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Copyright Permission

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.

Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.

UNDERTAKING BY AUTHOR(S)

I/We undersigned, give an undertaking to the following effect with regard to our article entitled ____________________________________________________________________

Submitted for publication in AJAS :

1.The article mentioned above has not been published or submitted to or accepted for publication in any form, in any other journal.

2.We also vouchsafe that the authorship of this article will not be contested by anyone whose name(s) is/are not listed by us here.

3.I/We declare that I/We contributed significantly towards the research study i.e., (a) conception, design, and /or analysis and interpretation of data and (b) drafting of the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and on (c) final approval of the version to be published.

4.I/We hereby acknowledge AJAS, conflict of interest policy requirement to scrupulously avoid direct and indirect conflicts of interest and, accordingly hereby agree to promptly inform the editor or editor's designee of any business, commercial, or other proprietary support, relationships, or interests that I/ We may have which relate directly or indirectly to the subject of the work.

5.I/We also agree to the authorship of the article in the following sequence:

Author's Names (in sequence) Signature of Authors

1. _______________________ __________________

2. _______________________ __________________

3. _______________________ __________________

4. _______________________ __________________

5. _______________________ __________________

6. _______________________ __________________

7. _______________________ __________________

8. _______________________ __________________

Important Note:

1. All the authors are required to sign independently in this form in the sequence given above. In case an author has left the institution/country and whose whereabouts are not known, the senior author may sign on his/her behalf taking the responsibility.

2. No addition/deletion/or any change in the sequence of the authorship will be permissible at a later stage, without valid reasons and permission of the Executive Editor.

3. If the authorship is contested at any stage, the article will not be processed for publication till the issue is solved.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT FORM

This document must be signed by all authors and submitted with the manuscript.

The Journal and authors hereby agree as follows: In consideration of the AJAS, reviewing and editing the following described work for first publication on an exclusive basis:

Title of the manuscript: _______

The undersigned author(s) hereby assigns, conveys, and otherwise transfers all rights, title, interest, and copyright ownership of said work for publication. Work includes the material submitted for publication and any other related material submitted to AJAS. In the event that the AJAS, does not publish said work, the author(s) will be so notified and all rights assigned hereunder will revert to the author(s).

The assignments of rights to the journal include but are not expressly limited to rights to edit, publish, reproduce, distribute copies, include in indexes or search databases in print, electronic, or other media, whether or not in use at the time of execution of this agreement, and claim copyright in said work throughout the world for the full duration of the copyright and any renewals or extensions thereof.

All accepted works become the property of the journal and may not be published elsewhere without prior written permission from the Journal. The author(s) hereby represents and warrants that they are the sole author(s) of the work, that all authors have participated in and agree with the content and conclusions of the work, that the work is original, and does not infringe upon any copyright, propriety, or personal right of any third party, and that no part of it nor any work based on substantially similar data has been submitted to another publication.