MKET Canada Publication Policies, Author Guidelines, Terms and Conditions

Applicable To:

• Mian Karam Ellahi Trust (MKET) Canada Website
• Canadian Legal Research Journal (CLRJ)
• Canadian Journal of Forestry Research (CJFR)
• Canadian Journal of Sciences and Clinical Discovery (CJSCD)

1. Acceptance of Terms

By submitting any manuscript, article, research paper, thesis, dissertation, book, book chapter, monograph, report, working paper, conference paper, presentation, seminar paper, case study, policy paper, dataset, educational resource, assignment, commentary, review, multimedia content, or any other scholarly work to MKET Canada or its affiliated journals, authors agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions, Editorial Policies, Publication Standards, and Author Submission Requirements.

2. Eligible Submissions

• Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Working Papers
• Policy Papers
• Case Studies
• Books
• Book Chapters
• Monographs
• Technical Reports
• Conference Papers
• Seminar Papers
• Presentations
• Dissertations
• Theses
• Research Data
• Educational Materials
• Assignments
• Research Posters
• Multimedia Research Outputs

3. Author Declarations

By submitting content, the author certifies that:

• The submission is original.
• The work does not infringe copyright.
• The author possesses all necessary publication rights.
• All co-authors have approved the submission.
• The work is not fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading.
• Any conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
• The work complies with applicable laws and regulations.
• Any use of artificial intelligence tools has been appropriately disclosed where relevant.

4. Intellectual Property and Copyright

Authors retain copyright unless otherwise agreed in writing. Submission grants MKET Canada and its affiliated journals a non-exclusive, worldwide license to review, publish, archive, index, preserve, display, distribute, and make the submission available through scholarly publishing, repository, and metadata distribution systems.

5. Research Ethics Requirements

• Research involving humans must comply with applicable ethics requirements.
• Research involving personal information must respect privacy laws.
• Clinical research should include required approvals.
• Animal research must comply with applicable standards.
• Research misconduct is prohibited.
• Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and duplicate publication are prohibited.

6. Peer Review Policy

Submissions may undergo editorial screening and peer review. Submission does not guarantee review, acceptance, publication, indexing, citation, DOI assignment, repository inclusion, or future availability.

7. DOI Registration Policy

Eligible publications may receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). DOI assignment is intended to provide persistent identification and improve discoverability.

DOI assignment does not constitute accreditation, endorsement, ranking, certification, validation, scholarly approval, or quality assurance by any DOI registration agency.

8. Crossref Compliance Notice

Where applicable, MKET Canada publications may participate in Crossref DOI registration and metadata services. Authors acknowledge that Crossref does not review, evaluate, approve, rank, accredit, endorse, certify, or verify published content.

9. DataCite Compliance Notice

Datasets, research objects, repositories, supplemental materials, and other research outputs may be assigned DataCite DOIs where applicable. Authors acknowledge that DataCite provides scholarly infrastructure for persistent identification and metadata registration and does not endorse, verify, certify, accredit, or validate deposited content.

10. Zenodo Repository Notice

Certain research outputs may be archived, deposited, linked, or preserved through Zenodo or associated repositories. Authors remain solely responsible for the legality, accuracy, ethical compliance, and ownership of deposited content.

11. Open Access Policy

MKET Canada supports responsible dissemination of scholarly knowledge. Unless stated otherwise, publications may be made publicly accessible to support education, research, innovation, and public benefit.

12. Metadata Policy

• Authors must provide accurate metadata.
• Authors should provide ORCID identifiers where available.
• Inaccurate metadata may be corrected after publication.
• Publication metadata may be distributed through scholarly systems.

13. Retractions, Corrections, and Updates

MKET Canada reserves the right to correct, revise, withdraw, retract, remove, or amend published content where necessary for legal, ethical, editorial, technical, or scholarly reasons.

14. Limitation of Liability

Authors remain solely responsible for the accuracy, opinions, findings, analyses, conclusions, and statements contained in submitted content.

MKET Canada, its journals, editors, reviewers, volunteers, officers, board members, and affiliates shall not be liable for any loss, damages, or claims arising from publication or use of submitted content.

15. Journal-Specific Scope Requirements

CLRJ – Canadian Legal Research Journal

Submissions must relate primarily to law, public policy, governance, justice, legal education, legal technology, human rights, or interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

CJFR – Canadian Journal of Forestry Research

Submissions must relate primarily to forestry, environmental sustainability, natural resource management, ecosystems, biodiversity, climate resilience, or conservation studies.

CJSCD – Canadian Journal of Sciences and Clinical Discovery

Submissions must relate primarily to scientific, clinical, medical, health, biomedical, public health, pharmaceutical, or interdisciplinary health-related research.

16. Final Author Agreement

By submitting content to MKET Canada, CLRJ, CJFR, or CJSCD, the author confirms that they have read, understood, and agreed to all applicable submission requirements, editorial policies, ethical standards, copyright provisions, publication terms, repository procedures, DOI registration practices, and scholarly communication requirements.