Privacy Statement

OneHealth Plus Journal is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other individuals who interact with the journal and its website. This Privacy Statement explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected in connection with the journal's editorial, publishing, peer-review, and website activities.

Information We Collect

The journal may collect personal information that is voluntarily provided by users during manuscript submission, peer review, registration, correspondence, or other interactions with the journal. Such information may include the individual's name, institutional affiliation, professional position, e-mail address, ORCID iD, postal address, telephone number, and other information necessary for the administration and publication of scholarly work. Authors may also provide information concerning co-authors, funding, ethical approval, conflicts of interest, and other publication-related matters.

When users access the journal website, certain technical information may also be collected automatically by the website or its hosting infrastructure. Such information may include IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, referring pages, access times, and general website usage information. This information may be used for security, technical administration, troubleshooting, and improving the functionality of the website.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected by OneHealth Plus Journal is used primarily for legitimate editorial and publishing purposes. This may include processing manuscript submissions, communicating with authors, coordinating peer review, contacting reviewers and editors, managing editorial records, publishing accepted articles, maintaining academic records, responding to enquiries, and administering the journal website.

Where appropriate, information may also be used to verify authorship, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, ethical declarations, funding information, conflicts of interest, and other information relevant to the integrity and transparency of scholarly publishing.

Manuscript and Peer-Review Confidentiality

Manuscripts submitted to OneHealth Plus Journal are treated as confidential during the editorial and peer-review process. Manuscript content and associated information will not be disclosed to individuals who are not authorized to participate in the editorial or review process, except where disclosure is required for legitimate publishing purposes, with the author's permission, or by applicable law.

Reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and should not disclose, reproduce, distribute, or use unpublished manuscript content for personal or professional purposes.

Published Information

Information contained in articles that are accepted and published may become part of the permanent scholarly record and may be publicly accessible through the journal website and other academic databases, indexing services, repositories, or scholarly communication platforms. Such information may include author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, article titles, abstracts, acknowledgements, funding statements, conflict-of-interest declarations, and other information included in the published article.

Authors should therefore ensure that manuscripts do not contain unnecessary personal, confidential, or identifying information relating to themselves or third parties.

Cookies and Website Technologies

The journal website may use cookies or similar technical technologies to support essential website functionality, maintain session information, improve security, and understand general website usage. Cookies may also be used by the underlying website infrastructure or service providers where necessary for the operation and security of the website.

Users may configure their web browsers to refuse or restrict cookies. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or accessibility of some website features.

Data Security

OneHealth Plus Journal takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, misuse, or destruction. Access to personal information is limited to individuals who require such information for legitimate editorial, publishing, administrative, technical, or legal purposes.

Although reasonable security measures are implemented, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. The journal therefore cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted through the internet.

Sharing of Personal Information

OneHealth Plus Journal does not ordinarily sell, rent, or commercially distribute personal information collected through its editorial and publishing activities.

Personal information may be shared with editors, reviewers, editorial staff, publishing service providers, website or platform administrators, indexing and metadata services, or other authorized parties when such sharing is necessary for legitimate journal operations. Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, regulation, court order, or other lawful governmental or regulatory request.

Third-Party Services

The journal may use third-party platforms and services to support manuscript submission, peer review, hosting, indexing, metadata dissemination, plagiarism screening, website operation, analytics, communication, or other publishing-related activities. Such services may process limited personal information in accordance with their own applicable privacy policies and contractual or legal obligations.

Data Retention

Personal information and editorial records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to administer the journal, maintain the integrity of the scholarly record, comply with legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, document editorial decisions, and support legitimate academic and publishing purposes.

Because scholarly publications constitute part of the permanent academic record, certain author and article information associated with published works may be retained indefinitely.

Children's Privacy

The journal website and its publishing services are intended primarily for researchers, academics, professionals, and other members of the scholarly community. OneHealth Plus Journal does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children for purposes unrelated to legitimate journal activities.

Privacy of Research Participants

Authors are responsible for protecting the privacy and confidentiality of research participants. Manuscripts involving human participants, patient information, clinical photographs, or other potentially identifiable information should comply with applicable ethical requirements and should include appropriate informed consent where required.

Authors should remove unnecessary personally identifiable information from submitted manuscripts and supporting materials.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

OneHealth Plus Journal may periodically update this Privacy Statement to reflect changes in its editorial practices, website functionality, applicable legal requirements, or publishing services. Any revised version will be made available through the journal website. Users are encouraged to review the Privacy Statement periodically for the latest information.

Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or the handling of personal information may be directed to the Editorial Office of OneHealth Plus Journal through the contact information provided on the official journal website.

OneHealth Plus Journal
e-ISSN: 3023-7378
Established: 2023
Website: https://www.onehealthplus.com.tr/