Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• Before completing a submission to Polaris Global Journal of Scholarly Research and Trends (PGJSRT), the corresponding author must confirm that:
  
  Research Ethics and Participant Protection—where applicable
  
  ☐ The name of the approving Research Ethics Committee, Institutional Review Board (IRB), or equivalent authority is clearly stated in the manuscript.
  
  ☐ The ethics approval/reference number is provided. If formal ethical approval was not required, the manuscript clearly explains the reason and, where relevant, identifies the applicable institutional or national exemption.
  
  ☐ The date of ethical approval is reported where available.
  
  ☐ A clear statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from all human participants is included.
  
  ☐ For research involving minors or participants unable to provide independent consent, parent/legal guardian consent and participant assent are reported, as appropriate.
  
  ☐ Explicit consent for publication has been obtained for any identifiable photographs, videos, clinical images, case details, quotations, or other information that could reveal a participant's identity.
  
  ☐ For clinical trials or other studies requiring prospective registration, the registry name, registration number, and registration date are provided.
  
  ☐ Research involving human participants has been conducted in accordance with applicable institutional, national, and international ethical standards, including the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki where relevant.
  
  ☐ Research involving animals includes the name of the approving animal ethics committee, approval/reference number, and confirmation that applicable animal-welfare standards and reporting guidelines were followed.
  
  ☐ The manuscript clearly identifies any ethical limitations, exemptions, retrospective approvals, or circumstances in which consent or formal ethics approval was waived, together with an appropriate justification.
  
  Copyright and Licensing
  
  Authors retain copyright in articles published by the Polaris Global Journal of Scholarly Research and Trends (PGJSRT).
  
  Copyright is not transferred to PGJSRT. By publishing with the journal, authors grant PGJSRT the non-exclusive right of first publication and permission to publish, distribute, preserve, archive, and identify the article as the Version of Record.
  
  Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).