Privacy Policy

Archives of Pharmacy Practice (APP) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, and other users of its website and online services. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored, and protected in connection with the journal's website, manuscript submission and peer-review processes, and related publishing activities.

By accessing or using the journal's website and services, users acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Personal Information

Archives of Pharmacy Practice may collect personal information that users voluntarily provide when registering on the website, submitting a manuscript, participating in peer review, communicating with the Editorial Office, or otherwise using the journal's services.

Such information may include:

• Full name and academic or professional title

• Institutional affiliation and department

• Postal or institutional address

• Email address and telephone number

• ORCID iD and other researcher identifiers

• Academic qualifications and areas of expertise

• Author, reviewer, and editorial information

• Manuscript submission and peer-review records

• Correspondence with the Editorial Office

• Other information necessary for editorial, publishing, and administrative purposes

The website may also automatically collect limited technical information, including IP address, browser type, device information, access date and time, referring pages, and information concerning interaction with the website. Such information may be used for website administration, security, technical support, and statistical analysis.

Information that forms part of the public scholarly record—including author names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, correspondence details designated for publication, and information contained in published articles—may become publicly accessible following publication.

Use of Personal Information

Personal information collected by Archives of Pharmacy Practice is used only for legitimate journal operations and scholarly publishing activities. These purposes may include:

• Managing user accounts and journal registrations

• Processing manuscript submissions

• Administering editorial assessment and peer review

• Communicating editorial decisions and revision requests

• Corresponding with authors, reviewers, and editors

• Managing accepted manuscripts and publication workflows

• Maintaining the integrity and security of the journal's publishing system

• Detecting and investigating suspected research or publication misconduct

• Maintaining appropriate editorial and publication records

• Providing technical and administrative support

• Improving the functionality and performance of the journal's website

• Producing internal statistical and operational reports

• Fulfilling applicable legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations

Personal information will not be sold or rented to third parties.

Where necessary for journal operations, limited information may be processed by trusted service providers that support activities such as website hosting, manuscript management, technical services, publication production, indexing, archiving, DOI registration, and other scholarly publishing functions. Such information should be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant service.

Personal information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or where reasonably necessary to investigate suspected misconduct, protect the integrity of the scholarly record, or protect the legitimate rights and security of the journal and its users.

Confidentiality of Manuscripts and Peer Review

Archives of Pharmacy Practice operates a double-blind peer-review process. Information relating to submitted manuscripts, authors, reviewers, editorial assessments, and peer-review reports is treated as confidential in accordance with the journal's editorial and peer-review policies.

Editors, reviewers, and other individuals involved in manuscript evaluation must not use confidential information obtained through the peer-review process for personal advantage or disclose such information to unauthorized persons.

Personal information associated with the editorial and peer-review process will be accessible only to individuals who require such access to perform legitimate editorial, administrative, technical, ethical, or publishing functions.

Cookies and Website Technologies

The Archives of Pharmacy Practice website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functions, maintain user sessions, remember preferences, improve website performance, and understand how visitors interact with the journal's online services.

Users may configure their browsers to refuse or restrict cookies. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the availability or functionality of some features of the website or manuscript submission system.

Data Security

Archives of Pharmacy Practice takes reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.

Where appropriate, security measures may include access controls, secure server environments, authentication mechanisms, encrypted transmission, backups, and other safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information being processed.

Although reasonable measures are taken to protect personal information, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Data Retention

Personal information will be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to meet the journal's editorial, publishing, ethical, administrative, archiving, and legal obligations.

Certain information associated with manuscript submissions, peer review, editorial decisions, published articles, corrections, retractions, or other elements of the scholarly record may need to be retained for an extended period to preserve the integrity and traceability of the publication process.

User Rights and Data Requests

Subject to applicable data protection laws, users may request access to personal information held about them and may request that inaccurate or incomplete information be corrected.

Users may also request deletion or restriction of certain personal information where applicable. However, the journal may be required to retain particular records when necessary to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record, document editorial and peer-review processes, comply with legal or ethical obligations, investigate publication misconduct, or establish and protect legitimate rights.

Requests concerning personal information should be submitted to the journal through its official contact channels. The journal will review such requests and respond in accordance with applicable requirements.

Third-Party Services and External Links

The journal's website may contain links to external websites or may use third-party services related to scholarly publishing, indexing, archiving, researcher identification, citation services, or other academic functions.

Archives of Pharmacy Practice is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of independent external websites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of external services before providing personal information to them.

Children's Privacy

The journal's website and scholarly publishing services are intended primarily for researchers, healthcare professionals, academics, students, and other members of the scientific community and are not specifically directed toward children.

The journal does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children except where such processing may be legitimately required in connection with research, publication, or other activities conducted in accordance with applicable ethical and legal requirements.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Archives of Pharmacy Practice may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in journal operations, publishing practices, technology, applicable regulations, or data-protection requirements.

Any revised version will be published on the journal's website. Users are encouraged to review this page periodically to remain informed about how personal information is handled.

Contact Information

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information may be submitted to the Archives of Pharmacy Practice Editorial Office through the official contact information provided on the journal's website.

The journal will make reasonable efforts to review privacy-related inquiries and address legitimate concerns in a timely and appropriate manner.