Terms of Use

Introduction and Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to the website of the Andalasian International Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences (AIJANS), an open-access scholarly journal published by the Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM), Universitas Andalas, Indonesia.

These Terms of Use explain the conditions governing access to and use of the AIJANS website, including its published articles, journal information, submission facilities, and other online services.

By accessing or using this website, users are expected to comply with these Terms of Use and applicable laws. Authors, reviewers, editors, and registered users must also comply with the journal policies relevant to their activities.

These Terms of Use do not replace, restrict, or override the rights granted under the Creative Commons licenses applicable to published articles.

Access to Journal Content

AIJANS operates as an open-access scholarly journal. Published articles are freely available to readers without subscription fees, pay-per-view charges, or mandatory registration.

Users may read, download, share, and reuse published articles in accordance with the license applicable to each article.

Registration may be required to access certain website functions, including manuscript submission, editorial management, peer review, and other services provided through Open Journal Systems (OJS).

Further information is available in the Open Access Policy.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright in their scholarly works published by AIJANS, subject to the applicable publication agreement and licensing terms.

Articles published under the journal's standard licensing arrangement are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License.

Under this license, users may:

Copy and redistribute licensed articles in any medium or format.
Share articles through academic networks, repositories, educational platforms, and other lawful channels.
Translate, adapt, remix, and build upon licensed material.
Reuse licensed content for commercial or noncommercial purposes.

These permissions are subject to the applicable license conditions, including appropriate attribution and the ShareAlike requirement for adapted material.

Users must not imply that the authors, AIJANS, or Universitas Andalas endorse a particular product, organization, service, or activity merely because journal content has been reused.

The applicable Creative Commons license governs the reuse of licensed material. Nothing in these Terms of Use imposes additional restrictions on uses permitted by that license.

For further information, consult the journal's License Policy.

Attribution and Responsible Reuse

When sharing or adapting licensed scholarly content, users must provide attribution consistent with the applicable Creative Commons license.

Attribution should identify, where supplied:

The original author or authors.
The title of the published article.
The journal in which the article was published.
The article's DOI or original publication URL.
The applicable license and a link to its terms.
Any modifications made to the original material.

Users must distinguish original findings and statements from their own interpretations, modifications, or adaptations.

The right to reproduce or adapt an article does not authorize the misrepresentation of research findings, fabrication of attribution, plagiarism, or other forms of academic misconduct.

Users should also observe the journal's Publication Ethics when using published research in scholarly activities.

Third-Party Content

Some published materials may include images, illustrations, datasets, maps, figures, or other content originating from third parties.

Third-party material may be subject to separate copyright conditions, licensing arrangements, or permissions, particularly when a credit line or other notice identifies different terms.

Users are responsible for checking whether the intended reuse of such material is permitted under the applicable license or another lawful basis.

The presence of third-party content within an AIJANS article does not automatically establish that every component is available under the article's Creative Commons license.

Use of the Website and Online Services

Users may access and use the AIJANS website for legitimate scholarly, educational, research, professional, and informational purposes.

Users must not:

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to restricted accounts, editorial records, confidential manuscripts, or administrative systems.
Interfere with the availability, security, or normal operation of the website.
Introduce malicious software, harmful scripts, or other mechanisms intended to compromise the website or its users.
Impersonate another person or organization.
Use false identities or misleading information in manuscript submissions or editorial communications.
Access, disclose, or distribute confidential manuscript and peer-review information without authorization.
Use the website to conduct fraudulent, unlawful, or deceptive activities.

These restrictions concern the operation and security of the website. They do not prohibit lawful access, text and data mining, computational analysis, or other uses of published material authorized by the applicable license.

User Registration and Account Responsibilities

Certain AIJANS services require users to register through the journal's online publishing system.

Registered users are responsible for providing accurate information appropriate to their role and for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials.

Users must promptly report suspected unauthorized access to their accounts or other security concerns through the journal's official contact channels.

Account privileges are intended for the registered individual and must not be used to obtain unauthorized access to confidential editorial information.

The journal may restrict access to particular account functions when reasonably necessary to address security concerns, misuse, or violations of applicable editorial procedures.

Such measures must be proportionate to the identified concern and must not restrict the public's rights to access or reuse openly licensed scholarly content.

Manuscript Submission and Editorial Services

Authors submitting manuscripts to AIJANS must comply with the journal's submission requirements, publication ethics, authorship criteria, disclosure obligations, and other applicable editorial policies.

Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee its acceptance or publication.

Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's scope, research quality, ethical considerations, and the journal's established editorial assessment and peer-review procedures.

Authors should consult the Author Guidelines, Focus and Scope, and Peer Review Process before submitting their work.

Publication Fees

AIJANS applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) to manuscripts accepted for publication.

The amount, payment requirements, waiver provisions, and other conditions governing publication fees are specified in the journal's Author Fees and Business Model.

Payment of publication fees does not guarantee acceptance and must not influence editorial decisions or peer-review outcomes.

Readers are not required to pay to access published articles.

Privacy and Personal Information

AIJANS collects and processes certain personal information in connection with journal registration, manuscript submission, peer review, editorial administration, and related publishing activities.

The journal is committed to handling personal information responsibly and protecting confidential editorial records from unauthorized disclosure.

Personal information submitted through the journal's publishing system should be used for legitimate journal operations and other purposes permitted by applicable law.

Further information about the collection, use, and protection of personal information is available in the journal's Privacy Statement, accessible through the website.

Confidentiality of Unpublished Materials

Unpublished manuscripts, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, and information obtained through confidential editorial processes must be handled in accordance with the journal's confidentiality requirements.

Authors, reviewers, editors, and other authorized participants must not disclose confidential information without appropriate authorization, except where disclosure is permitted or required under applicable journal policies or law.

These confidentiality requirements do not remove authors' rights to share their own research where such sharing is permitted by applicable submission policies, agreements, or law.

Accuracy of Published Information

AIJANS seeks to maintain accurate bibliographic information, article metadata, journal policies, and published scholarly records.

Nevertheless, the publication of a research article does not constitute a guarantee that its methods, interpretations, conclusions, or reported findings are free from error.

Research findings represent the scholarly work of their respective authors and should be interpreted in light of the methods, evidence, limitations, and circumstances reported in each article.

Where errors or concerns affecting the scholarly record are identified, the journal may take appropriate action in accordance with its Corrections and Retractions Policy and other applicable editorial procedures.

Editorial Independence and Disclaimer of Endorsement

The opinions, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in published articles are those of their respective authors.

Publication in AIJANS does not necessarily imply endorsement of an author's findings, opinions, recommendations, or conclusions by the journal, its editors, reviewers, publisher, or Universitas Andalas.

Advertisements, external references, third-party services, or other materials appearing on or linked from the website do not automatically constitute endorsement by AIJANS.

The journal's editorial decisions are governed by its published policies and procedures.

External Links

The AIJANS website may provide links to external websites, including indexing services, scholarly databases, research institutions, author profiles, repositories, and other information resources.

External websites operate under their own terms, privacy policies, and technical arrangements.

AIJANS does not control the content, availability, security, or subsequent changes to third-party websites.

Users should review the relevant policies of external services before submitting personal information or relying on their content.

Website Availability and Maintenance

AIJANS seeks to maintain a functional and accessible online publishing platform.

Access to particular website services may occasionally be interrupted by maintenance, technical failures, security incidents, or circumstances outside the journal's reasonable control.

The journal may undertake maintenance and security measures necessary to protect its publishing infrastructure and confidential information.

The journal's long-term digital preservation arrangements are described in its Archiving Policy.

Website availability and long-term preservation are related but distinct responsibilities. Participation in a digital preservation service does not guarantee uninterrupted access to the journal's primary website.

Reporting Concerns and Misuse

Users who identify suspected website misuse, unauthorized access, inaccurate journal information, copyright concerns, or potential violations of publication ethics are encouraged to contact the journal through its official communication channels.

Concerns involving research integrity or publication misconduct will be considered under the journal's Publication Ethics and applicable procedures for handling allegations of misconduct.

Reports should provide sufficient information to identify the issue and, where available, supporting evidence.

The journal will assess reports according to their nature and the relevant published procedures.

Changes to These Terms

AIJANS may revise these Terms of Use to reflect changes in its publishing services, website operations, applicable requirements, or journal policies.

Updated terms will be made available on this page.

Changes to these Terms of Use do not retroactively revoke or restrict permissions already granted under applicable Creative Commons licenses.

Where a material change affects registered users or editorial procedures, the journal should provide appropriate information through its website or relevant communication channels.

Relationship with Other Journal Policies

These Terms of Use should be read together with the journal's other published policies, particularly:

Where a provision of these Terms of Use appears inconsistent with the permissions granted under an applicable Creative Commons license, the Creative Commons license governs the use of the licensed material.

Where a matter concerns manuscript submission, peer review, editorial decisions, publication ethics, or personal information, the relevant specific journal policy should be consulted alongside these Terms.

Contact Information

Questions concerning these Terms of Use, website access, or journal services may be directed to:

Andalasian International Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences (AIJANS)
Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM)
Universitas Andalas
Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Email: aijans@unand.ac.id
Website: https://aijans.lppm.unand.ac.id/index.php/aijans/