ETHICS AND PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

I. OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

• This is an open-access online publication, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read and download, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this publication without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

II. PEER REVIEW PROCESS

• This online publication follows a blind peer-review process.

• After a paper is received, it is sent to the topic expert for blind review.

• The review process takes up to 1-2 weeks.

• Manuscripts are judged based on the following criteria:

• Contents that are based on updated information relevant to the topic or area

o   Organization of the ideas into a coherent and meaningful article

o   Intellectual property compliance

o   Technical aspects such as the language used, accuracy and timeliness of the information, etc.

• The Editor-in-chief and the Managing Editor reserve the right to accept or refuse an article for publication, without assigning any reasons.

• After the review process is completed, the authors will be informed about the decision of the reviewers by email.

III. PLAGIARISM POLICY

• Dreamer Publishing Services strictly adheres to NO PLAGIARISM POLICY based on the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. Therefore, all articles submitted undergo plagiarism checking using our plagiarism checker software (SCRIBBR). Authors are notified if they pass or fail the plagiarism check. Once they fail, they will be informed and given time to revise their paper until it passes in the plagiarism check.

IV. GRAMMAR CHECK

• To ensure if the article is free from grammar error and structure, authors are encouraged to use the Grammarly software if the article is written in English,

V.  COPYRIGHT OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES

• Dreamer Publishing Services owns the copyright of all the articles.  Its copyright follows the mandate of the Philippines law based on the intellectual property code of the Philippines:

"Under Philippine law, original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain are copyrightable. These include books, pamphlets, articles and other writings; periodicals and newspapers; lectures, sermons, addresses, dissertations prepared for oral delivery; letters; dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions; choreographic works or entertainment in dumb shows; musical compositions; drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving, lithography; models or designs for works of art; original ornamental designs or models for articles of manufacture; illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, charts and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science; drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character; photographic works including works produced by a process analogous to photography; lantern slides; audiovisual works and cinematographic works and works produced by a process analogous to cinematography or any process for making audio-visual recordings; pictorial illustrations and advertisements and computer programs." (Federis Intellectual Property Law, 2013).

• The submission form will be sent to the authors with the accepted manuscript where they have to provide their personal profile, attach the article, fill out & sign the Copyright Form & the Declaration of Anti-Plagiarism Form, and attach the proof of payment.

VI.  PUBLICATION TIME

• Authors will be notified once their article is already published. It takes only 5-7 working days after article submission for our online publications. Request for rush or express publication is also accepted. Printed publications are published after 2-3 months.

• The articles are published soon as they are ready, by adding them to the "current" volume's issue. Generally, the publication process takes around 1-5 days from submission to online publication, and 2-3 months for the printed version.

• For foreign authors who reside outside the Philippines & you want to have the hard copies, email dreamerpublishingservices@gmail.com for shipping procedures.

VII. ARCHIVING POLICY

• All the materials published by Dreamer Publishing Services are archived in the Dreamer Publishing Services registry and the National Library of the Philippines since it is registered with the National Book Development Board of the Philippines, and on this website.