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attentionRelease of the Initial Report of the Inquiry

Dear Authors and Readers

Consequent to the internal inquiry initiated by the editorial board of the journal 'Advancements in Life Sciences' upon 'quality concerns' raised by the Web of Sciences, an initial inquiry report is now available here. 
 
The report features following elements.
  1. Preamble
  2. Process of inquiry
  3. Summary of Findings
  4. Manuscript Level Details of the Inquiry
  5. Additional Considerations by the Inquiry Team
  6. Recommendations by the Inquiry Team
  7. Supplementary Notes / Suggestions
  8. Way Forward
  9. About the Inquiry Team
In addition to the 25-points summary of findings on 13 indicators, the inquiry team has exactly identified 'Type of Errors Found After Publishing / Other Discrepancies' and advised 'Corrective Measures to be Taken' at article level. Further, they have also given 8 recommendations and 2 suggestions for future reference to uplift quality of the content-to-be-published. Regardless, our word-by-word review of the published content is going-on till completion of this cohort. The team will complete this review by 10 May 2025.
 

As per the decision of the board, artilce level analysis is also being made publicly available at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fqZSDL8UvD3YupDi2sn72ma9RRoDsAo/ as an update to our readers and authors.

 
We look forward to keep working to uplift quality of the scholarly content (that has been) published and to-be-published with Web of Science. 
 
Thank you for your patience.
 
Regards,
 
Prof. Dr. Idrees Ahmed Nasir
Chief Editor
Advancements in Life Sciences
International Quarterly Journal of Biological Sciences
http://www.als-journal.com/
 
Notice updated on 30 April 2025.
 

Attention Readers and Authors

Advancements in Life Sciences has been put “On-Hold” by Web of Science on quality concerns since 25 March 2025. Editorial board of the journal has taken this development very seriously and has convened an extraordinary meeting on 02 April 2025 to discuss this matter. 

Given the reputational stake and scientific stature of the founding editors and their research groups/affiliated organizations, the board has decided to take a pragmatic approach i.e., to work with Web of Science editorial team (if asked) and launch internal inquiry to find any lapses / fix responsibility / take corrective measures. The inquiry team consists of three senior editors from the journal's editorial board and two of our independent colleagues. In addition to 24 quality parameters set by Web of Science, they are reviewing following elements of the editorial workflow of all articles published by the journal in year 2024-25 and shall furnish report in three (3) working weeks.

1. Peer review reports
2. Similarity index / AI content reports generated through Turnitin
3. Authors revisions
4. Editorial correspondences between authors, editors and editorial team
5. Copyedited/proofread files
6. Publishing frequency and quantity
7. Citation pattern
8. APC record

We understand the sanctity of scholarly publishing and vis-à-vis required editorial standards as per COPE guidelines. We also appreciate role of Web of Science and other reputed indices for their service to the research community in curating dependable research databases. Therefore, we intend to remain completely transparent in our editorial handling of all submitted manuscripts to Advancements in Life Sciences.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely!

Prof. Dr. Idrees Ahmed Nasir
Chief Editor
Advancements in Life Sciences
International Quarterly Journal of Biological Sciences

 

Notice updated on 03 April 2025.