Academic Publishing Service Agreement

Dear Researcher：

Welcome! You will enter the scientific research and academic service program provided by Dean&Francis press Inc (referred to as us). Before using it, please read and fully understand the principles, norms, and procedures of the Academic Publishing Service Agreement (referred to as this Agreement). Rights and obligations, and you should focus on reading. If you do not agree with any content of this Agreement or cannot accurately understand our explanation, you should immediately stop subsequent operations. When you follow the prompts to fill in the information and read and agree to this Agreement, it means that you have fully read, understood, and accepted the entire content of this Agreement. If you have any questions about the Agreement, you are welcome to contact the Dean&Francis press Inc customer service staff.

Chapter 1 Basic Agreement

This agreement is jointly concluded by you (the customer) and us and applies to any one or more services you choose to provide. You confirm that, before starting the service, you should have the civil rights required by U.S. law that is compatible with your actions. Behavioral capacity, specifically:

You are a natural person who has reached the age of 18 and has full capacity for civil rights and civil conduct;
Or you are a person without capacity for civil conduct or a person with limited capacity for civil conduct, but your actions are represented by your guardian or with their consent and ratification.

If you do not have the aforesaid civil capacity suitable for your behavior, you and your guardian shall bear all the consequences arising from that place following the law. In addition, you also need to comply with relevant national laws and regulations and ensure that you are not the subject of trade restrictions, sanctions, or other laws and regulations imposed by any country, international organization, or region. Otherwise, you may not be able to use and receive the services we provide normally.

Chapter 2 Principles and Norms of Academic Ethics

Adhering to the principle of "integrity, transparency, and goodwill," we provide consulting, support, and assistance services for scientific researchers to effectively improve the quality of academic papers and the efficiency of academic publishing. We conscientiously practice publishing ethics, do not provide, promote, or participate in academic misconduct, and are responsible for the integrity of data, manuscripts and services; the service products we supply are open and transparent, and researchers can easily and quickly obtain service-related information. We are legally compliant and, within reasonable limits, assist researchers in conducting research, writing reports, and publishing research results. We refuse to provide services for clients who violate publishing ethics and constitute academic misconduct and those responsible for dishonesty in scientific research. We hope you also follow the above principles.

In scientific research and academic activities, you should abide by the following academic ethics:

In academic activities, we should adhere to scientific truth, respect scientific laws, advocate a rigorous and realistic study style, dare to explore and innovate, abide by professional ethics, and maintain scientific integrity.
When conducting academic research, you should search for relevant literature or understand relevant research results. When citing other people's arguments in publishing papers or reporting scientific research results differently, you must respect intellectual property rights and mark them truthfully. When an author cites other people's academic works, the source of their academic works must be indicated. The quoted part cannot constitute the main part or substantial part of the citing person's work; when citing the achievements of a third party from the results of others, an explanation must be given; reference is made without mentioning the work of others, or inspired by the work of others without directly using the work of others, should also be explained and cited.
Respect research subjects (both human and non-human subjects). In research involving the human body, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the topics and personal privacy and guaranteeing the right to informed consent is necessary.
Observe the principle of honesty and objectivity in project declaration, project design, data collection and analysis, publication of scientific research results, and confirmation of the contributions of scientific research participants. Errors and mistakes in published research results should be disclosed and acknowledged appropriately.
Work honestly and rigorously with others. Treat academic criticism and doubts patiently and sincerely.
The disclosure of research results, statistical data, and others may occur. It must be truthful, complete, and accurate.
The validity and accuracy of data collection and publication shall be ensured, and the integrity, authenticity and safety of experimental records and data shall be ensured for reference.
Professionals who contribute substantially to the research results own the copyright. Only general management or auxiliary workers for research projects can use this copyright.
Cooperation should be signed in the order of contribution to the research results (except where there is a signing convention or agreement). The signatory is responsible for the part of my contribution and should be reviewed and signed by me before publication. The signature of the academic achievement should be authentic, and the signer should bear the corresponding academic and legal responsibility for the achievement. All named authors are responsible for their own completed parts, and the first named author and corresponding author are responsible for the entire paper or work. For the research results of the student as the first author and the supervisor as the collaborator, the supervisor should be primarily responsible.
Before new scientific research results are published in academic journals or academic conferences (except for contractual restrictions), they should not be released to the media or the public.
Do not use scientific research activities to seek illegitimate interests. Correctly deal with direct, indirect, or potential interests in scientific research activities.
Scientific and technological workers must disseminate scientific and technical knowledge and responsibly disseminate scientific ideas and methods. Oppose fabrication of scientific and technological events inconsistent with the facts and press hype about scientific and technological circumstances.
Boycott all research activities that violate scientific ethics. If it is found that there are disadvantages or hazards in work, it should be consciously suspended or adjusted, or even terminated, and notify the competent authority of the research.
In the training of graduate students and young researchers, scientific ethics and codes of conduct should be taught. The selection of academic leaders and relevant scientific and technological talents should take scientific ethics and study style as the important bases.
When introducing and evaluating the achievements of oneself or others, the principles of objectivity, fairness, and accuracy should be followed, and comprehensive analysis, evaluation, and demonstration should be made based on fully grasping domestic and foreign materials and data.
All kinds of funded projects should be standardized and marked according to the requirements of the project issuing department, treat the research work of various scientific research projects with a serious attitude, and complete the tasks stipulated in the contract on time.
Comply with other codes of ethics recognized by the academic community.

Chapter 3 Service Content and Process

During the term of service, we offer the following scholarly publishing services:

Expert review and suggestions on the collected manuscripts;
Conduct language review on the collected manuscripts, check and correct grammar and spelling errors;
Check the originality of the matching manuscripts agreed to be published;
Assist in adjusting the manuscript format according to the requirements of the publication;
Assist in the layout proofreading and inspection before the official publication of the manuscript;
Manuscript publication support service period ends when the journal is successfully published;
Notification of the progress of the collection of papers where the manuscript is published, including the foresight, publication, printing, and mailing of the group of papers;
Announcement of the progress of the publication of manuscript database collection;

Chapter 4 Service Fees

Academic paper publication support fee includes (a registration fee, layout fee, and review fee)
Payment time: You should pay the cost after receiving the acceptance notification of the paper;
Fee standard: subject to D&F quotation;
Payment form: one-time full payment;

Chapter 5 Refund Clause

If your paper has been officially accepted, you can apply for a refund within five working days after the payment due to your reasons, and you can apply for a refund of up to 50% of the paper publication fee
If your paper is not officially published due to D&F publication, 100% of the paper publication fee will be refunded
After your paper is published, you can apply for a refund of up to 30% of the paper publishing support fee because the journal or database is not expected to be included in the database according to the evaluation of the corresponding publication instructions.

Chapter 6 Rights and Obligations

You must ensure the originality of the submitted paper and make sure that it is not published, not in the publication process, and not authorized by the third party outside this agreement.
Any data you submit to the platform, including but not limited to the source of the thesis (data), author information, the content of academic papers (data), experimental data, experimental results, and experimental conclusions, belong to your (customer) intellectual property rights.
You should pay the service fee in full and on time and complete the submission confirmation of the manuscript system as required (if necessary).
After you confirm your agreement and sign the corresponding copyright agreement, the copyright will be determined according to the signed contract.
If you have any objection to our publication adjustment arrangement, you should respond promptly and inform us when you receive our notice to reach a consensus.

Before submitting a manuscript, you need to agree and understand the risk of the manuscript. The following circumstances do not constitute a breach of contract by the platform:

Papers will be accepted after being reviewed by our experts, and the accepted papers will send to your email address.

After the official publication of the proceedings, they will be submitted to the corresponding database for review in units of conferences and included in the database by the retrieval agency after passing the inspection. The retrieval cycle is usually 3 to 12 months after the collection of papers is officially published, and the specific time is subject to the actual progress notification from the publisher and database. Since the database has a review and evaluation process for the submitted papers, this process is completely independent of the links outside the conference organization, and this process finally determines the specific retrieval progress and results.

Chapter 7 Information Protection, Authorization and Confidentiality

You represent and warrant that you have corresponding legal rights to the information you provide. Otherwise, we will delete or block the information you provide, following the law and pursuing relevant legal responsibilities. Without our permission, you may not use our materials and any information displayed on the system for commercial use (including but not limited to doing derivative works, distribution, or public display in the form of reproduction, modification, translation, and others may occur).

During the service process, you are required to provide necessary personal information (such as contact mobile phone number, e-mail, address, and others that may occur), and you agree to our collection, storage, use, and protection of this information. If you refuse to provide it, it will affect our normal service to you or even terminate the service. We attach great importance to protecting information (that is, information that can identify the user's identity independently or in combination with other information). Within the protection period stipulated by law, you grant us the right to collect evidence and file lawsuits against third-party infringements in our name to protect your information better.

For all the information involved in this agreement and the service process, we must keep the following confidential. Otherwise, the breaching party will bear the relevant economic and legal responsibilities:

The information obtained from the performance of this agreement, including but not limited to the following information, shall be kept strictly confidential by both parties and shall not be disclosed to third parties outside this agreement:

The terms of this agreement, the negotiation of this agreement, the thesis of this agreement, the parties' trade secrets.

In the following cases, both parties may disclose:

As required by law; as required by any competent government agency or regulatory agency; disclosure to the party's professional advisors or lawyers (if any); information entered into the public domain through no fault of the party; prior written consent of both parties.

Chapter 8 Default and Handling

If either party wants to terminate the agreement unilaterally, it should obtain the other party's written consent. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a breach of contract. The observant party has the right to ask the breaching party to pay 100% of the service fee as liquidated damages and compensate the vigilant party for other damages caused by the contract.
If you violate the stipulations of this agreement, you shall be liable for breach of contract:
If we have provided academic publishing services, we have the right to terminate the agreement and require you to pay the service fee following the agreement.
If we violate the stipulations of this agreement, our liability for breach of contract shall be: refund all service fees without interest and pay 100% of the service fees as liquidated damages.

Chapter 8 Termination and Rescission of the Agreement

(1) Termination of the agreement

It has been confirmed that the paper is published on the Internet or cited by other journals before the target journal or publisher accepts it due to our reasons, and you have the right to terminate the agreement;
We have the right to terminate the agreement if it is confirmed that the paper you submitted has been published or non-original before agreeing to this agreement;
If the manuscript cannot be published successfully due to your reasons (such as failure to provide the necessary information in time, returning manuscripts, revising as required, paying registration fees and school journals, and others may occur), we have the right to terminate the agreement;
We have the right to terminate the agreement due to inappropriate communication (including but not limited to email) with journals or publishers following our suggestions, resulting in a delay in the publication of manuscripts, withdrawal of manuscripts, and other adverse effects.

(2) Termination of the agreement

This agreement may be terminated by mutual agreement of both parties;
If either party cannot perform this agreement due to force majeure factors or policy adjustments, it shall submit corresponding evidence, notify the other party of the situation on time, and terminate this agreement after mutual agreement.

Chapter 10 Other

This agreement is established when you agree, and the service period takes effect from when you pay the service fee until the journal officially publishes the paper and you have paid the full-service fee.
During the validity period of the agreement, changes, renewals, and other matters of the agreement, after being agreed upon and signed by both parties, can be viewed as a supplementary agreement, which has the same legal effect as this agreement.
If a dispute arises during the performance of the agreement, the two parties shall resolve it through friendly negotiation. If both parties are unwilling to negotiate or mediate a solution, or if the negotiation and mediation fail, they shall file a lawsuit in the U.S. court in Colorado.

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