About Journal

Journal of Society of Indian Physiotherapists (JSIP) an open access, peer-reviewed Half-yearly journal publishing since 2017 and being published under auspices of the “Society of Indian Physiotherapists”. The aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing article ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately on acceptance. In addition, the journal would allow free access (Open Access) to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and citations to articles published in JSIP.

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with “Uniform requirements” of the Journal of Society of Indian Physiotherapists as per guidelines by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (Updated December 2019). The uniform requirements and specific requirement of JSIP are mentioned as below. Before sending a manuscript contributors are requested to check for the author guidelines are available from the website of the journal (www.ipinnovative.com/journals/JSIP/author/info) or directly from (Innovative Pre-Publication Portal) manuscript submission website https://innovpub.org/

Scope of the Journal
The aim and commitment of the journal are to publish a research-oriented manuscript address significant issues in all the subjects and areas of Indian Physiotherapists. Journal is committed itself to improve Education and Research on Physiotherapy, Neuropathy, Musculoskeletal, Sports, Neurology, Wound Care, EMG, Cardiopulmonary, Geriatrics, Orthopedics, Women's Health, and Pediatrics, Neurological Rehabilitation, Palliative Care, Back Pain Treatment, etc.

Indexing and Abstracting Information
Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, J-gate, ROAD, CrossRef, Microsoft Academic, PKP Index, Indian Citation Index (ICI).  

Journal Ethics
Journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior at all stages of publication. We strictly adhere to the industry associations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. Our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflict of interest, patient consent, etc., Please visit the editor guidelines

Plagiarism

Self-plagiarism is the redundant reuse of your own work, “use another’s production without crediting the sources,” or “present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” The JSIP also considers “self-plagiarism” as a form of plagiarism. An example of self-plagiarism would be when an author borrows from his or her own previously published work without the proper citation within the newly submitted manuscript. We provide iThenticate software to our editor and reviewers as a part of our manuscript submission system.

Digital Archiving
Innovative Publication provides long-term digital preservation through CLOCKSS Archive activities which is a primary partnership.

CLOCKSS is a collaborative project between 14 of the leading publishers and 34 institutional libraries to provide a ‘dark archive’ to ensure the long-term survivability of (ultimately all) web-based scholarly material. It uses the LOCKS technology to archive everything from the participating publishers.

Ahead of Print Policy
Articles published online under the “Ahead of Print” model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Innovative Publication has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedure for making corrections to the scientific record.

Open Access (OA) Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
JSIP is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. More info

Open Access (OA) provides a sustainable funding model for scientific communications while ensuring the widest possible access to research. Open access makes research available to new audiences, readers without the funds or institutional support to cover an expensive subscription. Open Access allows readers to use articles and data in new ways, including practices like meta-analysis and text mining, which reveal trends in science that would not be obvious at the level of individual articles.

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Innovative Publication is a part of IP Innovative Publication Private Limited is one of the leading publishers in India with more than 100+ books and 49 journals in medical, dental, nursing, and pharmacy subjects in its portfolio. Researchers, students, scholars, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals worldwide access Innovative journals to help them new and innovative discoveries and improve patient care.

Innovative is founded in April 2011, a well-respected medical publisher in India that fully supports many of the popular open access models through its peer-review management system. The innovative Open access policy has resulted in more than five thousand articles download daily for all of its journals.

Innovative is a leading and emerging publisher in India and moving toward information provide globally. Serving more than 20 countries and territories worldwide. Customers include professionals, institutions, and students in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy publishing companies with annual revenues in the financial year (2018-2019) of 2.50 crore rupees.
 

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