Privacy Statement

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Religious and Multicultural Perspectives (IJRMP) values user privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information collected through the journal website, registration system, and submission platform. This privacy statement outlines how IJRMP collects, uses, stores, and safeguards personal data.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

IJRMP collects and uses personal information necessary for managing submissions, peer review, editorial communication, publication, indexing, and journal administration. This may include:

  • Name
  • Affiliation
  • Email address
  • Postal address
  • ORCID iD, where provided
  • Other information submitted during registration, manuscript submission, review, or editorial correspondence

Storage and Processing of Information

Personal information collected by IJRMP may be stored, processed, and transferred across countries where the journal operates or where journal-related services are provided.

Information submitted for publication, including author names, affiliations, abstracts, keywords, references, and publication metadata, may be made publicly available as part of the scholarly record.

Privacy and Security

  • IJRMP uses collected personal information solely for journal-related purposes.
  • IJRMP handles personal information in accordance with applicable data protection principles, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable.
  • Personal data will not be sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes.
  • While IJRMP takes reasonable measures to protect user privacy and personal information, the journal is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites linked from the journal platform.

Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts submitted to the Interdisciplinary Journal of Religious and Multicultural Perspectives (IJRMP) may be screened for plagiarism using reliable plagiarism detection tools, such as iThenticate or Turnitin.

The journal does not accept plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, falsification, inappropriate citation manipulation, or unethical use of sources.

If plagiarism or serious ethical misconduct is detected, the manuscript may be rejected, returned to the author for correction, or withdrawn from consideration. Repeated or severe violations may result in the rejection of future submissions.

IJRMP follows recognized standards of publication ethics, including the principles provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and expects all authors, reviewers, and editors to comply with responsible scholarly publishing practices.

Policy Updates

IJRMP may revise this privacy statement and related policies when necessary. Updates will be published on the journal website.

For any questions or concerns, please contact editor@ijrmp.com.