CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENIFIC RESEARCH
ISSN 2819-036X
Instructions to authors
The Canadian Journal of Scientific Research (CJSR) is an international open access journal for publication of original multidisciplinary research from across all areas of the Physical Sciences, natural sciences, psychology, medicine and engineering. The Journal publishes papers with significant novelty and scientific impact. The Editors reserve the right to decline, without external review, papers that do not meet journal criteria explained briefly below, including papers that are very similar to previous publications; dealing with parameter optimization of known processes without new concepts and/or interpretations; or reporting the studies of specific geographic areas without presenting new insights and/or hypothesis testing. A 100 word (maximum) “statement of novelty” explaining why the work should be published in Canadian Journal of Scientific Research (CJSR) should be provided in cover letter. Papers that lack significant novelty will be rejected. Two volumes of CJSR are published annually.
Instructions to Authors
The editor in chief or handling editor reserve the right to decline, without external review of papers that do not present significant novelty, scientific impact or meet journal criteria. Authors must follow ethics in publication they will be responsible for originality of results and duplicate submission or plagiarism. All authors are requested to disclose any type of potential conflict of interest on time of submission.
Manuscript types
Regular paper: Manuscript must contain appropriate sections including abstract, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments and references. To ensure conciseness, maximum word count for manuscript could be up to 5,000 words including all parts of manuscript (text, figures captions, and table legends etc.) except references.
Review Articles: Must contain brief summary of the proposed article and a complete literature review in relevant field including recent developments. To ensure conciseness, the maximum word count for review article could be up to 15,000 words including all parts of article except references.
Short Communications: The results of partial research or preliminary studies can be submitted as short communication at the time of submission. To ensure conciseness, maximum word count for short communication could be up to 3,000 words including all parts of manuscript (text, figures captions, and table legends etc.) except references.
Letters to the Editor: Any letters to the editors will be reviewed by editorial board and authors will be asked for their response if needed. . To ensure conciseness, maximum word count for letter to the editor could be up to 15,00 words including all parts except references.
Case studies: Case studies representing current research will also be published.
Cover letter: A detailed cover letter is needed at the time of submission of article stating that the work submitted to CJSR has not been published previously (except in the form of academic thesis or an abstract or as part of a published lecture) and also that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. It must state also that’s all authors or authorizes involved in work agrees to submit article to CJSR and that, if accepted, it will not be published in English or any other language without prior written permission of CJSR copyright holder.
Authorship: Changes in names of authors or corresponding is acceptable only before publication of manuscript with a solid reason.
Copyright
Copyright & licensing is maintained using Publisher’s own license (Attribution). Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.
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CJSR operates under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means:
- Open Access: Articles are freely available to read and download.
- Sharing Allowed: You can share and distribute the work.
- Adaptation Permitted: You can remix, tweak, or build upon the work.
- Attribution Required: You must give appropriate credit to the original authors.
Licensing
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CJSR is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This means:
- Open Access: Free to read and download.
- Share & Adapt: Share, remix, and build upon the work.
- Attribute: Give credit to original authors.
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JOURNAL PRACTICES
Publication ethics and related editorial policies CJSR adopted COPE’s Core Practice guidance policies on publication ethics. The further details to the policies are given below:
- Journal’s policies on authorship and contributorship.
- How the journal will handle complaints and appeals.
- How the journal will handle allegations of research misconduct.
- Journal’s policies on conflicts of interest.
- Journal’s policies on data sharing and reproducibility.
- Journal’s policy on ethical oversight.
- Journal’s policy on intellectual property.
- Journal’s options for post-publication discussions.
- Journal’s policies on corrections and retractions.
Submission, peer review and review process
Please submit all types of articles through email to canadianjsr@gmail.com. This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor’s decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all the journal’s usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups. During the review process, the status of manuscript can be checked through the same e-mail. Authors are requested to revise their manuscripts within given duration of time. The revised manuscript will be again sent for review if required. Revising a manuscript does not automatically mean that it will be accepted for publication in CJSR. A detailed reply to reviewer comments needed on submission of revised manuscript and changes made must be highlighted in the manuscript.
Canadian Journal of Scientific Research – Policy on Assessment of Research Integrity Issues
All articles submitted to the Canadian Journal of Scientific Research are systematically assessed for research integrity issues at every stage of the publication process, from initial submission through peer review to post-publication monitoring. Upon receipt, each manuscript undergoes a comprehensive integrity screening that combines automated detection tools with human editorial oversight. Every submission is checked for plagiarism and text similarity using Crossref Similarity Check powered by iThenticate, and manuscripts exhibiting excessive similarity, including text recycling and self-plagiarism, are flagged for editorial review and may be returned to authors for correction or rejected. In addition, the journal employs advanced in-house screening to identify indicators of papermill activity, such as tortured phrasing, nonsensical text, and irrelevant or inappropriate references, and manuscripts suspected of containing artificially generated content are examined by the research integrity team. Authorship is verified through ORCID, affiliation checks, and review of contribution patterns, and any irregularities such as gift authorship, authorship for sale, or unexplained changes to the author list are investigated in accordance with established ethical guidelines.
Image and data integrity is a central component of the assessment. All figures, including micrographs, gels, blots, spectra, and charts, are screened for duplication, manipulation, or fabrication using both automated forensic tools and manual inspection, and authors may be required to provide raw data, original unprocessed images, and uncropped gel images to support the validity of their findings. Ethical compliance is also verified, and manuscripts involving human participants, animal studies, human data, or sensitive biological materials must provide evidence of institutional ethics approval, informed consent, and adherence to national and international standards, with non-compliant submissions being returned without review.
The integrity of the peer review process itself is protected through verification of reviewer identities, detection of compromised or fabricated reviews, and strict conflict of interest management, ensuring that editors and reviewers with competing interests are excluded from handling relevant manuscripts. Confidentiality is maintained by prohibiting the upload of unpublished manuscripts to public generative AI systems by editors or reviewers. When a potential integrity concern is raised by screening tools, editors, reviewers, or external readers, it is formally logged and evaluated by the editorial office in consultation with the journal’s integrity team, authors are contacted for clarification and supporting evidence, and where the concern involves potential fabrication or requires access to institutional records, the matter is referred to the authors’ institution or designated research integrity officer following the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics. Depending on the outcome, actions may range from correction and revision to rejection prior to publication, and post-publication, the journal may issue an Expression of Concern, Correction, or Retraction to ensure the scholarly record is accurately maintained. Cases involving systemic manipulation of the publication process may result in additional sanctions and notification to relevant bodies. Authors are expected to uphold the highest standards of honesty and transparency, retain raw data for a minimum of five years, disclose all relevant conflicts and funding sources, and cooperate fully with any integrity investigation, reflecting the shared responsibility of authors, institutions, editors, and the journal in preserving a reliable and trustworthy scientific literature.
Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence their judgments on what is published, potentially misleading readers. Conflicts might arise from relationships, allegiances, or hostilities to specific groups or organizations, especially when resulting in personal gain.
Authors’ Obligations:
- Authors must disclose all forms of financial support, including pharmaceutical company support, in their contributions.
- Any commercial or financial involvement that might present a conflict of interest must be disclosed in a covering letter with the submission. These potential conflicts will be discussed with the Editor regarding their disclosure in the journal.
- Authors must not have restrictive agreements with sponsors that prevent the publication of both positive and negative results or require sponsor approval before publishing.
- Authors should check the manuscript submission guidelines for specific journal requirements on conflict-of-interest declarations and comply accordingly.
Editor Obligations:
- Editors and guest editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that might influence their editorial decisions.
- They must ensure fair and unbiased review processes, irrespective of any declared conflicts of interest.
Peer Reviewer Obligations:
- Peer reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest that could bias their opinions of the manuscript, including any financial, personal, or professional relationships with the authors or related entities.
- If potential conflicts might interfere with an unbiased review, reviewers should recuse themselves from the manuscript review process.
- Reviewers should adhere to confidentiality and objective standards, avoiding any actions that could be construed as leveraging their position for personal gain.
Declaration Process:
For journals requiring a Declaration of Conflicting Interests, include it at the end of the manuscript, following Acknowledgements, under ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interest’.
If no conflict exists, state: “The Author(s)/Reviewer(s)/Editor(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest”.
Disclosure must include any financial relationship with sponsoring organizations and with for-profit products discussed in the text.
Additional Information:
For further details on Conflict-of-Interest policies, refer to the following resources:
COPE Guidelines on Conflict of Interest: https://publicationethics.org/competinginterests
ICMJE Conflict of Interest guidelines: https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities–conflicts-of-interest.html
Common Standard for Conflict of Interest Disclosure by the Center for Science in the Public Interest: https://www.cspinet.org/resource/model-policy-conflict-interest-disclosure
Human and Animal Rights
All research must have been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is suspicion that work has not taken place within an appropriate ethical framework, Editors will follow may reject the manuscript, and/or contact the author(s)’ ethics committee. On rare occasions, if the Editor has serious concerns about the ethics of a study, the manuscript may be rejected on ethical grounds, even if approval from an ethics committee has been obtained.
- Articles conducting any animal or clinical studies should contain a statement in accordance with the animal and human ethics committee.
- Research should be carried out in a manner that animals do not get affected unnecessarily.
- Registration is required for all clinical trials.
Informed consent
In the CJRS, patients have a right to privacy that should not be violated without informed consent. Identifying information, including names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that an identifiable patient be shown the manuscript to be published. Authors should disclose to these patients whether any potential identifiable material might be available via the Internet as well as in print after publication. Patient consent should be written and archived either with the journal, the authors, or both, as dictated by local regulations or laws. Nonessential identifying details should be omitted. Informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt that anonymity can be maintained. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of patients is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance, and editors should so note, that such alterations do not distort scientific meaning. When informed consent has been obtained, it should be indicated in the published article.
Article structure
Please submit article either in (1) Article Template or (2) Microsoft word file (tables and figures should be placed after references and should not be embedded).
Preferably articles references could be inserted using endnote.
Subdivision – numbered sections
Preferred article language is American. Please make sure than article font is “Times New Roman” font size is “12” and it is double spaced. Tables and figures should be provided after references and figures should follow tables. Article must be divided into well-defined and consecutively numbered sections and subsections like 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …), 1.2, etc. except abstract, keywords, acknowledgements and references. Please provide subsection heading in bold plus italics. Used units should be of international system (SI). Abbreviations must be defined first in manuscript. Please do not include abbreviation in the abstract. Appendices (A1, A2, …), equations (E1, E2, …), formulae (F1, F2, …), tables (Table 1, Table 2, …) and Figures (Fig.1, Fig. 2,…) should be given separate numbering.
Title
The title must be concise, informative and should clearly represent the contents of article. Try to avoid formulae and abbreviations where possible. Article titles are set in sentence case but capitalize proper nouns.
Author names and affiliations
Please provide complete authors’ name, full postal address of each affiliation, and e-mail. Use a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address to indicate all affiliations. Corresponding author or submitting author should be indicted by a”*” immediately after the author’s name. The corresponding author will handle manuscript at all stages and needed to provide his full contact details including postal address, e-mail, fax and telephone (with country and area code).
Abstract
A concise abstract stating purpose of the research, important results, significant findings and major conclusions is required with a word count from 200 to 250 words. References are not recommended to be included in abstract. Graphical abstract is optional. If an isotope is mentioned, spell out the name of the element when it is first used and
provide the isotope number on the line (e.g., carbon-12 (first occurrence), then C-12). Non-research articles such as editorials, commentaries, and errata do not have abstracts,
and brief reports/short communications may exclude abstracts at the discretion of the journal editor.
Keywords
A maximum of 5 keywords must be provided. Only well-known abbreviation/s can be included as a keyword. Chemical formulas beginning with symbols (e.g., δ13C, δ1 5N) are listed at the end of the keywords; formulas starting with letters (e.g., C3) should be arranged alphabetically among the other keywords; formulas starting with numerals (e.g., 13C) come at the beginning of the keywords.
Introduction
It is needed to provide an adequate background of work, a very brief literature review and important objectives of study in the present section. Please do not include summary of methodology or results in introduction.
Materials and Methods
Sufficient details of methodology must be provided to allow reproduction of the work. Methods followed must be indicated by a reference.
Results and Discussion
A combine result and discussion section is required to publish your articles in CJSR. Authors hold the responsibility of originality of results. Extensive citations and discussion of already published work must be avoided.
Conclusions
Novel findings and important results may be presented in this section.
Acknowledgements:
Funding agency or other individuals those who provide help during the research can be listed here.
References
Minimum of 12 recent and relevant references must be provided. The references must cite recent and relevant research only. At least half of the references included should be published within the last 10 years. References should be listed in the order in which they appear in the text. References should be citied in the text like [1], [2],… etc. It is recommended to avoid web references. However, where it is necessary to include them the full URL and date last accessed should be given.
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] M.A. Hanif, M.I. Jilani, A. Majeed and I. Ullah. (2012). Title of article. Canadian Journal of Scientific Research. Vol. no. (issue no.) pages.
or if issue number is not available
[1] M.A. Hanif, M.I. Jilani, A. Majeed and I. Ullah. (2012). Title of article. Canadian Journal of Scientific Research. Vol. no. : pages.
Reference to a book:
[2] M.A. Hanif and M.S. Jamil. (2012). Title of book. Edition, Publisher and its address. pp. (page numbers).
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] M.I. Jilani and A. Majeed (2012). Title of chapter, in M.A. Hanif and M.S. Jamil (Eds.). Title of book. Edition, Publisher and its address. pp. (page numbers).
Reference to a conference:
[4] R. Nadeem and A. Khan. (2012). Analytical evaluation of wild medicinal plants. “International Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”, Cagliari, Italy. April 13-15, 2012.
Reference to a website:
[5] M. Najeeb. (2020). Biodiesel: a useful source of energy. www.science.org Retrieved 15th Jan 2022.
Tables
Tables should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Foot notes to tables can be placed below the table body. Foot note needed to be indicating with superscript lowercase letters.
Figures
Figures should also be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Please provide detailed caption to each figure. To effectively showcase your research on publication, we recommend following the guidelines below when supplying figures for your accepted article.
| Line Art | Images |
| Line art includes diagrams, scatter plots, graphs, flowcharts, and other text-based figures that are not tables. If a figure includes both line art and images, it is recommended to follow the line art guidelines. | Images include photographs, drawings, imaging system outputs (such as MRIs or ultrasound), and other graphical representations. |
| Preferred file types for line art are EPS or PDF | Preferred file types for images are TIFF or PNG or EPS |
| Acceptable file types are any standard file type including: PS, AI, DOC, PPT, GIF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, WMF. | |
| The preferred resolution for line art is 600-1000 dpi. Higher resolutions are needed for line art than for images because each individual line must be more precisely rendered. This can be easily achieved by using larger fonts for easier reading. | The preferred resolution for images is 300 dpi. Though many web-based images often appear at very low resolutions (72 dpi or lower), readers will only benefit from your research if your images offer hi-resolution detail. |
| Any resolution is acceptable that is legible when viewed as an 80 mm or 1800 pixel width, unmagnified. Providing your figures in the preferred formats and resolution is critical for print quality and readability of your printed figure. Creating your figures in one of the preferred file types creates a higher quality figure than converting an existing figure. If you’re not able to create a figure in the preferred file type, provide the file type you have and our production team will work with you to present it effectively. For small images, that will occupy one-quarter of the page, the preferred minimum image size is an 80 mm canvas size or a pixel width of 1800px. For large images that will occupy a half- or full-page, the preferred minimum image size is a 180 mm canvas size or a pixel width of 1800px. Be sure to carefully consider the minimum space necessary for each figure before providing large images. Provided images smaller than the preferred sizes may be modified during production, possibly resulting in decreased quality. Each individual figure file should be less than 10 MB, and the zipped file of all figure files should be less than 500 MB. To facilitate ease of review, name figure files only with the word “figure” and the appropriate number. For example: Figure_1.tiff. We recommend providing 1 figure per page in a single Word document.
Ethical Considerations Changes to images can create misleading results, especially in research data collected as images. It may, however, be legitimate and even necessary to edit images. We ask authors to declare where manipulations have been made.
Constructing figures from different gels, fields, exposures, and experimental series is discouraged. When this is necessary the component parts of composite images should be indicated by dividing lines clearly demarcated in the figure and described in the legend. |
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Article Processing Charges (APC)
APC of 100 USD is charged to accepted articles after strict review process. Authors from low income countries classified by the World Bank can apply for partial/full waivers. The decisions are made on case to case basis.
Proofs
Proofs of article will be sent to corresponding author by e-mail. Proofreading is solely responsibility of corresponding author. All corrections are sent back to us within 48 hours in one communication. After receiving proofs article are directly published without doi.
Indexing
Indexing of articles in google scholar and google might take 2-3 months or more as it is an automated process. Indexing of articles with Scopus and other indexing websites is also an independent process beyond control of CJSR and might take up to 6 months or more in some cases. CJSR do not guarantee indexing of all articles in Scopus or other indexing websites as these are automated processes and indexing websites recheck quality of every article again before publication.
AI Policy for The Canadian Journal of Scientific Research
Aligned with COPE Guidelines
i. Preamble
The Canadian Journal of Scientific Research (CJSR) recognizes the responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies as tools to support research and scholarly communication. AI tools must not substitute for human critical thinking, originality, and accountability. Authors, reviewers, and editors remain fully responsible for the integrity, accuracy, and originality of the work.
ii. Authorship and AI Tools
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other generative AI tools do not satisfy authorship criteria for CJSR.
Authorship implies accountability, ability to approve the final version, manage copyright, declare conflicts, and respond to integrity queries – tasks that can only be performed by humans.
AI tools must not be listed as an author, co-author, or cited as an author.
iii. Use of AI by Authors
a) Allowed with disclosure:
Authors may use AI tools to:
- Improve language, grammar, readability and formatting (AI-assisted copy editing)
- Assist in literature summarization, data organization, and reference formatting
- Support coding, statistical analysis, and data visualization where human oversight is maintained
b) Use in Research Design / Methods:
If AI tools are used as part of the research methodology (e.g., AI-assisted imaging, machine learning for data analysis, natural language processing, predictive modeling), their use must be described in full detail in the Methods section. This includes: tool name, version, manufacturer, parameters, prompts, and validation approach.
c) Not Allowed:
- Generating or fabricating data, results, citations, or references
- Plagiarizing, paraphrasing without attribution, or obscuring sources
- Creating or manipulating images, figures, spectra, chromatograms, or artwork using generative AI (see Section iv)
Authors are responsible for verifying accuracy, avoiding bias, checking for fabricated references, and ensuring no privacy, confidentiality, or copyright infringement occurs through AI use. Authors must ensure terms of use of AI tools do not grant the tool rights to retain or train on unpublished data.
iv. AI-Generated Images, Figures and Artwork
CJSR does not permit the use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools to create, enhance, obscure, move, remove, or introduce features in images, figures, photographs, microscopy, gels, and artwork.
Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are acceptable only if they do not obscure information.
Exception: When generative AI is integral to the research itself (e.g., AI-generated images as research data in biomedical imaging), this must be explicitly declared in Methods with reproducible details, and raw pre-AI images must be provided upon editorial request for verification.
Use of generative AI for graphical abstracts, cover art, and journal logos is not permitted.
Use of non-generative machine learning tools to enhance image quality must be disclosed in the figure caption.
v. Disclosure Requirements
Basic copy-editing (grammar, spelling, punctuation) does not require disclosure.
For any other use, authors must include a declaration statement at the end of the manuscript, before References, titled:
Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies
Example wording: “During preparation of this work, the author(s) used [TOOL NAME, Version] for [PURPOSE]. The authors reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content.”
The statement will be published.
vi. Peer Review
Peer review relies on expert judgment and confidentiality. Reviewers must not upload manuscripts, review reports, or any unpublished content to generative AI tools, as this breaches confidentiality and data privacy.
If a reviewer uses AI to support evaluation, its use must be transparently declared in the review report. Reviewers remain fully accountable for their comments.
vii. Editorial Process
Editors will not use generative AI to make editorial decisions. AI tools used for plagiarism detection (iThenticate), image forensics, or language quality checks are operated with human oversight and in accordance with RELX Responsible AI Principles.
viii. Misconduct
Failure to disclose AI use, fabrication of data or citations via AI, or submission of AI-generated images will be treated as research misconduct per COPE guidelines and may result in rejection, retraction, and notification to institutions.
CJSR will continue to monitor developments and update this policy as legal and ethical standards evolve.
Offprints
Electronic offprints in the form of a PDF file will be provided to the corresponding author free of cost.
Corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies
CJSR is always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.