Privacy Policy
Research Pillars Publishing is committed to protecting the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers who use its editorial platform and websites. This policy explains what personal data is collected, why, and how it is handled.
What We Collect
Account information - name, email address, institutional affiliation, and ORCID iD, provided when registering an account, submitting a manuscript, or accepting a review invitation.
Submission and review data - manuscript metadata, correspondence, and review records associated with the editorial process.
Usage data - basic technical data such as browser type and access logs, collected automatically to operate and secure the platform.
How We Use Personal Data
Personal data is processed solely to operate the editorial and publishing platform, including manuscript submission and review, communication with authors/reviewers/editors, production and publication of accepted articles, and compliance with legal and scholarly indexing obligations (e.g., providing author names to indexing databases such as Crossref).
What We Do Not Do
We do not sell personal data to third parties.
We do not use submitted manuscript content or personal account data for advertising purposes.
Data Sharing with Third Parties
Limited data may be shared with essential service providers (e.g., plagiarism-detection software, hosting providers, indexing and abstracting services such as Crossref, OpenAlex, and ORCiD) strictly as needed to operate the publishing process, under appropriate confidentiality and data-protection terms.
Your Rights
Account holders may request a copy (export) of the personal data held about them.
Account holders may request correction or deletion of their personal data, subject to legal and record-keeping obligations (e.g., retaining minimal records necessary for the integrity of the published scholarly record).
Requests can be made by contacting the editorial office or publisher directly.
Data Retention and Security
Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes described above, or as required by law and scholarly record-keeping standards, and is protected using appropriate technical and organizational security measures.