Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information the Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences (JBRES) collects, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and the choices available to authors, reviewers, and visitors. We respect the trust you place in us and are committed to handling personal information responsibly.
Quick Summary (Plain Language)
Basic author and manuscript details needed to process submissions, peer review, production, invoicing, and publication.
To run a professional editorial workflow: assign editors/reviewers, communicate decisions, publish your article, and support indexing/metadata.
We apply reasonable administrative and technical controls to prevent unauthorized access, misuse, loss, and alteration.
You can request access, correction, or deletion of certain data (where possible), and opt out of non-essential communications.
1) Definitions
Personal Information means information that can identify you directly or indirectly—such as your name, email, affiliation, or other contact details. Processing means collecting, storing, using, sharing, or deleting personal information as part of journal operations.
JBRES collects only the information required to manage submissions, conduct peer review, publish accepted articles, and provide editorial support. We do not sell personal information.
2) What Information We Collect
The information collected by JBRES is primarily for the purpose of manuscript handling and publication. Depending on your role (author/reviewer/editor/visitor), we may collect:
- Name
- Affiliation / Department / Institution
- Country / Location (institutional)
- Email address
- Phone number (if provided)
- Postal address (if invoicing or shipping is requested)
- Manuscript title, abstract, keywords
- Co-author details you provide
- Reviewer comments and decision history
- Revision files and correspondence
- Plagiarism/similarity reports (where applicable)
- IP address (security/logging)
- Device and browser info (basic analytics)
- Pages visited and interactions (improving user experience)
- Cookies (where enabled) to support essential functions
3) How We Use Your Information
We use collected information only for legitimate journal functions, including:
4) Sharing & Disclosure
We may share limited information only when necessary to provide journal services, such as:
- Editors and reviewers (for peer review and editorial decisions).
- Service providers who support publishing operations (hosting, DOI/metadata processing, email delivery)—only as needed.
- Legal disclosure when required by law, regulation, or to protect legal rights and prevent misuse.
We do not sell personal information. Any sharing is limited to operational needs and aligned with this policy.
5) Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. Security measures may include:
Access limitation, staff guidance, and role-based handling of editorial information.
Secure hosting practices, monitoring, and protective technologies (where applicable).
Reviewer identities and reports are treated as confidential within our editorial process.
Authors are encouraged to provide accurate information and update changes when needed.
While we work hard to protect your information, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. We continuously improve safeguards to reduce risk.
6) Data Retention
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for editorial operations, publication records, archiving requirements, and compliance needs. Published articles and metadata may remain available permanently as part of the scholarly record.
7) Your Rights & Choices
You may request access to your personal information and ask us to correct inaccurate details.
You may request deletion of certain data where legally and operationally possible.
You can opt out of non-essential emails. Editorial and publication-related messages may still be required.
We may update this policy occasionally. The revised version will be published on this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, data handling, or manuscript-related communications, contact us anytime.
Email: support@jelsciences.com