Privacy Policy for Ktrend Journals
Effective Year: 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Ktrend Journals collects, uses, stores, protects, and manages information provided by website visitors, authors, reviewers, editors, subscribers, and other users. By using the Ktrend Journals website or submitting information through any online form, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Ktrend Journals may collect personal and professional information when users submit manuscripts, contact the editorial office, register for updates, communicate by email, request publication support, or interact with website forms. This information may include names, email addresses, phone numbers, institutional affiliations, country, academic qualifications, manuscript details, author information, reviewer information, article files, supplementary files, and correspondence records.
2. Manuscript and Publication Information
When authors submit manuscripts, Ktrend Journals may collect article titles, abstracts, keywords, author names, ORCID identifiers, affiliations, funding information, conflict of interest declarations, ethical approval statements, references, manuscript files, figures, tables, supplementary materials, copyright statements, and other publication-related documents necessary for editorial processing and peer review.
3. How We Use Information
Information collected by Ktrend Journals may be used to manage manuscript submissions, conduct editorial screening, coordinate peer review, communicate with authors and reviewers, process publication decisions, prepare articles for publication, assign DOI or metadata where applicable, maintain journal records, respond to inquiries, improve website functionality, and support ethical publishing practices.
4. Communication
Ktrend Journals may use submitted contact details to send editorial acknowledgments, review updates, revision requests, acceptance notices, publication instructions, payment-related communication where applicable, policy updates, and important journal announcements. Users may contact the editorial office if they wish to update or correct their information.
5. Sharing of Information
Ktrend Journals does not sell personal information. Information may be shared only where necessary for journal operations, such as with editors, reviewers, production staff, indexing and metadata services, DOI registration services, website administrators, payment processors, or legal authorities where required by law. Manuscripts under review are treated as confidential documents.
6. Peer Review Confidentiality
Information related to peer review is handled with confidentiality. Reviewer identities may be protected depending on the journal's peer-review model. Reviewers and editors are expected to maintain confidentiality and must not disclose manuscript content or use privileged information for personal advantage.
7. Published Information
Once an article is accepted and published, certain information becomes publicly available. This may include author names, affiliations, article title, abstract, keywords, DOI, citation details, published PDF, references, acknowledgments, funding information, and author contact details where provided for publication. Published scholarly records may be indexed, archived, cited, downloaded, and preserved by third-party services.
8. Cookies and Website Analytics
The website may use cookies or basic analytics tools to improve site performance, understand visitor behavior, support security, and enhance user experience. Users may manage cookie preferences through their browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website functions.
9. Data Security
Ktrend Journals takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect submitted information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet-based system can guarantee absolute security. Users are encouraged to submit accurate information and avoid sharing unnecessary sensitive data.
10. Data Retention
Ktrend Journals may retain manuscript records, editorial decisions, review correspondence, publication files, and administrative data for editorial, legal, archival, indexing, and scholarly record purposes. Some publication metadata and article files may be retained permanently to preserve the scholarly record.
11. User Rights
Users may request correction of inaccurate personal information, clarification about stored information, or updates to contact details. Requests involving published scholarly records will be considered in accordance with publication ethics, indexing requirements, and the need to preserve the integrity of the academic record.
12. Third-Party Services
The website may link to or use services provided by third-party platforms such as indexing databases, DOI services, payment gateways, email systems, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID, or institutional websites. These services operate under their own privacy policies, and Ktrend Journals is not responsible for their practices.
13. Children's Privacy
Ktrend Journals is intended for academic and professional use. The website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children for publication services.
14. Updates to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in journal operations, technology, legal requirements, or publishing standards. Users are encouraged to review this page from time to time.
15. Contact
Privacy-related questions may be sent to submission@ktrendjournals.org.