ayuBha Journal by Ayurved Bharati

ayuBha Journal is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are made freely and permanently available online immediately after publication.

The journal does not impose any subscription, embargo, paywall or mandatory reader-registration requirement. Readers may read, download, copy, share, print, search, index, link to and lawfully reuse published articles in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons licence.

The journal does not publish subscription-only or hybrid-access research articles.

ayuBha Journal follows a structured editorial assessment and double-anonymous external peer-review process. The identities of authors are concealed from reviewers, and the identities of reviewers are concealed from authors.

1. Initial Technical Check

The editorial office examines each submission for completeness, journal scope, manuscript structure, author information, ethical declarations, consent requirements, references, figures, tables and compliance with the Author Guidelines.

2. Editorial Assessment

The Editor-in-Chief or a designated handling editor evaluates the manuscript for relevance, originality, scholarly merit, methodological appropriateness, ethical acceptability and overall suitability for peer review.

Manuscripts that are outside the journal’s scope, seriously deficient, duplicative, unethical, promotional or unsuitable for scholarly publication may be rejected without external review.

3. External Peer Review

Each scholarly research manuscript is normally assessed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant subject expertise.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality, provide objective and constructive comments, disclose competing interests and decline the review when they cannot provide an impartial assessment.

4. Editorial Decision

Following review, the editorial decision may be acceptance, minor revision, major revision, resubmission for fresh consideration or rejection.

Revised manuscripts must be accompanied by a point-by-point response to the editor’s and reviewers’ comments. Revised manuscripts may be returned to the original reviewers.

5. Final Decision

The final publication decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorised editor after consideration of reviewer reports, author responses, methodological quality, ethical compliance and relevance to the journal.

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The editor remains responsible for the final decision.

6. Editorial Content

Editorials, corrections, retraction notices, obituaries, announcements and administrative notices may undergo editorial review rather than external peer review. Such content will be clearly identified.

7. Submissions from Editors

Manuscripts authored by an editor, editorial board member, reviewer or person associated with the journal are handled by an independent editor. The author-editor has no involvement in reviewer selection, confidential correspondence or the final decision.

ayuBha Journal does not charge authors at any stage of manuscript submission, editorial assessment, peer review, revision, production or publication.

The journal does not levy:

• Submission fees
• Editorial processing charges
• Article processing charges or APCs
• Publication fees
• Page charges
• Colour figure charges
• DOI charges
• Supplementary-material charges
• Language-processing charges
• Fast-track review charges
• Membership charges
• Manuscript withdrawal charges

There are no hidden or retrospective charges. Since the journal charges no author fees, a fee-waiver policy is not applicable.

Payment has no influence on editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance or rejection. All decisions are based on scholarly merit, ethical compliance and relevance to the journal.

Unless otherwise stated, articles published in ayuBha Journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence — CC BY 4.0.

Under this licence, users may copy, share, distribute, reproduce, translate, adapt and build upon an article in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that:

• Appropriate credit is given to the author or authors.
• The article title and original source are identified.
• ayuBha Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication.
• A link to the CC BY 4.0 licence is provided.
• Any modifications are clearly indicated.
• No false endorsement by the authors, journal or publisher is implied.

Licence details: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Authors retain the copyright and publishing rights in their articles. Copyright ownership is not transferred to ayuBha Journal or Ayurvite Wellness Private Limited.

By accepting publication, authors grant ayuBha Journal and Ayurvite Wellness Private Limited a non-exclusive right of first publication and permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, preserve, archive and index the Version of Record.

Authors may deposit, share, reproduce, translate and reuse their published articles in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted figure, table, photograph, scale, questionnaire, illustration or other third-party material that is not covered by an open licence or lawful exception.

The copyright applicable to published articles is separate from the copyright applicable to the journal logo, journal identity, website design, administrative forms and non-article website content.

Article copyright notice:
© The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

ayuBha Journal is committed to integrity, transparency, accountability, fairness and ethical conduct in scholarly publishing.

The journal does not tolerate:

• Plagiarism or self-plagiarism
• Fabrication or falsification of data
• Manipulation of images or research results
• Duplicate or redundant publication
• Simultaneous submission to multiple journals
• Gift, guest, honorary or purchased authorship
• Omission of deserving contributors
• Peer-review manipulation
• Citation manipulation
• Fraudulent ethical approval or consent documentation
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest
• Paper-mill or commercially manufactured submissions
• Deliberate misrepresentation of Ayurvedic or contemporary scientific sources

Suspected misconduct may be investigated before or after publication. The journal may request raw data, ethical approval documents, consent records, study protocols, source documents or institutional clarification.

Appropriate action may include rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, notification of the authors’ institution or other necessary measures.

Authorship should be limited to persons who have made a substantial scholarly contribution to the work, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the final version and agreed to be accountable for the work.

Contributors who do not fulfil the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged with their permission.

Gift authorship, honorary authorship, guest authorship, purchased authorship, coerced authorship and the omission of deserving contributors are prohibited.

Requests to add, remove or rearrange authors after submission must include a written explanation and documented agreement from all affected authors. Changes after acceptance will be permitted only in exceptional and adequately justified circumstances.

All submissions must be original and must appropriately acknowledge the words, ideas, data, images and work of others.

Manuscripts may be screened using similarity-detection, plagiarism-detection and research-integrity tools during editorial assessment or peer review.

A similarity percentage is not used as the sole basis for an editorial decision. Editors examine the nature, source, distribution and context of the similarity.

Confirmed plagiarism, unattributed copying, duplicate publication or material misrepresentation may result in rejection, correction or retraction, depending on the stage and seriousness of the matter.

Research involving human participants must have approval from an appropriately constituted Institutional Ethics Committee or equivalent authority, unless a documented exemption applies.

The manuscript should state:

• Name of the ethics committee
• Approval or reference number
• Date of approval, where applicable
• Whether informed consent was obtained
• Whether consent for publication was obtained

Animal research must be approved by the appropriate animal ethics authority and conducted in accordance with applicable institutional and regulatory requirements.

Case reports, case series, photographs and clinical images must protect patient confidentiality. Written consent for publication must be obtained whenever a patient or participant may be identifiable.

Prospective interventional clinical trials should be registered in a publicly accessible and recognised clinical trial registry before enrolment of the first participant.

The trial registration number and the name of the registry should be included in the manuscript.

An unregistered or retrospectively registered trial may be considered only when the authors provide a satisfactory explanation and the editor determines that consideration is ethically and scientifically justified.

Authors must disclose all financial and non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived to influence the research, interpretation or publication of the manuscript.

Disclosures may include employment, consultancy, grants, honoraria, patents, stock ownership, product ownership, institutional relationships, personal relationships or professional competition.

Every manuscript must include a funding statement identifying the funding source and explaining the funder’s role, if any, in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation or publication.

Editors and reviewers must disclose competing interests and withdraw from the manuscript when impartial assessment may be compromised.

Authors should preserve the data, study records, protocols, analytical documentation and source material supporting their conclusions.

Every original research article should include a Data Availability Statement explaining:

• Whether supporting data are available
• What data may be shared
• Where the data may be accessed
• Any conditions governing access
• Any ethical, legal, privacy, confidentiality or proprietary restrictions

Where ethically and legally permissible, authors are encouraged to deposit anonymised data, protocols, research instruments and supplementary material in an appropriate repository.

Use by Authors

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence when it extends beyond routine spelling, grammar, formatting or basic language correction.

The disclosure should identify the tool, its purpose, the sections or activities affected and the nature of human review and verification.

Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot accept responsibility or accountability for the work.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, references, data integrity, confidentiality, copyright compliance and ethical acceptability of submitted content.

Use by Reviewers and Editors

Reviewers and editors must not upload confidential manuscripts, unpublished data, patient information or identifiable author information into publicly accessible artificial-intelligence systems.

Generative AI must not independently produce reviewer reports, editorial assessments or publication decisions. Intellectual assessment and final responsibility must remain human.

Automated Screening by the Journal

The journal may use automated tools for similarity screening, manuscript checks, metadata preparation and identification of potential integrity concerns. Automated findings are reviewed by a human editor and are not treated as conclusive evidence.

ayuBha Journal is responsible for preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.

A correction or corrigendum may be published when an error requires formal amendment but does not invalidate the main conclusions.

An article may be retracted when its findings are unreliable because of major error or misconduct, when the publication is redundant, when the research was unethical or when serious legal or integrity concerns are established.

An Expression of Concern may be issued while an investigation is incomplete or when available evidence remains inconclusive.

Retraction notices will be clearly identified, linked to the original article, freely accessible and will state the reason for the action. The original scholarly record will be preserved.

Authors, reviewers and readers may submit a complaint or appeal relating to an editorial decision, peer-review conduct, publication delay, ethical concern, conflict of interest, correction, retraction or journal procedure.

An appeal against an editorial decision should identify a material error, factual misunderstanding, procedural irregularity or relevant evidence that was not adequately considered.

Disagreement with reviewer comments alone does not constitute sufficient grounds for an appeal.

Wherever practicable, the matter will be reviewed by an editor who was not directly involved in the original decision. A reasoned response will be provided after examination of the available records.

Complaints and appeals may be submitted to: editor@ayubha.com

ayuBha Journal welcomes evidence-based comments, responses and scholarly criticism concerning published articles.

Substantive concerns may be referred to the authors and relevant editors. Depending on the nature and outcome of the matter, the journal may publish a letter, author response, correction, expression of concern or retraction.

A manuscript previously posted on a recognised non-commercial preprint server may be considered for publication.

Authors must disclose the preprint during submission and provide its identifier or citation. After publication, the preprint record should be updated with a link to the final Version of Record.

Authors may deposit the following versions without embargo:

• Submitted manuscript or preprint
• Author Accepted Manuscript
• Published Version of Record

Deposits may be made in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic webpages, funder-designated repositories and non-commercial scholarly networks.

Deposited copies should include the complete article citation, permanent article link or DOI and the applicable CC BY 4.0 licence.

ayuBha Journal is committed to the long-term preservation and continued accessibility of its published scholarly content.

The journal maintains regular backups of published articles, issue files, website data, article metadata and editorial records. Backup copies are maintained separately from the live publishing website to reduce the risk of data loss.

The journal may adopt or integrate additional recognised digital-preservation services as its publishing infrastructure develops. Any active external preservation arrangement will be identified transparently on this page.

In the event that the journal ceases publication, reasonable steps will be taken to maintain public access to archived article files and metadata.

Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological validity, ethical compliance, quality of reporting and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope.

The Editor-in-Chief and authorised editors exercise independent responsibility for manuscript acceptance, rejection, correction, expression of concern and retraction decisions.

Ayurvite Wellness Private Limited, as the owner and publisher of the journal, does not interfere with individual manuscript decisions, reviewer selection or the interpretation of research findings.

Editorial decisions are not determined by financial, commercial, institutional, political or personal interests of the publisher, sponsors or any external organisation.

ayuBha Journal does not currently accept commercial advertisements within scholarly articles.

If advertising is accepted in the future, it will be clearly distinguishable from editorial content and will not influence peer review, editorial decisions or article acceptance.

The journal is owned, supported and published by Ayurvite Wellness Private Limited and operates without author-facing submission, processing or publication charges.

The publisher’s ownership, financial support, products, services or commercial interests do not influence manuscript selection, peer review or editorial decisions.

External sponsorship or financial support received for a particular article, issue or journal activity will be disclosed transparently.

Invitations to submit manuscripts, join the editorial board or participate in journal activities will be accurate, relevant and non-misleading.

Names, email addresses, telephone numbers, affiliations, ORCID identifiers and other personal information submitted through the journal website will be used only for legitimate editorial, peer-review, publication, indexing, communication and record-keeping purposes.

Personal information will not be sold to advertisers or used for unrelated commercial marketing.

Editors, reviewers and journal personnel must treat submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence and unpublished information as confidential.

Information may be disclosed where necessary for an ethical investigation, legal compliance, prevention of fraud or misconduct, technical journal operation, indexing or preservation of published content.

ayuBha Journal is published monthly.

Articles are published after successful completion of editorial assessment, peer review, required revision, acceptance and production.

Any significant change in the declared publication frequency will be announced transparently on the journal website.