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Peer Review Policy
Every scholarly manuscript undergoes single-blind external peer review by at least two independent reviewers before an acceptance decision.
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Standards and governance
Journal policies
These policies define the journal scope, single-blind peer review, authorship, integrity procedures, open access, post-publication record maintenance and personal-data practices.
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Publication Ethics and Editorial Standards
GMR applies transparent procedures for authorship, peer review, conflicts, research integrity, corrections and preservation of the scholarly record.
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Submissions from Editors and Editorial Board Members
Editors and board members receive no preferential treatment and are fully excluded from handling their own or otherwise conflicted manuscripts.
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Authorship, Contributors and Changes
Authorship must reflect accountable intellectual contribution; CRediT roles are recorded for every author.
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Competing Interests Policy
Authors, reviewers and editors must disclose relationships or interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence their work.
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Plagiarism, Text Recycling and Citation Integrity
GMR evaluates unattributed copying, redundant publication, fabricated references and manipulative citation practices.
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Research Integrity and Misconduct Policy
Credible allegations are documented, assessed confidentially and handled through a proportionate process before or after publication.
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Complaints and Appeals Policy
Authors and other stakeholders may challenge a documented procedural error, editorial conduct or peer-reviewed decision through an independent route.
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Post-publication Discussion and Letters to the Editor
Readers may submit evidence-based comments; significant issues are linked to the original article and may lead to a reply, correction, update, expression of concern or retraction.
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Corrections, Updates, Expressions of Concern and Retractions
Material changes are issued as separate, dated notices linked to the original article; the original scholarly record is preserved.
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Open Access, Copyright and Licence to Publish
Articles are immediately open access under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright and grant GMR a non-exclusive licence to publish.
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Publication Fees
GMR charges no submission, processing, editorial, peer-review, publication or reader-access fees.
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Data, Code and Reproducibility Policy
Evidence syntheses should make searches, selection decisions, extracted data, appraisal records and analytic code available whenever ethically and legally possible.
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Reporting Guidelines
Authors must follow the reporting guideline appropriate to the review type and submit the completed checklist and flow diagram where applicable.
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Research Ethics for Evidence Syntheses
GMR does not accept new primary human, animal, clinical or laboratory research; ethical requirements relate to evidence synthesis and any reused or participant-level data.
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Protocols, Registries and Unpublished Studies
Review protocols should be registered prospectively and searches should consider registries and unpublished or ongoing evidence where relevant.
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Preprint Policy
Posting a manuscript on a recognized non-commercial preprint server is permitted when disclosed.
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Artificial Intelligence and Automated Tools Policy
AI cannot be an author; material use must be disclosed, outputs verified and confidential manuscripts protected.
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Image, Figure and Visual Integrity
Figures must accurately represent the underlying evidence and disclose permitted processing.
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Editorial Independence, Ownership and Funding
The publisher supports journal operations but does not control individual manuscript decisions.
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Advertising, Sponsorship and Direct Marketing
GMR does not currently accept commercial advertising, sponsored editorial content or paid product promotion.
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Special Issues and Guest-edited Collections
GMR does not currently accept proposals for special issues, thematic supplements or guest-edited collections.
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Digital Preservation and Permanence
Published articles, metadata and editorial records are backed up and maintained to preserve access and the scholarly record.
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Privacy and Personal Data Policy
The publisher processes personal data necessary to operate the journal, peer review, publication, security and research-integrity procedures.
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Cookie Policy
The core platform uses one first-party session cookie that is strictly necessary for authentication and security.
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Crossmark and Publication Update Policy
This page documents how GMR maintains the current status of published content; Crossmark will be activated only after Crossref requirements are completed.
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