Welcome to Sabad Prakashan. These Terms & Conditions govern your access to and use of this website and the services made available through it. By accessing this website or using any of our services, you agree to these Terms & Conditions.
1. About Sabad Prakashan
Sabad Prakashan is an academic and scholarly publishing organization providing publishing and related services to authors, researchers, scholars, institutions, and readers.
Individual journals and publications managed or published by Sabad Prakashan may have their own policies, author guidelines, publication charges, and editorial procedures. Users are advised to review the relevant journal-specific information before submitting a manuscript or using any publication service.
2. Use of Website
You may use this website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms & Conditions.
You must not:
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, server, database, or administrative systems.
- Upload malicious files, scripts, viruses, or other harmful content.
- Interfere with the normal operation or security of the website.
- Submit false, misleading, fraudulent, or unauthorized information.
- Misuse any publishing, payment, submission, or communication facility provided through the website.
Sabad Prakashan reserves the right to restrict access where misuse or unauthorized activity is detected.
3. Information Provided by Users
Users are responsible for ensuring that all information provided through the website is accurate, complete, and lawful.
Authors submitting manuscripts are responsible for the accuracy of author names, affiliations, email addresses, manuscript details, and other information supplied during the submission or publication process.
Sabad Prakashan is not responsible for consequences arising from incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information supplied by a user.
4. Publishing Services
Submission of a manuscript or request for a publishing service does not automatically guarantee acceptance or publication.
Manuscripts may be subject to editorial screening, peer review, plagiarism checking, revision, verification, or other processes according to the policies of the relevant journal.
Editorial and publication decisions are made according to the applicable journal policies and editorial procedures.
5. Publication Charges and Payments
Where publication charges or other service fees apply, the applicable amount and payment terms will be displayed or communicated through the relevant journal or service page.
Users should review the applicable fee information before making payment.
Payment of any fee does not guarantee manuscript acceptance, publication, indexing, citation, ranking, or any particular editorial decision.
Refunds, cancellations, withdrawals, and other payment-related matters will be governed by the applicable Refund Policyand relevant journal policies.
6. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the name, logo, website design, graphics, original website content, and other proprietary material belonging to Sabad Prakashan may not be copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, or commercially used without permission.
Copyright and licensing arrangements for published articles, books, journals, or other scholarly content will be governed by the copyright or licensing policy applicable to the relevant publication.
7. Third-Party Services and Links
This website may contain links to or use services provided by third parties, including payment gateways, DOI registration agencies, indexing services, repositories, analytics providers, or other external platforms.
Sabad Prakashan does not control these third-party services and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, policies, or independent actions.
Users should review the applicable terms and privacy policies of third-party services before using them.
8. Indexing, DOI and External Databases
Where applicable, Sabad Prakashan may submit publication metadata to DOI registration agencies, indexing services, search engines, repositories, libraries, and academic databases.
Inclusion, continuation, ranking, citation metrics, or visibility in any third-party database or indexing service is determined independently by that organization.
Sabad Prakashan does not guarantee indexing or continued inclusion in any external database unless specifically stated otherwise.
9. Website Accuracy and Availability
We make reasonable efforts to maintain accurate and current information on this website. However, occasional errors, outdated information, broken links, technical issues, or temporary service interruptions may occur.
Sabad Prakashan reserves the right to correct information, update website content, modify services, perform maintenance, or temporarily suspend access when necessary.
Continuous or uninterrupted availability of the website is not guaranteed.
10. Privacy and Personal Data
Personal information submitted through this website will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable legal requirements.
Information may be used where necessary for manuscript processing, editorial communication, publication administration, payment verification, metadata registration, certificates, indexing, or other legitimate publishing activities.
Users should review the Privacy Policy for further information about how personal data is handled.
11. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Sabad Prakashan will not be responsible for indirect, incidental, consequential, or third-party losses arising from:
- Use or inability to use the website.
- Temporary technical interruptions.
- Third-party websites or services.
- Incorrect information supplied by users.
- Decisions made by external indexing, DOI, payment, or database providers.
Nothing in these Terms & Conditions limits any liability that cannot legally be excluded.
12. Journal-Specific Policies
Authors and users may also be subject to policies applicable to the individual journal or publication, including:
- Author Guidelines
- Publication Ethics
- Peer Review Policy
- Plagiarism Policy
- Copyright and Licensing Policy
- Publication Charges or APC Policy
- Refund Policy
- Withdrawal and Retraction Policy
- Correction Policy
- Complaints and Appeals Policy
Where a journal-specific policy contains additional requirements relating to a particular submission or publication, those requirements will apply to that journal.
13. Changes to These Terms
Sabad Prakashan may update or modify these Terms & Conditions when necessary due to changes in services, publishing practices, technology, regulatory requirements, or organizational policies.
The updated Terms & Conditions will become effective when published on this website.
Users are encouraged to review this page periodically.
14. Governing Law
These Terms & Conditions will be governed by the applicable laws of India.
Any dispute arising from the use of this website or services provided by Sabad Prakashan will be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts applicable to Sabad Prakashan’s registered place of business, unless otherwise required by law.
15. Contact Us
For questions regarding these Terms & Conditions or the services provided by Sabad Prakashan, please contact us using the official contact information available on this website.
Sabad Prakashan
Last Updated: September 2026