Author Guidelines

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION & INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

 

Our journals publish the following manuscript types:

  1. Original Research Articles
  2. Review Articles
  3. Short Communications
  4. Case Study
  5. Mini Review
  6. Letter to Editor

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

  1. Read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal.
  2. Use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript.
  3. Make sure that issues about publication ethics, research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data and references format have been appropriately considered.
  4. Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.

 

AUTHORSHIP

A manuscript will be considered for the publication based on the below understanding:

  1. All named authors should agree to its submission
  2. It is not currently being considered for the publication by another journal
  3. If the paper is accepted, it will not be subsequently published in the same or similar form in any language without the consent of the publisher. Any changes to the author list after submission, viz., a change in the order of the authors, deletion or addition of the authors needs to be approved by a signed letter from each author.

 

COPYRIGHT

Submission of the manuscript represents that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors would be required to sign a Copy Right Transfer Agreement Form once the manuscript is accepted.

 

 GALLEY PROOFS

Unless indicated otherwise, galley proof is sent to the address given for correspondence. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proofs are returned without delay.

 

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The names and email addresses entered on our journal sites will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

 

 PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE

Our Journals are committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices. All authors submitting their works to our journals for publication as original articles attest that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. The authors acknowledge that they have disclosed all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it. In the same manner, our journals are committed to objective and fair double-blind peer-review of the submitted publication works and to prevent any actual or potential conflict of interests between the editorial and review personnel and the reviewed material. Any departures from the above-defined rules should be reported directly to the Editors-in-Chief, who are unequivocally committed to providing swift resolutions to any of such a type of problems.

 

TERMINOLOGIES & NOMENCLATURE   

Note: Figures and tables should be included at appropriate places in the manuscript.

Chemical Terminology: The chemical nomenclature used must be in accordance with that used in the Chemical Abstracts.

Biological Nomenclature: Names of plants, animals and bacteria should be in italics.

Enzyme Nomenclature: The trivial names recommended by the IUPAC-IUB Commission should be used. When the enzyme is the main subject of a paper, its code number and systematic name should be stated in its first citation in the paper.

Symbols and Abbreviations: Use only standard abbreviations. The use of non-standard abbreviations can be extremely confusing to readers. Avoid abbreviations in the title. The full term for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement.

 

 ETHICAL MATTERS

Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research work should seek approval from the appropriate Institutional Animal Ethics Committee in accordance with “Principles of Laboratory Animal Care”. The material and methods section of the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained.

 

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHANGE

HAPI employs several business models to support equitable Open Access. Most OA journals offset publication expenses – including the cost of peer review management, journal production, and online hosting and archiving – by charging a fee for each article published (APC). Publication fees vary by journal and are payable upon article acceptance. Fees are subject to change and charged at the applicable rates effective on your submission date. However, for the year 2026, there will be no APC for any publications. 

Funding and discount of APCs

Many funding agencies and institutions explicitly allow the use of research grants for the payment of APCs for publishing open access articles and books. Waivers may be granted at the Publisher's discretion and should be discussed with the editorial office when submitting the article. Editorial decision making is decoupled from the authors' ability to pay the Processing Charges, however authors should consider in advance whether they have sufficient funds to cover the full APC. HAPI also offers discount vouchers to selected reviewers.

GENERAL PEER-REVIEW AND EDITORIAL PROCEDURE

All manuscripts sent for publication in our journals are strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts (this includes research and review articles, spontaneous submissions, and invited papers). The Managing Editor of the journal will perform an initial check of the manuscript’s suitability upon receipt. The Editorial Office will then organize the peer-review process performed by independent experts and collect at least two review reports per manuscript. We ask our authors for adequate revisions (with a second round of peer-review if necessary) before a final decision is made. The final decision is made by the academic editor (usually the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board Member of a journal or the Guest Editor of a Special Issue). Accepted articles are copy-edited and English-edited.

EDITORIAL DECISION AND REVISION

All the articles, reviews and communications published in HAPI journals go through the peer-review process and receive at least two review reports. The in-house editor will discuss each step of the process with the external academic editor and communicate decisions to the authors regarding the following:

  • Accept in Present Form:The paper is accepted without any further changes.
  • Accept after Minor Revisions:The paper is in principle accepted after revision based on the reviewer’s comments. Authors are given seven days for minor revisions.
  • Reconsider after Major Revisions:The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The author needs to provide a point-by-point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer’s comments cannot be revised. Usually, only one round of major revisions is allowed. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within ten days and the revised version will be returned to the reviewer for further comments.
  • Reject and Encourage Resubmission:An article where additional experiments are needed to support the conclusions will be rejected and the authors will be encouraged to re-submit the paper once further experiments have been conducted.
  • Reject:The article has serious scientific flaws, makes no original contribution, and the paper is rejected with no offer of resubmission to the journal.