P-ISSN: 3117-5589 | E-ISSN: 3117-5597
Believers Medical Journal is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and visitors to the journal website. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and protected when individuals access the journal website, submit manuscripts, participate in peer review, register for journal-related communication, or otherwise interact with the Editorial Office.
By using the website or submitting information to Believers Medical Journal, users acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
The journal may collect personal and professional information that is necessary for editorial, publication, communication, and website-related purposes. Such information may include:
The journal collects only information that is reasonably required for legitimate journal operations, editorial management, communication, publication, and improvement of website services.
Personal information may be used for the following purposes:
The journal does not use personal information for purposes that are unrelated to legitimate publishing and editorial activities.
Information submitted by authors during manuscript submission is used for the evaluation, peer-review, editorial decision-making, publication, and archiving of the manuscript. Where a manuscript is accepted, certain author information, including names, institutional affiliations, author biographies, acknowledgements, and correspondence details, may be published as part of the scholarly record.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that any personal data included in a manuscript, including patient-related information, images, clinical data, case details, or identifiable records, has been collected and disclosed in accordance with applicable ethical standards, consent requirements, and institutional approvals.
The journal treats peer-review materials and reviewer information as confidential. Reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors under the journal’s double-blind peer-review process unless disclosure is required by law, permitted by the reviewer, or necessary to address a serious ethical concern.
Reviewers, editors, and editorial staff are expected to maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, author information, peer-review reports, and editorial correspondence. Unpublished manuscript content must not be shared, copied, or used for personal benefit without authorization from the Editorial Office.
The journal website may use cookies or similar technologies to improve user experience, understand website traffic, maintain website functionality, and support security. Cookies may help remember user preferences, monitor website performance, and identify technical issues.
Users may choose to disable cookies through their browser settings; however, some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Believers Medical Journal does not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.
Personal information may be shared only where necessary for legitimate journal operations, such as with editors, reviewers, technical service providers, publishing partners, or legal authorities, and only to the extent required for manuscript processing, publication, website administration, compliance, or protection of the journal’s rights and security.
The journal may disclose information where required by applicable law, court order, regulatory authority, or in response to a valid legal request.
The journal takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or loss. Access to personal information is limited to authorized individuals who require it for editorial, publication, communication, or website administration purposes.
Although reasonable measures are taken to protect information, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users are encouraged to use secure devices and internet connections when submitting manuscripts or communicating with the journal.
The journal website may contain links to external websites, databases, indexing platforms, social media pages, or other third-party resources. Believers Medical Journal is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of external websites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any third-party website before providing personal information.
The journal may retain personal and publication-related information for as long as necessary to maintain editorial records, preserve the scholarly record, meet legal or administrative requirements, resolve disputes, and support the long-term archiving of published articles.
Information associated with published articles may remain publicly available as part of the permanent scholarly record, subject to applicable correction, withdrawal, retraction, or legal requirements.
Individuals may contact the Editorial Office to request clarification regarding the personal information held by the journal, request correction of inaccurate information, withdraw consent for non-essential communication, or raise concerns about the handling of their data.
Requests will be considered in accordance with the journal’s operational requirements, publication ethics obligations, record-retention responsibilities, and applicable legal requirements.
Believers Medical Journal may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in journal practices, legal requirements, website functionality, or editorial procedures. Any revised version will be posted on the journal website and will take effect from the date of publication.
For questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, users may contact the Editorial Office through the official contact details available on the Believers Medical Journal website.