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IRO Journals requires authors to ensure the originality of their submitted manuscripts, including figures and tables. Proper acknowledgment should be given to the work of others. This includes citing publications that significantly influenced the research and obtaining explicit permission from the copyright holder for any reproduced material. Authors are responsible for acquiring any necessary permissions before submitting their manuscript.

Journal of Innovative Image Processing articles are published open access under CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license) license. Any submitted article to the Journal of Innovative Image Processing must be approved by its corresponding author under an open access Creative Commons license (CC-BY). Such a license allows creators to retain copyright while ensuring users have permission to freely download, print, reuse, archive, and distribute the article with proper attribution to the authors and the source. The CC-BY license maximizes the accessibility and reach of published articles, ensuring their inclusion in scholarly archives and promoting broader dissemination. This licensing policy is governed by and applied under Indian jurisdiction, ensuring compliance with relevant copyright laws. To know more details, refer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

When submitting the final manuscript to jiip for publication, authors should sign a license agreement that details the terms of publication and copyright. Some of the main points of this agreement include:

• The copyright of the authors' work will be retained.
• jiip is granted the right to publish the article and also to mention its name as the original publisher.
• Authors retain the right to reuse their article content in subsequent works.

Upon publication, jiip automatically applies a Creative Commons license. This allows third parties to use the article for certain purposes according to defined terms.

IRO Journals is committed to ethical citation practices. Both editors and authors are expected to avoid citation manipulation, which aims to deceptively inflate citation counts. This includes:

• Excessive self-citation or citation of colleagues' work to boost citation numbers.
• Citing the submitting journal excessively.
• Citing sources not fully read or irrelevant to the research.
• Editors encouraging excessive citation of their own or the journal's work.

COPE provides resources on identifying citation manipulation https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/COPE_DD_A4_Citation_Manipulation_Jul19_SCREEN_AW2.pdf and recommends best practices:

• Cite relevant and impactful research from various sources.
• Self-citation can be valid in specific cases, like follow-up studies or niche topics. However, editors will review such cases to ensure ethical practices.
• Articles violating ethical citation practices may be rejected.

If you suspect citation manipulation in any IRO Journals publication, please contact the journal's editor or the publisher.