Anusandhān

Multidisciplinary Research Journal

A Peer-Reviewed | Open Access | Quarterly Journal

Journal Policies

Anusandhan: Multidisciplinary Research Journal (AMRJ) has adopted the following policies to ensure the highest standards of scholarly publishing, research integrity, transparency, and academic excellence. These policies govern the submission, review, publication, archiving, and ethical conduct of all stakeholders involved in the publication process.

Submission Policy

Anusandhan: Multidisciplinary Research Journal (AMRJ) invites original and unpublished scholarly contributions from all disciplines, including the Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Economics, Commerce, Management, Science and Technology, Environmental Studies, Law, Health Sciences, Media Studies, Library and Information Science, and other related fields.

Submission of a manuscript implies that:

The work is original and has not been published previously.
The manuscript is not under review elsewhere.
All authors have approved the submission.
Ethical requirements and publication standards have been met.

The journal reserves the right to accept, reject, or request revisions based on originality, academic merit, methodological rigor, relevance, and adherence to journal policies.

Publication Ethics

Anusandhan: Multidisciplinary Research Journal (AMRJ) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and adheres to the principles established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal expects authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members to adhere to principles of:

Academic honesty and integrity.
Originality of research.
Transparency in reporting findings.
Proper acknowledgment of sources.
Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
Disclosure of conflicts of interest.
Ethical treatment of human participants and animals.
Accurate representation of data and results.

Any form of plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, authorship manipulation, or unethical conduct may result in rejection, retraction, or other corrective actions.

Licensing Policy

AMRJ publishes all content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the content. Users may share, adapt, and reuse published material for any lawful purpose, provided appropriate attribution is given to the original authors and the journal.

Plagiarism Policy

All submissions undergo plagiarism screening with recognised software such as Turnitin and iThenticate.
AMRJ follows a strict zero-tolerance policy toward:
Direct plagiarism.
Mosaic plagiarism.
Self-plagiarism.
Unattributed paraphrasing.
Unauthorised use of figures, tables, and datasets.
Manuscripts found to violate plagiarism standards may be rejected immediately or retracted if already published.

Article Retraction Policy

Published articles may be retracted if evidence emerges regarding:
Plagiarism.
Fabricated or falsified data.
Ethical violations.
Duplicate publication.
Serious methodological or factual errors affecting the validity of findings.
Retraction notices will remain publicly available to ensure transparency and maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.