Editorial Policies

Articles must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on their behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required to submit a Copyright Letter along with the manuscript, on behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not been published previously or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Furthermore, any illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained.

TTASSH Journal is a global web-based Journal focused on the publication of current research, review work and rare case reports carried out world-wide. All contributions to the journal are rigorously refereed and are selected on the basis of quality and originality of the work. The journal publishes the most significant latest original research, review work and rare case reports in all areas of Social Sciences and Humanities pertaining to its scope and research being done in the world; thus ensuring its scientific priority and significance.

TTASSH currently publishes original articles from various parts of the developing world and we would also like to publish original articles from all over the world. To achieve this objective TTASSH continuously improvises on scientific and technical aspects both.

TTASSH editorial board members monitor the quality of the journal and provide valuable advice as to how and what TTASSH has to do to make it as a brand journal among the research community. Under no circumstances / incentive will TTASSH publish an article without merit and peer review.

Focus and Scope
  1. We provide an International & Peer reviewed platform for researchers and academicians from all fields of Social Sciences and Humanities to publish their General Reviews, Research Briefs, Systematic review updates, Meta-Analysis, Commentaries, Methodologies, Protocols, Book Reviews, and Surveys.
  2. We are an online journal and we publish articles instantly once accepted.
  3. We intend to provide an opportunity to authors to publish unique, knowledge dispensing, high quality reviews.
  4. The journal also aims to ensure that the results of all well-conducted systematic reviews are published, regardless of their outcome.
  5. With the growing need for time bound publications we aim to considerably restrict the number of days taken to review your submissions and its subsequent publication.

Generally, the editorial decisions are not reverted. However, authors who think that their manuscript was rejected due to a misunderstanding or mistake may seek an explanation for the decision. Appeals must give sound reasoning and compelling evidence against the criticism raised in the rejection letter. A difference of opinion as to the interest, novelty, or suitability of the manuscript for the journal will not be considered as an appeal. The EIC and other relevant editors will consider the appeal and the decision thereafter taken by the journal will be deemed as final. Acceptance of the manuscript is not guaranteed even if the author agrees to reconsider the manuscript, and the reconsideration process may involve previous or new reviewers or editors and substantive revision.

Authors who wish to make a complaint should refer them to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal concerned. Complaints to the Publisher may be emailed to editor@technoarete.org

These guidelines describe the TTASSH journal authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to.

The TTASSH Journal assumes all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before the work is submitted.

TTASSH Journal does not prescribe the kinds of contributions that warrant authorship. It is recommended that authors adhere to the guidelines for authorship that are applicable in their specific research field. In absence of specific guidelines it is recommended to adhere to the following guidelines:

All authors whose names appear on the submission have: -

  1. made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or the creation of new software used in the work.
  2. drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content.
  3. approved the version to be published;
  4. agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field standards. Please note that journals may have individual policies on sharing research data in concordance with disciplinary norms and expectations. Please refer to the Instructions for Authors of the Journal that you are submitting to for specific instructions.

TTASSH journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Authors should refrain from misrepresenting research results which could damage the trust in the journal, the professionalism of scientific authorship, and ultimately the entire scientific endeavour. Maintaining the integrity of the research and its presentation is helped by following the rules of good scientific practice, which include*:

  1. The manuscript must not be submitted to more than one journal for simultaneous consideration.
  2. The submitted work should be original and should not have been published elsewhere in any form or language (partially or in full) unless the new work concerns an expansion of previous work. Please provide transparency on the re-use of material to avoid the concerns about text-recycling (‘self-plagiarism’).
  3. Results should be presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation (including image-based manipulation). Authors should adhere to discipline-specific rules for acquiring, selecting, and processing data.
  4. No data, text, or theories by others are presented as if they were the author’s own (‘plagiarism’).
  5. Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
  6. Authors are strongly advised to ensure the author group, the Corresponding Author, and the order of authors are all correct at submission. Adding and/or deleting authors during the revision stages is generally not permitted, but in some cases may be warranted. Reasons for changes in authorship should be explained in detail. Please note that changes to authorship cannot be made after acceptance of a manuscript.

TTASSH Journal uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. iThenticate software checks content against a database of periodicals, the Internet, and a comprehensive article database. It generates a similarity report, highlighting the percentage of overlap between the uploaded article and the published material. Any instance of content overlap is further scrutinized for suspected plagiarism according to the publisher’s Editorial Policies. TTASSH journal allows an overall similarity of 30% for a manuscript to be considered for publication. The similarity percentage is further checked keeping the following important points in view:

We all know that scholarly manuscripts are written after thorough review of previously published articles. It is therefore not easy to draw a clear boundary between legitimate representation and plagiarism. However, the following important features can assist in identifying different kinds of plagiarized content:

  1. Reproduction of other words, sentences, ideas, or findings as one’s own without proper acknowledgement.
  2. Text recycling, also known as self-plagiarism. It is an author’s use of a previous publication in another paper without proper citation and acknowledgement of the original source.
  3. Poor paraphrasing: Copying complete paragraphs and modifying a few words without changing the structure of original sentences or changing the sentence structure but not the words.
  4. Verbatim copying of text without putting quotation marks and not acknowledging the work of the original author.
  5. Properly citing a work but poorly paraphrasing the original text is considered as unintentional plagiarism. Similarly, manuscripts with language somewhere between paraphrasing and quoting are not acceptable. Authors must either paraphrase properly or quote properly, and in both cases, cite the original source.
  6. Higher similarity in the abstract, introduction, materials and methods, and discussion and conclusion sections indicates that the manuscript may contain plagiarized text. Authors can easily explain these parts of the manuscript in several ways. However, technical terms and sometimes standard procedures cannot be rephrased; therefore, Editors must review these sections carefully before deciding.

Published manuscripts which are found to contain plagiarized text are retracted from the journal’s website after careful investigation and approval by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. A ‘Retraction Note’ as well as a link to the original article is published on the electronic version of the plagiarized manuscript along with an addendum with a retraction notification in the journal.

Accepted articles can be published online for free open access. Open access publishing provides maximum dissemination of the article to the largest audience. All authors will be asked to indicate whether they wish to pay to have their paper made freely available on publication or not.