Terms and Conditions
The Terms of Service and Conditions of the scientific article publisher, Journal BiNET (journalbinet.com), are as follows:
1. Ownership & Governance
Management: The website is operated and managed by Journal BiNET and its associated publisher, the Bioscience Information Network.
Legal Status: Journal BiNET does not publish under a traditional registered scientific society or foundation. Instead, the online ISSN of each journal is registered to its executive editor(s) and governed by national and international editorial board members.
Revenue: Any form of revenue generated is looped back to manage and run the website. The executive editors work on a not-for-profit purpose.
2. User Conduct & Resource Use
Responsible Use: By accessing Journal BiNET's resources (articles, reviews, etc.), visitors, authors, reviewers, and editors agree to use them strictly for their intended purposes, compliant with applicable laws and the Creative Commons licenses utilized by the journals.
Liability for Misuse: Users are solely responsible for any consequences, losses, or damages incurred due to unauthorized activities, which can result in civil or criminal liability. We do not take responsibility for any legal liability.
Communication Tools: While open communication tools (like social sharing and comments) may be available, the platform does not pre-screen all user-posted content. Unresolved disputes or confusion will be decided finally by the executive editors.
3. Submission Guidelines & Plagiarism
Author Responsibility: Authors (specifically the corresponding author) are entirely responsible for the content of their submitted and published articles. Authors are legally liable for published article content; we do not take any responsibility on scientific issues or concerns.
Exclusivity: Authors are strictly prohibited from submitting manuscripts that are currently under consideration, have been submitted elsewhere, or have already been published.
4. Intellectual Property & Copyright
Platform Materials: All website materials (text, graphics, logos, website names, code, and images) are the intellectual property of Journal BiNET and are protected by trademark and copyright laws. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or transmission of this content is strictly prohibited.
Licensing: Published journals operate under Creative Commons licenses, and author copyrights are transferred to the publisher for development purposes.
5. Payment Policies & Refunds
Payment Discrepancies: If technical issues occur during online, bank, or courier payments, users must report the problem and allow at least 10-30 working days for a resolution.
Refund Policy: If an author pays the processing and publication fee but the article is ultimately rejected, a maximum refund of 45% is allowed (after deducting manuscript processing fees). Refunds will be processed within 45 to 90 days from the payment date. No refund is granted if the manuscript is flagged for severe plagiarism.
6. Liability Disclaimer
Liability of Published Content: The content, accuracy, and opinions expressed in the articles are entirely the responsibility of the respective authors. Neither the publisher, the editors, the reviewers, nor the management of the journal holds liability for the views or findings published in the articles.
Publisher Privacy Policy
By using our site, you consent to our website's privacy policy. This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website or relevant means.
1. What Information Do We Collect?
We collect information from you when you submit an article, register on our site as an author, reviewer, editor, or contributor, place an order, fill out any contact forms, or make payments for the publication of an article.
When publishing or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your:
Name
E-mail address
Mailing address
Phone number
You may, however, visit our site anonymously if you wish.
2. What Do We Use Your Information For?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To personalize your experience: Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs regarding our services.
To improve our website: We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
To improve customer service: Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
To process transactions: Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
To send periodic emails: The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or answer other requests or questions.
To evaluate involvement: All or part of the submitted information is used primarily to evaluate your involvement (submission, registration, authorship, review, editing, and contribution) and/or online publication in Journal BiNET.
Product offers: When you have approved us to contact you further, only then will we contact you regarding our products and offers.
3. How Do We Protect Your Information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information on this site.
Secure Servers: We offer the use of a secure server.
Encryption: All supplied sensitive or credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway providers' database. This database is only accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, who are required to keep the information confidential.
Data Retention: After a transaction, your private financial information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be kept on file for more than 90 days.
4. Corresponding Author Email Privacy
To protect researchers from receiving unsolicited spam emails, Journal BiNET does not show the corresponding author's email publicly. Author emails are kept strictly private within the publisher's internal systems, except the corresponding author email and all author affiliations and addresses in published articles.
5. Do We Use Cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the systems to recognize your browser and capture/remember certain information regarding your site use patterns.
We use cookies to:
Help us remember and process items in your payments or shopping cart.
Understand and save your preferences for future visits.
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so we can offer better experiences and tools in the future.
We may contract with trusted third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or turn off all cookies via your browser settings. If cookies are turned off, some of our services may not function properly, but you can still access core services and place orders on our website.
6. Disclosure of Information to Outside Parties
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
7. Third-Party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website (such as maintaining our article library with Google or managing article views via Scribd). These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these linked platforms.
8. Article Processing Fee Policy
You may need to pay to publish in Journal BiNET. We utilize secure payment gateways for receiving and transferring payments. After the acceptance of your article, we will ask you to make the payment. Once payment is made, the article will be further reviewed and processed for final publication. If your article is ultimately rejected by the review board, we will issue a refund within 15-30 days, excluding nominal reviewing and processing charges. Refund may take more time for clearance.
9. Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes directly on this page without separate notice. Please check this page periodically for updates.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding the terms, conditions, and privacy policy, you may contact us from below: