Modern Multidisciplinary Research Review is committed to protecting the personal information and privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, website visitors, and other individuals who interact with the journal.
Modern Multidisciplinary Research Review (MMRR) collects and processes personal information only where reasonably necessary for manuscript submission, peer review, editorial management, publication, scholarly communication, website administration, record maintenance, and related journal operations.
The journal seeks to handle personal information fairly, transparently, confidentially, and securely. Information collected through the journal website or editorial system is not used for unrelated commercial marketing and is not sold to advertisers or other third parties.
This policy explains the categories of information the journal may collect, the purposes for which it is used, the circumstances in which it may be disclosed, and the choices available to individuals whose information is held by the journal.
Depending on how an individual interacts with the journal, MMRR may collect the following categories of information:
| Category | Examples of Information |
|---|---|
| Identity Information | Name, professional title, academic designation, department, institutional affiliation, country, and researcher identifiers. |
| Contact Information | Email address, correspondence address, telephone number, and other details voluntarily provided for journal communication. |
| Account Information | Username, account role, profile details, registration records, language preference, and account activity. |
| Submission Information | Manuscript files, title, abstract, keywords, references, author details, declarations, supplementary files, datasets, figures, tables, and submission history. |
| Peer-Review Information | Reviewer invitations, review reports, recommendations, editorial comments, conflicts-of-interest declarations, and review history. |
| Editorial Records | Editorial decisions, correspondence, revision records, authorship confirmations, permissions, ethics documents, and publication agreements. |
| Technical Information | IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, access time, referring page, session records, and website error logs. |
| Communication Information | Emails, enquiries, complaints, appeals, correction requests, publication correspondence, and support messages. |
Information may be collected when a person registers an account, submits a manuscript, accepts a review invitation, updates a profile, contacts the journal, or communicates with the editorial office.
Limited technical information may be recorded automatically when a visitor accesses the journal website, including server logs, session information, browser data, and cookie-related information.
A corresponding author may provide the names, affiliations, email addresses, and contribution details of co-authors during submission.
The journal may use publicly available academic or professional information to identify potential reviewers, editors, or subject experts.
Personal and scholarly information may be used for legitimate journal and publishing activities, including:
Manuscripts under consideration are treated as confidential documents. Access is limited to editors, authorized editorial personnel, assigned reviewers, technical service providers, and other individuals whose involvement is reasonably necessary for legitimate editorial or ethical purposes.
Under the journal’s double-blind peer-review model, author identities are concealed from reviewers and reviewer identities are concealed from authors to the extent reasonably possible. However, complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed where authors reveal identifying details within the manuscript or where the subject matter makes identification possible.
Review reports, editorial discussions, and unpublished manuscript content must not be disclosed or used for personal, commercial, academic, or professional advantage.
MMRR does not sell personal information. Information may be shared only when reasonably necessary for journal operations, publication, legal compliance, or protection of research integrity.
Information may be disclosed to:
Service providers are expected to process information only for authorized purposes and to apply appropriate confidentiality and security safeguards.
Once an article is published, certain author information becomes part of the permanent scholarly record. This may include author names, affiliations, correspondence details, researcher identifiers, biographies, funding information, competing-interest statements, and contribution declarations.
Published bibliographic information may be distributed to indexing, abstracting, DOI, repository, library, preservation, and discovery services. Removal of accurate author information from a published scholarly record may not always be possible because publication records must remain reliable, traceable, and citable.
MMRR seeks to use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal and editorial information from unauthorized access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Safeguards may include:
No electronic transmission or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. The journal therefore cannot promise absolute protection against every possible security incident.
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for editorial management, publication, legal compliance, ethical investigation, recordkeeping, preservation, and protection of the scholarly record.
Manuscript files, reviewer reports, editorial decisions, correspondence, and publication records may be retained after the completion of the review process because they form part of the journal’s confidential editorial history.
Published article metadata may be retained permanently because it supports citation, indexing, discovery, correction, retraction, preservation, and the reliability of the academic record.
Subject to applicable law, editorial responsibilities, and scholarly recordkeeping requirements, individuals may request:
Requests for deletion or restriction may be declined where information must be retained for peer-review records, published article history, legal obligations, ethical investigations, fraud prevention, or protection of the scholarly record.
Authors, reviewers, and editors may receive communications necessary for manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decisions, publication, corrections, account administration, and journal operations.
Individuals may request removal from optional announcements or promotional communications. However, essential editorial and account-related messages may continue where necessary to complete an active submission, review assignment, investigation, or publication process.
The journal website may contain links to external websites, indexing services, repositories, publisher resources, academic databases, social media platforms, or other third-party services.
MMRR does not control the privacy practices, security procedures, content, or availability of independent third-party websites. Users should review the privacy policy of any external service before providing personal information.
Because MMRR serves an international scholarly community, information may be accessed or processed by editors, reviewers, technical providers, repositories, or scholarly services located in different countries.
Where international processing occurs, the journal seeks to limit disclosure to information reasonably necessary for editorial, publishing, technical, preservation, or legal purposes.
The journal website and manuscript-management services are intended primarily for researchers, professionals, academics, and adult users. MMRR does not knowingly collect personal information from children except where such information forms part of ethically approved research submitted for scholarly publication.
Authors submitting research involving minors must obtain all required ethical approvals, parental or guardian permissions, and participant assent where applicable. Personally identifying information should not be published unless legally and ethically justified and supported by appropriate consent.
If the journal becomes aware of a significant loss, unauthorized disclosure, or security incident involving personal information, it may investigate the incident, take reasonable steps to reduce further risk, restore affected systems, and notify relevant individuals or authorities where legally or operationally appropriate.
MMRR may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in journal procedures, publishing technology, legal requirements, security practices, or service providers.
The updated version will be published on the journal website with a revised effective date. Continued use of the journal website or editorial services after publication of an updated policy will be subject to the revised terms.
Questions, correction requests, account requests, or privacy-related concerns should be submitted to the journal’s authorized editorial or administrative contact.
Journal: Modern Multidisciplinary Research Review
E-ISSN: 3084-0201
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