OUR POLICIES
We are dedicated to an environment that welcome, value, respect and support the differences and contributions of all members and partners at this Hub for Academics and also from the entire global community. Research, Innovation and Technologies – Hub for Academics (abbrev. RITHA) actively cultivates partnerships, author relationships, and a portfolio of editorial projects, scholarly works that reflect the diversity of scientific communities around the world. RITHA provides accessible educational and research resources for publishing tools, principles for scholarly research, and the editorial/research grants's outputs. RITHA is committed to facilitating an inclusive scholarly dialogue grounded in respect and appreciation for all individuals and seeks to increase the voices of less represented scholars in the scholarly community. As a trusted publisher, RITHA Publishing House seeks to ensure that all academic communities have the broadest access to research, innovation, technologies produced by RITHA partners through an accessible digital platform and discoverable publications.
Our Editorial Policies, Ethical Standards, Peer-Reviewing Policies and Publisher Duties sustain the combined efforts of authors, editors, editorial 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, all our Publication and Editorial Policies are based on COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines.
Preservation Policy
RITHA Publishing, through its in-house Editorial & Publishing System, commits to preserving the intellectual content of its editorial projects (Journals, Books, Book Series) in perpetuity, according to current digital preservation best practices.
In partnership with PORTICO, a leading digital preservation service, we enhance our commitment to safeguarding our published works. This agreement ensures that our content will be archived securely, allowing for ongoing access even in the event of organisational changes or disruptions. Digital preservation has been most successful for content delivered in widely used formats. We are confident that this will continue into the future with PORTICO’s robust archiving capabilities, guaranteeing that all our editorial projects will be preserved in a usable format.
For projects featuring highly customized interactive presentations, our preservation strategy may include a combination of approaches. This could involve preserving a simplified version of the publication alongside the underlying, raw machine-readable code necessary for reconstructing the full interactive experience. This approach ensures that future users, operating in different computing environments, will still have the requisite source materials to recreate the original content through software emulation and emerging tools that support similar functionalities.
Open Access Policy
RITHA Publishing House publishes open access content, and hybrid open access.
Our books and monographs are typically published under policies of hybrid open access, situation in which subscription fee for individuals is affordable and for institutional subscription should be negotiate. Sometimes, in some required situations a Creative Commons (CC) license chosen by the author(s) or editor(s) of the given work as founding body requirements, could be applied.
Our Journals are open access under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which means that users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access, which is fully compatible with many funder mandates and allows the official published version of the article, to be archived and distributed with no embargo, under a Creative Commons licence.
Specific policies related to open licensing of journal published through RITHA Publishing House are left to the journals's open access policies; while RITHA encourages CC licensing to enable appropriate re-use, some publications may be available simply as free to read. CC licenses only apply to original content and not content used by permission or under fair use. Specific details on copyright ownership in works and licensing of works can be found on individual publication webpages.
Advertising Policy
This policy outlines guidelines for accepting and managing advertisements. This policy applies to all journals and books released by RITHA, including print and digital formats, and covers all advertising content, including display advertisements, sponsored articles, and promotional materials.
RITHA's advertising policy is designed to:
- Uphold ethical standards and transparency in advertising while safeguarding the integrity and credibility of RITHA publications.
- Clearly distinguish between editorial content and advertising. Advertisements will not influence editorial decisions, nor will they compromise the scientific integrity of RITHA publications.
- Ensure transparency in any advertising or sponsorship arrangements. Information on advertising policies will be accessible to readers, authors, and stakeholders.
- Maintain editorial control over advertising selection, placement, and scheduling. Advertisements must align with the publication's scope, target audience, and ethical standards.
- Avoid conflicts of interest; advertisements that conflict with RITHA’s editorial policies or ethical standards will not be accepted.
Advertising Guidelines
- Advertising cannot influence editorial decisions or content. Advertisers and sponsors have no prior knowledge of editorial content, and editors do not shape content to support advertising.
- Advertising will be clearly distinguishable from editorial content. RITHA will not publish "advertorial" content, and sponsored content will be labeled as such.
- RITHA does not endorse any product or service in advertisements or sponsored promotions.
- Advertisers have no control over search results on the RITHA Publishing website.
- RITHA Publishing reserves the right to accept or reject any advertising or sponsorship proposals. If rejected, RITHA will provide feedback and an option to modify or replace the advertisement.
- RITHA Publishing has final authority over advertisement placement. Placement terms in the advertising contract will be treated as requests, and fixed placement cannot be guaranteed. Placement requests outside RITHA specifications require editorial board review, with decisions provided within three business days.
- RITHA may, at its discretion, discontinue any previously accepted advertisement upon request by the Editor-in-Chief or other RITHA editors.
- All advertisements must comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry codes applicable in the country where they are displayed.
- Advertisements must be submitted in an approved file format. The advertiser must provide RITHA with marketing authorization and product attribute overviews. Advertisements must clearly identify the advertiser by trademark or signature.
- Advertisers agree to indemnify and hold harmless RITHA, its officers, agents, and employees from costs and losses (including legal fees) related to advertisement content, such as claims of libel, privacy violations, copyright infringement, or plagiarism.
- RITHA reserves the right to remove any advertisement at any time if instructed by a law enforcement agency, court, or government body.
- RITHA is not responsible for incidental or consequential damages from errors in displaying or printing advertisements.
- Advertisers must obtain RITHA’s written consent for any use of RITHA’s name, products, or services in advertisements, promotional materials, or merchandising.
- Any use of RITHA's trademarks or copyrighted material for website links requires advance approval from RITHA, and unauthorised linking is prohibited.
- RITHA reserves the right to modify this advertising policy. Changes will not apply to advertisements with closing dates preceding the change announcement.
Accessibility Policy
RITHA strives to meet accessibility best practices for web publication. We provide accessibility best practices information to authors and editors, and for long-form publications complete a technical check that includes a review of accessibility issues before a title is published in its final form and listed in our publications catalogue. We welcome notification from users if one or more of our titles does not meet an accessibility standard. In cases where accessibility challenges stem from the underlying platforms we use, we will work with the open-source development community to report problems and identify solutions.