also by collecting articles, case studies, concept notes etc. by email.

Incidents of copying from other person’s articles, case studies, and concept notes without acknowledgement are gradually increasing with the advent of information technology and easy availability of unprotected articles in the net. In some cases the entire article is phished out before publication in an unscrupulous manner without the knowledge of the original author. There were incidents where articles were phished out from some journal’s editorial office when those were under review/revision. Due to this malpractice the original authors, inventors, or persons who conceptualised some novel ideas lose their copyright on their original hard work.

Therefore it is felt needed to develop one Integrated Editorial Services and/or Conference Management System along with protection of copyright of articles, case studies, concept notes, etc.