Terms and Conditions
Last updated: 3 September 2026
These terms govern your use of www.irjhis.com, the website of the
International Research Journal of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies
(IRJHIS), ISSN 2582-8568, published by Shreyas Publication, Chhatrapati
Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, India. In these terms, "we",
"us" and "the Journal" mean IRJHIS and Shreyas Publication, and
"you" means the person using this website or submitting a manuscript.
Please read these terms together with our
Privacy Policy,
Publication Ethics,
Peer Review Policy and
Publication Guidelines, all of which form
part of your agreement with us.
1. Acceptance of these terms
By creating an account, submitting a manuscript, making a payment, or otherwise using
this website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these terms. If
you do not agree, please do not create an account or submit a manuscript.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account. By submitting a manuscript
you confirm that you have the authority to do so, and that you are acting on your own
behalf or with the authority of every co-author named in the submission.
3. Your account
You agree to provide accurate and current information when registering, and to keep it
up to date. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all
activity that takes place under your account. Please tell us at once, at
editor@irjhis.com, if you believe your account
has been accessed by anyone else. Do not share an account between several people, and
do not create multiple accounts for the same author.
4. Submitting a manuscript
When you submit a manuscript to the Journal, you warrant that:
- the work is original, is your own, and does not infringe the copyright, moral
rights or any other rights of any other person;
- it has not been published elsewhere, and is not currently under consideration by
any other journal or publisher;
- it contains nothing unlawful, defamatory, or plagiarised, and all sources are
properly acknowledged and cited;
- any research involving human participants was carried out with appropriate consent
and, where required, ethical approval;
- every co-author named has seen and approved the submission, has agreed to be named,
and is aware that their name, designation, institutional affiliation and
related details are being provided to us and will be published if the paper is
accepted; and
- you have each co-author's authority to provide their personal details to us for
this purpose.
Manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using suitable software. We may reject or
withdraw a submission at any stage if these warranties are found to be untrue.
5. Identification documents — what not to upload
Where we ask you to upload proof of identity, we mean institutional or
professional identification — for example a college or university
identity card, an employee identity card, or a letter of affiliation on
institutional letterhead.
Please do not upload your Aadhaar card, or any
document showing an Aadhaar number. Equally, please do not upload a PAN
card, passport, voter identity card, driving licence, bank passbook, cheque, card
details, or any other government-issued identity document — whether your own
or belonging to a co-author or any other person.
We do not ask for these documents, we do not require them, and we have no use for
them in assessing or publishing your work.
If such a document is uploaded despite this instruction, then:
- it is uploaded on your own initiative and contrary to our express written
instructions, and not at our request;
- you confirm that you are the person to whom the document relates, or that you
have that person's authority to provide it;
- we may delete it at any time without notice, and may do so without opening or
reading it;
- we do not use it, and will not use it, for identity authentication, and we do
not record or store an Aadhaar number as data in our systems; and
- we may return or reject your submission and ask you to supply acceptable
identification instead.
You agree to indemnify us against any loss, claim, penalty or expense we incur as a
direct result of your uploading a document in breach of this clause — in
particular where the document relates to a person other than yourself and was
provided without their authority.
For the avoidance of doubt: this clause records that such documents
are neither requested nor required by us. It does not purport to exclude or limit
any duty we owe under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 or any other
applicable law in respect of personal data that is in fact in our possession, and we
do not seek to exclude those duties. Our commitments regarding such documents are
set out in our Privacy Policy. If you
believe you have uploaded an Aadhaar or other government identity document, please
write to editor@irjhis.com and we will delete
it.
6. Files you upload
Uploads must be in the formats we specify on each form. You must not upload executable
files, scripts, macros, or any file intended to interfere with the website or with
other users. We check uploads and will reject anything that does not match the format
requested.
7. Peer review and editorial decisions
Submissions are considered under our
Peer Review Policy, which operates on a
double-blind basis. Submission does not guarantee publication. Editorial decisions,
including acceptance, requests for revision, and rejection, rest with the
Editor-in-Chief and are final. We are not obliged to give detailed reasons for a
decision, and we do not return submitted material.
8. Publication charges
Publication charges, and the stage at which they become payable, are set out on our
Publication Charges page. Payment is taken
through a third-party payment gateway; we do not receive or store your card, UPI or
net-banking credentials. Charges cover the costs of processing, review and publication
and are not a guarantee of acceptance. Once processing of a paper has
begun, charges are non-refundable except at our discretion. If a payment fails or is
duplicated, please contact us and we will investigate.
9. Copyright and licensing
Copyright in your paper is dealt with by the copyright form you sign and upload as part
of the submission process, and the terms of that form apply. By submitting, you grant
us the right to publish, reproduce, distribute and archive your paper and its metadata
in the Journal, on this website, and through our indexing partners, in print and
electronic form. You retain the right to be identified as the author.
10. The published record
Once a paper is published and a DOI has been assigned, it forms part of the permanent
scholarly record. Digital Object Identifiers are intended to resolve permanently, and
other researchers may cite your work. For that reason we do not remove published
papers, author names as printed, or citation details on request.
Where a published paper needs to be corrected or withdrawn — for example because
of a serious error, plagiarism, or an ethical concern — that is handled as a
correction or a retraction under our
Publication Ethics, with a public notice, rather
than by deleting the paper. This is explained further under
Your rights in our Privacy Policy.
11. Acceptable use of this website
You must not:
- attempt to access any account, manuscript, document or administrative function that
does not belong to you;
- use automated tools to submit papers, create accounts, or download content in bulk,
or otherwise place an unreasonable load on the website;
- attempt to probe, scan or test the security of the website, or bypass any access
control;
- copy or redistribute the Journal's content beyond what copyright law and the
applicable licence permit; or
- use this website for any unlawful purpose.
We monitor access to submitted documents and record administrative actions. We may
suspend or close an account, and refuse further submissions, where we consider these
terms have been breached.
12. Availability
We aim to keep this website available but cannot promise it will be uninterrupted or
error-free. We may suspend access for maintenance, and may change or withdraw features.
Please keep your own copy of anything you upload; we are not a backup service for your
work.
13. Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss,
loss of profit, loss of academic or professional opportunity, or loss of data, arising
from your use of this website. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot
lawfully be limited, including liability for fraud, or any statutory duty we owe in
respect of personal data.
14. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify us against any claim, loss, penalty or expense arising from a
breach by you of these terms — in particular from a breach of the warranties in
clause 4 (originality and co-author authority) or clause 5 (identification documents),
or from a third party's claim that your paper infringes their rights.
15. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows when they were
last changed. Where a change is significant we will say so on this page. Continuing to
use the website after a change means you accept the updated terms.
16. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Chhatrapati
Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any
dispute arising from them.
17. Contact us
Editor-in-Chief, IRJHIS
Department of Sociology, Milind College of Arts,
Nagsenvana, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad),
Maharashtra, India
Email: editor@irjhis.com
Telephone: +91 9422243905
Publisher — Shreyas Publication
Utkarsh, Row House No. E-2, Sara Harmony, Kanchanwadi,
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) - 431011, Maharashtra, India
Email: shreyaspublication20@gmail.com