The Academic Journal of Applied Engineering respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, website visitors, and all individuals who interact with the journal. This Privacy Policy explains how personal and professional information may be collected, used, stored, protected, and disclosed through the journal website, manuscript-submission process, peer-review system, and editorial communication.
By using the journal website, submitting a manuscript, registering as a reviewer, subscribing to journal updates, or communicating with the editorial office, users agree to the practices described in this policy.
The journal may collect relevant personal, professional, and technical information, including:
Information collected by the journal may be used for legitimate editorial, publishing, communication, administrative, and technical purposes, including:
When a manuscript is accepted for publication, relevant author information may be displayed publicly with the article. This may include author names, institutional affiliations, corresponding author email address, ORCID iD, acknowledgements, funding statements, and conflict-of-interest declarations.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted details are accurate and that they have permission to provide any personal or institutional information included in the manuscript.
Submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial comments, and related correspondence are treated as confidential during the editorial and peer-review process.
Access to manuscript information is limited to individuals directly involved in editorial assessment, peer review, publication production, technical support, or investigation of ethical concerns. Editors and reviewers must not disclose, copy, distribute, or use unpublished manuscript content for personal, academic, institutional, or commercial benefit.
The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process. Author identities are not disclosed to reviewers, and reviewer identities are not disclosed to authors unless a reviewer has voluntarily agreed to reveal their identity or disclosure is required by law, ethical procedures, or an institutional investigation.
Reviewer comments may be shared with authors as part of the editorial process, but reviewer personal information remains confidential unless otherwise stated.
The journal website may use cookies or similar technologies to improve website functionality, understand visitor activity, remember preferences, protect website security, and enhance the browsing experience.
Users may manage or disable cookies through their web-browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect access to certain website functions or services.
The Academic Journal of Applied Engineering takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, loss, misuse, disclosure, or destruction.
Although the journal makes reasonable efforts to protect user information, no online platform can guarantee absolute security. Users are advised not to send highly sensitive personal, financial, confidential, or proprietary information through unsecured communication channels.
The journal does not sell, rent, or trade personal information for unrelated commercial purposes.
Information may be shared only when necessary for legitimate journal operations, including manuscript processing, peer review, website hosting, technical support, publication services, ethical investigations, legal compliance, institutional verification, or protection of the journal’s rights and systems.
Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, legal order, regulatory requirement, or to protect the integrity, security, rights, and safety of the journal, its users, or the scholarly record.
The journal website may contain links to external websites, indexing services, repositories, databases, social-media platforms, institutional websites, or other third-party resources. The journal is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of these external websites.
Users should review the privacy policies of third-party platforms before sharing personal or professional information.
Users may request correction, updating, or removal of inaccurate personal information held by the journal, subject to legal, ethical, publication, and archival requirements.
Authors should note that information contained in published articles may need to remain publicly accessible as part of the permanent scholarly record. Corrections to published details may be made through formal correction procedures where appropriate.
The journal may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in editorial practices, website operations, legal requirements, data-protection standards, or publishing procedures. Any updated version will be posted on this page.
For questions, requests, or concerns regarding privacy, personal information, or data protection, users may contact the editorial office through the journal’s official contact page or registered editorial email address.