Why publish with us?
( Principles of Transparency )

As a responsible open-access publisher, Red Flower Publications created this page to explain the transparency and best practices in Scholarly Publishing developed by WAME, COPE, DOAJ and OASPA.

1. The peer review process: All manuscripts submitted to Red Flower Publications journals are subject to a double blind peer review. An overview of this process can be found on the peer review scheme. The author may appeal the editorial decision. They should send reasons for their appeal to authors@rfppl.co.in. The appeal is heard by the editor-in-chief in conjunction with one or more members of the editorial committee or associate editors. The decision of the Editor-in-Chief on the appeal will be final.

2. Governing Body: The full name and affiliation of members of the editorial board is displayed on the editor's tab of each journal.

3. Information about the editorial team/contact: The full names and affiliations of the editors of the journal are displayed on the editor's tab of each journal, and the contact information of the editor's office is displayed on the Contact Us page.

4. Author fees: Author fees are clearly displayed in each journal, which we call "Article Processing Charges". They are also displayed in the author guidelines.

5. Copyright: The CC-BY-NC/CC-BY license is displayed on each published article and in the author's guidelines (author information -copyright). Red Flower Publications publishes its articles under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license ( CC-BY-NC). This allows for the non-commercial reuse of the published paper so long as the published paper is fully attributed. Commercial re-use can only be undertaken with the permission of the publisher. This license permits the reuse for commercial purposes, but still requires that the article is fully attributed.

6. The identification and treatment of allegations of research misconduct: Red Flower Publications takes all reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of papers involving research misconduct, including plagiarism, citation manipulation and data falsification/fixation. These are described on the Publication Ethics page.

7. Ownership and management: The About webpage explains the ownership of Red Flower Publications.

8. Website: Red Flower Publications’ website is proud to publish on a high level of professional and ethical standards.

• All papers are checked for completeness before submission to the Crossref Similarity Check (powered by the iThenticate) plagiarism detection system;
• the papers are peer reviewed, with at least two sets of comments by the peer reviewer’s;
• the Editor-in-Chief reviews the peer reviewer’s comments together with the submitted manuscript; - for manuscripts that need to be revised and resubmitted, the Editor-in-Chief will review the revisions and the authors' point-by-point response to the comments of the referees’;
• Our team of English-language They use the manuscript style of the National Medical Council (NMA) to ensure consistency in our journals;
• The paper is typeset and proofread by professional native English speaking proof readers who identify any typographical errors and highlight any inconsistencies;
• All our authors receive typeset proof and the paper is published only after each author has signed their approval.

9. Name of the journal: Before launching a new journal, a thorough check is carried out to ensure that there is no similar name journal already.

10. Conflict of Interest: Conflict of Interest policies are clearly outlined on the conflict of interest policy page, and they are also communicated with the editor, author, and peer reviewer.

11. Access: Like the open-access publisher, all articles published by Red Flower Publications are free of charge to readers. This is indicated on the Open Access website and each article is clearly marked with the CC-BY-NC license.
12. Revenue sources: The revenues of Red Flower Publications are listed on the Business Model page.
13. Advertising: The advertising policy is specified on the Business Model Page.
14. Publishing schedule: An outline of the Red Flower Publications open access publishing schedule is available on the Business Model page.
15. Archiving: The plan for electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event a journal is no longer published is stated on the Business Model page.
16. Direct marketing: We commit ourselves to sending only appropriate, well-targeted and non-obtrusive direct marketing emails. These include the Call for Papers, the e-mail of our registered persons and the use of medical list companies. This is clearly stated on the page of the Business Model Page.
17. Complaints: Complaints should be submitted by e-mail to info@rfppl.co.in. Please provide details of your complaint.
18. Author Corrections: Corrections of typographical errors or RFP introduced errors will not incur any cost to the authors.
19. Advertising: Red Flower Publications does not accept paid advertising in its publications (journal articles or web sites).