The principal aim of Book Series is to publish relevant original works of high quality in the field of science, as the economics & social sciences. In this regard, manuscripts will be considered on the understanding that they report original work or interpreting progress in a thematic area and are not under consideration for publication by another publications.

Before submitting a manuscript, authors are invited to ensure that they adhere to the guidelines outlined below:

-   the corresponding author is responsible for the submission on behalf of all authors; authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co‐authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research, they should be named in the “Acknowledgements” section.

-   authors should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one publication constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. 

-   appropriate acknowledgement of the work of others must be given at all times. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. 

-   all authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. 

-   the manuscripts will be examined to detect inappropriate use of previously published material without attribution. RITHA Publishing House uses Safe Assign and iThenticate to screen submitted manuscript against previously published studies and other relevant sources. Authors are also encouraged to use any anti-plagiarism software to screen their manuscript prior to submission; if they have used the work and/or words of others, they should ensure that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. 

-   all figures and tables included in the content have to be numbered, have a suggestive title and indicate the source; if these are compiled by the authors, it has to be specified.

-   manuscript should be written in clear, concise English and should contain all essential data in order to make the presentation clear; also, if authors wish to improve the language grammar, spelling and style of their manuscript to ensure its meaning is clear to the readers can use the English Language Editing service offered at the following link. During the editorial process, RITHA Publishing House reserves the right to improve the grammar and style of manuscript.

-   the manuscript and correspondence submitted by the authors will be reviewed by appropriate referees selected by the Editorial Bord.

All submissions should be written using this Template File.

Manuscript may be submitted using this email address books@ritha.eu or using the form SUBMIT Chapter from the dedicated webpage of the book.

After the final acceptance of manuscript, authors can choose between one of the two following options to cover their publications costs. The publication charge is calculated based on the type of final version: electronic or in print. For each chapter accepted as part of the book, the publishing fee is in amount of 350 euro/chapter for availability in electronic version or 450 euro/chapter + shipping costs for in print version. The chapter are made immediately available as Open Access and appear online at webpage of Book Series. This option complies with a number of funding bodies policies, see Open access section.

If your institute has a Gold Membership subscription with SCIRES WEB Ltd as business unit for RITHA Publishing House, then your chapter/book may be published free of charge. Please check with your institution or address a question to the Publishing Editor at office@ritha.eu.

Gold Membership Subscription is a resource that offers all online Book Series content in one complete package. All institutions with Gold Membership will receive a set of voucher codes, allowing them to publish manuscripts via Open Access, free of charge in all Book Series and Journals published by RITHA Publishing House. Note that it is about only the online version for the in-print version of books from the Book Series will be costs generated by the printing processes.

For example, an institution with a Gold Membership subscription worth 10.000 euros/year will be allocated 20 Open Access vouchers. Each voucher is equivalent to 1 Open Access article/chapter, in any of our Journals or Book Series.

How it works: The Gold Open Access scheme is available to any researcher at an institution with a Gold Membership subscription to our Book Series or Journals. The number of articles that can be published via this method will depend on the number of vouchers allocated, which depends on the cost and level of the subscription. Each voucher is equivalent to one article, in any of our publications.

Authors should submit their manuscript in the usual way. If a manuscript is accepted, following the usual requirements to publish in one of our journals or books, the author must ask their nominated representative at their institution to provide them with a gold voucher code. This voucher may then be redeemed. Voucher codes cannot be requested until the submitted manuscript has been accepted.

Copyright. All authors must sign the Chapter_Copyright Transfer Form before the manuscript can be published. This transfer agreement enables RITHA Publishing House to protect the copyrighted material for authors, but does not relinquish the authors' property rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the manuscript and includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval system but not without mentioning that it was previously published, citing the source as it is indicated by the Publisher in the Chapter_Template File.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.

Publishing Policies & Ethical Standards

RITHA Publishing are committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics, and as a publisher, we take every possible measure against publication malpractice. Authors who submit proposals to one of our book series must attest that their work is original and unpublished and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

In this regard, Chapter_Copyright Transfer Form are filled and signed by each author or the corresponding author. In addition, authors confirm that their chapter or book proposal is their own, that it is not a work of plagiarism, and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest or partial benefits associated with the work.

Our Editorial Policies and Ethical Standards sustain the combined efforts of authors, editors, evaluator boards, and reviewers to produce responsible research publications in any forms of content as: articles in Journals, chapters in Books, books in Series; Monographs, Conference Proceedings. More than these, our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement are based on COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines and clearly establish the following:

            § Duties of Editors          § Duties of Reviewers

            § Duties of Authors         § Duties of Publishers

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Final Decision on the Publication of Books

The Series Coordinator of book series published are responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted shall be published or which book proposals are accepted for publication. The Editor may also confer with other editors or reviewers in making publication decisions.

Review of a book proposal

Books’s series editors are the initial quality control for book proposals - but the proposals also must be reviewed by at least one other reviewer. Further, we conduct random checks on the other listed editors or authors on such submissions to ensure that authors/editors are aware that they have been included in proposals.

The Editor of the book also ensure that each manuscript undergoes at least a 'blind' peer review by a minimum of two reviewers. Also, before considering the chapter, we use specialised tools to check for plagiarism and immediately reject any paper with a more than 15% similarity score.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author. We refresh and update our reviewer's database and undertake periodic spot checks to ensure that all referees act with integrity.

A manuscript submitted by a RITHA Publishing’s editor or member of International Editorial Board will be handled by one of the other associate editors from Managing Board who are not at the same institution as the submitting author. The chosen associate editor will select referees and make all decisions on the papers. Moreover, the publishing system, does not allow a conflicted editor to be assigned to work to relevant information concerning their manuscript. If the case, a conflicted editor will be blocked from participating in any discussion among the editors pertaining to such manuscripts.

A manuscript submitted by an author who is at the same institution as one of the editors will be handled by another editors who is not at that specific institution. This procedure includes continuing employment or negotiations for prospective employment at the institution of the author(s), which could affect or be affected by the peer review outcome. Another editor will select reviewers and make all decisions on the paper.

Fair play

Manuscripts shall be evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. Our move towards automatised double-blind reviewing system is aimed to help ensure this.

Confidentiality

The Editors and our editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS

Confidentiality

Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors must be kept confidential and treated as privileged information.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews will be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. We aim to create own automatised reviewing system. At the moment, all are blind reviews, and some are double-blind.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited. The relevant citation should accompany any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere. A reviewer should also call to the Editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they have personal knowledge.

Conflict of Interest

Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

The RITHA publishing attempts to prevent conflicts of interest by not inviting reviewers from the same institutions as authors. However, previous relationships or places of employment may not be obvious, therefore the invitation to potential reviewers, the editors will ask that they decline to review if they know, or guess the identity of the author.

Following useful resources to refer for more information on Conflict-of-Interest policies, existing codes of practices and more general good practice in relation to journal publication ethics can find here:

       View Guidelines published on good publication and the Code of Conduct by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE)

       View Guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

DUTIES OF AUTHORS

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. All underlying data must be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data Sharing, Access, and Retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such, if practicable, and should, in any event, be ready to retain such data for a reasonable time post-publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple Publications, Redundant or Concurrent Publication

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Concurrently submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Acknowledging the work of others must always be properly cited. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Requested Changes

All authors are obliged to make requested changes and correct mistakes in a timely manner.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

Should an author discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify us and cooperate with us to retract or correct the article.

DUTIES OF PUBLISHER see here.

Complaints and Appeals Process

As publishers, we aim to be completely transparent and fair in dealings with all authors and editors. Should an author, reviewer, Editor, or representative need to file a complaint, appeal a decision, or share other information, please send an email detailing the appropriate information (title, author, dataset, etc.) to office@ritha.eu with subject line: complaints

 RITHA Publishing treats all such communications seriously, confidentially, and will reply promptly.

 Please maintain your professionalism while communicating with us. Any unprofessional conduct will not be tolerated by the editorial board or the Publisher and your complaint will not be considered.

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⦁ International Editorial Board: