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 Online RITHA Library services commits to preserving the intellectual content of editorial projects (Journals, Books, Books Series) in perpetuity, according to current digital preservation best practices.
Digital preservation has been most successful for content delivered in different widely-used formats. We have every reason to believe this will continue to be true into the future.
RITHA Publishing House commits to preserving through Online RITHA Library services a usable version of all editorial projects. For projects with highly customised interactive presentations, the preservation strategy may include a combination of approaches, including the preservation of a simplified version of the publication alongside the underlying, raw machine - readable code for the complete project. This ensures that future users, in a different computing environment, will still have the necessary source material to recreate the full interactive expression of the content through software emulation, and future tools that operate in similar capacities.
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.
Advertising Principles intends:
- to maintain ethical standards and transparency in advertising practices while upholding the integrity and credibility of publications.
- to ensure transparency regarding any advertising or sponsorship arrangements associated with its publications. Information about advertising policies and practices will be readily accessible to readers, authors, and stakeholders.
- to make a clear distinction between editorial content and advertising content. Advertisements will not influence editorial decisions or compromise the scientific integrity of RITHA publications.
- to maintain full control of the Editors over the selection, placement, and scheduling of advertisements. Advertisements must align with the journal’s and book series' scope and target audience and comply with ethical standards and guidelines.
- to avoid conflicts of interest related to advertising. Advertisements that present a conflict with the journals' editorial policies, objectives, or ethical standards will not be accepted.
- Advertisements must comply with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards. They should not contain misleading, deceptive, or inappropriate content that could harm readers’ trust in RITHA publications.
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.