Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Jusan Science ("Platform", "Publisher", "We", "Our", "Us").

By accessing or using our website, journals, submission systems, or related services, you ("User", "Author", "Reviewer", "Editor", "Visitor") agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using the Jusan Science platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by this agreement. If you do not agree, please discontinue using the site.

2. Purpose of the Platform

Jusan Science provides academic publishing services, including:

• Manuscript submission and peer review

• Editorial processing

• Online publication of scientific content

• Access to published articles

• Indexing, archiving, and metadata distribution

3. Author Responsibilities

Authors submitting manuscripts agree to:

• Ensure the work is original, not plagiarized

• Properly cite all referenced works

• Disclose conflicts of interest

• Follow ethical guidelines in research and publication

• Confirm that the submission is not under review elsewhere

• Obtain necessary permissions for copyrighted content

Jusan Science follows international ethical guidelines (COPE, Elsevier Ethics, and WAME principles).

4. Peer Review Policy

• All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.

• Reviewers must maintain confidentiality of manuscripts.

• Authors must respond to reviewer comments professionally and truthfully.

• Final editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief or associate editors.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

5.1 Author Rights

Authors retain copyright unless stated otherwise.

Authors grant Jusan Science a non-exclusive license to:

• Publish, distribute, archive, and index the work

• Deposit metadata in databases

• Showcase the work for academic purposes

5.2 Publisher Rights

Jusan Science may remove or retract content that violates laws, ethics, or copyright.

6. Open Access Policy

Unless otherwise stated, Jusan Science journals operate under an Open Access model.

Typical license: Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) – free for academic use with attribution.

7. Prohibited Activities

Users may NOT:

• Violate copyright

• Attempt to hack or disrupt the platform

• Spread harmful or malicious content

• Misrepresent authorship or identity

• Submit fraudulent or manipulated data

8. Liability Disclaimer

Jusan Science is not liable for:

• Errors or inaccuracies in published content

• Loss resulting from use of published materials

• Third-party website links

• Technical downtime

All articles represent the views of their authors only.

9. Website Content Usage

Users may:

• Read, download, and share articles for academic purposes

• Cite published works

Users must NOT:

• Sell platform content

• Redistribute articles without proper citation

• Use metadata for harmful or commercial scraping

10. Termination of Access

We reserve the right to terminate or restrict user accounts at any time for violations of these Terms.

11. Governing Law

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

12. Changes to Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time. Continued use means acceptance of new Terms.