The Journal of Pharmacology and Drug Development (JPDD) is committed to protecting the privacy of our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information.
We collect personal information that you provide to us when you interact with our journal, such as when you:
Register for an account on our website or our manuscript submission system (Editorial Manager).
Submit a manuscript for publication.
Agree to act as a reviewer or editor.
Contact us with an inquiry.
This information may include your name, email address, institutional affiliation, postal address, phone number, and ORCID iD.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal. We do not make this information available for any other purpose or to any other party.
These "stated purposes" include:
Managing the manuscript submission, peer review, and editorial workflow.
Communicating with authors, reviewers, and editors regarding manuscripts.
Publishing accepted articles (which includes the authors' names and affiliations).
Sending notifications about new publications or important journal updates (if you opt-in).
Responding to your inquiries.
Your personal information is treated as confidential. We will not share, sell, or rent your personal data to any third party, except in the following limited circumstances:
For Publication: The names, affiliations, and email addresses of corresponding authors are published in the final article to facilitate scholarly communication.
Peer Review: We share necessary information with editors and reviewers to facilitate the peer review process, while maintaining the confidentiality required by our double-blind policy.
Service Providers: We use third-party systems, such as Editorial Manager, to manage our editorial workflow. These service providers are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the services we have requested.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request.
We take reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure.
We retain your personal information as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes of the journal. Information related to published articles (such as author names and affiliations) is retained indefinitely as part of the permanent scholarly record.
Our website and submission system may use "cookies" to manage user sessions and enhance user experience (e.g., to keep you logged in). You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, but this may limit your ability to use some features of the site.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review it periodically.
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our privacy practices, please contact the Editorial Office.