Privacy Policy

We at Scientindex value privacy and take protecting the information you enter on our site seriously. This Privacy Policy provides information about the information that we collect, how we use it, when it will be shared and the options available to you.

You accept the use of Scientindex by agreeing to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

We might gather the following information based on your use of Scientindex:

• Account Information: Name, email address, affiliation, and login information.
• Research Content: Manuscripts, abstracts, articles, files, and related information submitted through the platform.
• Usage Information: Pages visited, searches, browser type, device information, and general platform activity.
• Communication Information: Information provided through contact forms, support requests, or other communications.
• ORCID Information: If you use ORCID to sign in or connect your account, we may receive information made available through that integration.

Scientindex may use your information to:

• Create and manage user accounts.
• Process and manage research submissions.
• Support editorial and peer-review activities.
• Publish accepted articles and their metadata.
• Send submission, account, and service-related notifications.
• Respond to questions and support requests.
• Improve the platform and user experience.
• Maintain the security and proper operation of our services.

Scientindex will not sell your personal information.

We may share information as may be necessary to operate the Scientindex platform, with:

• Service providers supporting hosting, storage, email, and platform operations.
• Editors, reviewers, or editorial teams involved in handling submissions.
• Researchers and the public when article content and publication metadata are made publicly available.
• Government authorities or other parties when disclosure is required by applicable law.

We will only transmit the information that is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it is being sent.

Scientindex promotes access and visibility of research activities. The information provided in an article accepted and published may be published in accordance with publishing and licensing terms, including the article title, authorship, abstract, publication details and article content.

The published research and metadata should continue to be included in the academic record.

We keep account, submission and any other information related to it for as long as reasonably necessary for providing our services, keeping records and for compliance with applicable requirements.

Articles published and publication metadata can be kept in the permanent scholarly record.

The user has the right to request corrections to the personal data or deletion of the same when appropriate, at Scientindex.

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.
• Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of certain personal information.
• Ask questions about how your information is collected and used.

Requests for privacy may be made on the Scientindex Contact page.

Scientindex makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the information of the accounts and content submitted here is secure from access, use, modification or disclosure by others. These can be measures such as secure connections and access controls.

But none of the online platforms is 100% secure. It is important for users to be aware of the risk of the information being transmitted on the internet.

Scientindex reserves the right to use essential cookies to manage the use of the platform as well as other functional aspects of its operation, including serving accounts, processing sessions and general platform usage.

We also use limited analytics technologies to learn about how our platforms are being used and to understand how to make our website perform and use it better and more conveniently.

Laboratory of Scientindex may be using third party services for authentication, ORCID integration, hosting, file storage, analytics and e-mail delivery services.

The information may be processed based on the privacy policy and terms of use of third-party services. Users are encouraged to check policies of those services as applicable.

Scientindex is designed for research scientists, authors, reviewers, publishers and other academic users. The platform is not targeted towards children under 18 years of age.

Scientindex reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time as the nature of our services and practices or the law changes. This page will be updated with a new Last Updated date for any updates.

Users are encouraged to keep reviewing this policy on a regular basis.

Contact the Scientindex team on our Contact page if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or a privacy related request.