Policies and Ethics

JOURNAL POLICIES

  1. Access

Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT) is under Subscription. Readers who wish to access the full text should subscribe to the journal or can purchase individual articles. 

  1. Peer-review
  • All the manuscripts submitted to Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT) will be subjected to double blinded peer review process;
  • The manuscript will be reviewed by two suitable experts in the respective subject area.
  • The reports of both reviewers will be considered while deciding on the acceptance/revision or rejection of a manuscript.
  • The editor-In-Chief will make the final decision, based on the reviewer’s comments.
  • Editors and reviewers provide administrative support to maintain the integrity of the peer review process.
  • In case, the authors challenge the editor's negative decision with suitable arguments, the manuscript can be sent to one more reviewer and the final decision will be made based upon his recommendations.
  1. Licensing

Authors will transfer the copyright to the publisher as part of the journal publishing agreement. However, the authors will retain the right to:

  • Self-Archive their article for Personal Use, Internal Institutional Use, and Scholarly Sharing purposes, with a DOI link to the version of the record on mtt.cmti.res.in (and with the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC- ND license for author manuscript versions)
  • Retain patent, trademark, and other intellectual property rights (including research data).
  • Proper attribution and credit for the published work.
  1. Archiving

Authors sign the copyright transfer statement and still retain their rights to self-archive the articles.

  • The accepted manuscript may be archived on the author’s website.
  • Authors can deposit in any repository their works, but it should not be the final version as available with the publisher.
  • An author can post his/her version provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication with a link to the published article; it has to be the DOI number link. The Final published article is available at CMTI  (www.mtt.cmti.res.in)

 PUBLICATION ETHICS

Manufacturing Technology Today is a print and electronic Double Blind peer-reviewed journal upholding the highest standards. Articles not in accordance with publication ethics and malpractices will be removed from publication if detected at any time. Plagiarism and research fabrication such as making up of data, manipulation of existing data, tables, etc., and ethical clearance on the use of humans or animals for the study will also be checked. The journal reserves the right to use plagiarism-detecting software to screen submitted papers at any time and suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing will be reported immediately.

  1. Authors Responsibility

they must ensure that:

  • Their work is original
  • Must not have been published elsewhere
  • Other authors, contributors, or sources should be appropriately credited
  • They are responsible for language editing before submission
  • Their work has not been copied or plagiarized in whole or part from any other work
  • The financial support and conflict of interest for the project/research work if any should be disclosed
  • They are obliged to notify the editor if any error or inaccuracy is discovered and cooperate with the editor to correct the same

Articles should be submitted using online procedures. Simultaneous publication in more than one publication is a breach of publication ethics. CMTI as a publisher has adopted the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) best practice guidelines for dealing with the ethical issues in a journal.

  1. Editor’s Responsibility

they must ensure that:

  • The submitted manuscript undergoes Double - blind peer review before publishing
  • They will strive to prevent any conflict of interest between the author and editorial and review personnel
  • All the information related to the submitted manuscript is kept confidential prior to publishing
  1. Reviewers Responsibility

they must ensure that:

  • Reviews of the manuscript are completed and provide suitable comments for improvement
  • Promptness in notifying the editor about his inability to review the manuscript
  • Maintains confidentiality about the manuscript obtained for review, by not discussing it with others
  • Standards of Objectivity are preserved by reviewing the manuscripts objectively with clear views and supporting arguments and without any personal criticism
  • Acknowledgment of Sources
  • All References not cited by the author should be removed. All citations should be accompanied with any previously reported observation, derivation, or argument.
  • The editors should be intimated for any overlap of the reviewed manuscript with any other published paper.
  • Disclosures and Conflict of Interest– manuscripts having a conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or any other relationships or connections with institutions connected to the paper will not be considered.
  1. Copyright Policies

All the articles published in Manufacturing Technology Today are held by the Publisher. Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) as a publisher requires its authors to transfer the copyright prior to publication. This will permit CMTI to reproduce, publish, distribute, and archive the article in print and electronic form and also to defend against any improper use of the article.

  1. Plagiarism

Manufacturing Technology Today would like to ensure that all published articles are within the accepted level of plagiarism. In case, plagiarism is detected during the review/editorial process, such manuscript(s) will be rejected immediately and we can also consider other steps depending upon the seriousness of the case. If the plagiarism is proven after publication, such manuscript(s) will be removed from our website and an appropriate announcement will be placed in this regard. Further, “Manufacturing Technology Today " can bring such instances to the notice of the author's funding agencies, the author's institutes (where they work), and to the original authors whose work has been plagiarized. Please report the plagiarism to mtt@cmti.res.in  

  1. Article Retraction

The editor’s decision is the decisive factor for all scholarly publications. However, this decision is based on Editorial Policies – which include plagiarism, copyright, etc. It becomes important to retain the Published articles as it is – without any alterations. However, owing to certain circumstances, a published article may at times be retracted, removed, or may require a change.

Retraction could be due to:

  • Plagiarism
  • Bogus Authorship
  • Fraudulent Data
  • Correction in Publication
  1. Disclaimer

The author(s) of each article appearing in this Journal is/are solely responsible for the content thereof; neither Manufacturing Technology Today nor its editors or publisher or anyone else involved in creating, producing or distribution assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided in the Journal, nor shall they be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of the use of Manufacturing Technology Today.