Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisite of the JAMTS
• Value-addition of JAMTS
• Peer Review Process
• Article Processing Charges
• Ethics and Malpractice Statement
• Editors' ethical duties
• Reviewers' ethical duties
• Authors' ethical duties

Introduction

The Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science (JAMTS) is the premier, peer-reviewed scientific research publication of Peertechz. The Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science is an initiative to encourage researchers, clinicians and individuals to share research advances the field of addiction medicine. The Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science is a unique platform that publishes current findings in science and medicine and promotes health and wellness. The editorial board of JAMTS is a committed team of experts that ensures quality publishing of complete and reliable sources of information on discoveries and current developments in the field of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science.

Prerequisite of the Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science

The Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science is a response to the need to dramatically increase applied and diagnostic methodologies, clinical prevention and treatment of the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. At Peertechz, we believe that education and prevention are the ultimate keys to extending good health. The Editorial Board of JAMTS works to disseminate important developments in mental health and addiction-related topics through broad community outreach.

Value-addition of Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science

Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science is an open access journal.  It  makes publications freely available on the public internet domain, allowing any end users to read, download, copy, distribute, and link to the full texts of the articles.
Peertechz aims to provide high quality, meticulously reviewed and rapidly published articles, to serve the growing need of the scientific community.
The Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science also releases special issues edited by existing and guest editors.
All publications are also promoted via social networking sites including LinkedIn, Twitter and Face book. This makes JAMTS highly visible and easily accessible worldwide. 
All articles in Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science are published under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License.
Readers can copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.
The editors and peer reviewers of Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science are requested to promote judgment based on scientific and technical validity of the work with useful and constructive feedback to authors.
Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science accepts submissions in form of original research articles, review articles, case reports, conference proceedings and short communications.

Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science uses Online System, an online manuscript submission, review and tracking system that helps maintain quality and transparency throughout the review process.  All submitted manuscripts undergo review by the editorial board members of JAMTS.

Peer Review Process

Peer review is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or commentary to experts in the same field to determine suitability for publication in the journal.  The peer-review process and the recommendations of expert reviewers assists the Editor-in-Chief or designated member of the Editorial Board to recommend publication of the articles that meet certain standards.

Among these is to determine that empirical research uses acceptable methodology, analyses and that the conclusions are supported by the results and contribute to the field of study. The submitted articles must be unbiased, well referenced and of a topic within the scope of the journal.

Reviewers can recommend to the Editor-in-Chief that a submission is accepted “as it is”, accept with recommended revisions or reject.  Invited members of the Editorial Review Board play a key role in Open Access publishing work and the Peer Review system is an essential procedure for disseminating quality  research. Peertechz Open Access Journals welcomes doctoral level scientists, researchers, academicians and scholars interested in serving as a volunteer reviewer. Contact the journal at info@peertechz.com

Article Processing Charges

JAMTS operates in Open Access and do not receive any assistance from OA Journals Funding Institutions, so authors are asked to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) for their article to be published open access under a Creative Commons licence. This licence allows readers to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and to alter, transform, or build upon the material, including for commercial use, providing the original author is credited.
In order to bear the variable costs associated with Open Access online publishing paradigm and maintenance of the journals, we solely depends on the authors for monetary contribution. The contributions solicited from the authors are also used in collaboration services and promotions which ultimately helps in increasing the visualization of the published manuscripts.
The APC for publishing an article in JAMTS is 949 USD.

Journal Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Peertechz's publication ethics and publication malpractice statement is based on Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. We strictly adhere to the ethical guidelines for non-discriminatory publication and expect the same from the authors, editors and reviewers. We have summarized the expected ethical duties under following aspects:

Editors' ethical duties

Unbiased Publication decisions: The editors of the Journal will be responsible for evaluating the quality of the articles submitted for the publication for the journal. Peertechz has a strick non-discrimination policy.  Aceptance or rejection for publication is independent of race, gender, religious belief, country or origin and citizenship.

Abiding to the law: The editors must be well-versed in the policies of the journal's editorial board and the changes incorporated therein according to the prevailing legal requirements regarding copyright issues, plagiarism and defamation and must abide by those policies and requirements.

Maintaining Privacy: The editors are expected not to disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author(s), reviewers and other members of the editorial board.  All correspondence should be through the editorial board.

Providing constructive feedback: The editors are expected to provide constructive feedback to the authors in order to enhance the quality of their article and it’s value to the field.

Reviewers' ethical duties

Assisting editors in Peer Review Process: Reviewers are expected to promptly assist the editors in the peer review process.  Reviews should communicate any deficiencies, methdological, ethical or other concerns and where possible, provide guidance to the authors for improving the quality of the manuscripts.

Managing time and workload: The reviewers should ensure they complete the review process within stipulated time so that accepted manuscripts are processed and reach the publication stage on fast track basis.

Maintaining privacy: The reviewers' should maintain the privacy of the manuscripts during and after the review process and should discuss about the manuscripts only with the authorized editor(s).

Identifying and evaluating resources: The reviewers' are expected to identify and evaluate the resources cited by the authors. They should report to the authorized editors any identified plagiarism or any significant similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published or unpublished paper(s).

Providing constructive and unbiased feedback: The reviewers are expected to ensure that while providing feedbacks to the authors, the language used is appropriate and should not include any personal criticism or objectionable content.

Authors' ethical duties

Honest and original research: The authors are solely responsible for their work. We expect that our authors submit accurate, original and objective research. The manuscripts should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work.

Retaining data: The authors are expected to preserve the raw data and any other valuable information related to the research. The editorial board may ask to review the raw data in relation to the manuscript under publication consideration. 

Avoiding parallel publication: The authors are advised not to submit manuscripts related to the same research more than once. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal or publication will be considered unethical and unacceptable.

Proper citation: The authors are expected to cite properly the publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Reporting errors: The authors are expected to notify the editors or publisher any inaccuracy or error in the submitted manuscript immediately. It is the responsibility of the authors to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher about the errors and cooperate with the editors to withdraw or correct the submitted manuscript.