Privacy Policy

Journal of Innovations in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences (JIPBS) is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who use this website, submit manuscripts, or otherwise interact with the journal.

Information We Collect

In the course of operating the journal, JIPBS collects personal information such as names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, and ORCID identifiers, provided by authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and registered users during manuscript submission, peer review, editorial correspondence, and website registration.

How Information Is Used

Names and email addresses entered on this journal's website are used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal — manuscript submission and review, editorial communication, and publication — and are not made available for any other purpose, or to any other party, without explicit consent.

Data Sharing

JIPBS does not sell, rent, or trade personal information. Limited information may be shared with:

  • Reviewers, for the purpose of conducting peer review (consistent with the journal's double-blind review process)
  • Plagiarism screening services (iThenticate)
  • Indexing, abstracting, and archiving services (Embase, CAS, Google Scholar, Internet Archive, PKP Preservation Network), where required for discoverability and long-term preservation of published content
  • Legal or regulatory authorities, where required by law

Data Retention

Personal information is retained for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, and in accordance with the journal's editorial and archival obligations.

Your Rights

Individuals may contact the editorial office at any time to request access to, correction of, or deletion of their personal information, subject to legal or archival obligations that may limit deletion of information tied to the permanent scholarly record (e.g., author names on published articles).

Cookies

This website may use cookies solely to support essential website functionality, such as maintaining login sessions. No personal information is collected via cookies for advertising or third-party tracking purposes, consistent with the journal's Advertising Policy.

Contact

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to [email protected].