Policies

Health science and Green Technology upholds the highest standards of publication ethics and adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing set forth by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME.

The subjects covered in manuscripts submitted to Health science and Green Technology must align with the journal’s aim and scope, which focus on environmental sciences, natural sciences, and engineering research. Manuscripts must be original, not previously published, and not under evaluation elsewhere.

Changing the author list (additions, deletions, or reordering) requires the written consent of all listed authors.

Unethical behaviors such as plagiarism, duplication, data fabrication, fraudulent authorship, salami publication, copyright violations, and undeclared conflicts of interest are unacceptable. Manuscripts violating ethical standards will be rejected or removed even after publication.

Plagiarism

Submitted manuscripts are checked using iThenticate. High similarity rates may result in rejection at any stage. The overall similarity score must be below 20% excluding references.

Peer Review

After plagiarism screening, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by editors for originality, methodology, environmental/natural science relevance, and alignment with journal scope. Manuscripts are reviewed via single-blind peer review by at least two reviewers. Publication decisions are made only after authors complete required revisions.

The journal is fully open access. All content is freely available without charge to users or institutions. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, link, or use articles for any lawful purpose under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, consistent with the BOAI definition of open access.

Authors retain copyright, while the publisher holds a non-exclusive license to publish the work.

There are no article processing charges or submission fees for any submitted or accepted manuscripts.

Authors retain full copyright of their work. Articles are published under the CC BY 4.0 license, allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction provided the original work is cited.

The journal allows sharing and adaptation of all published materials as long as proper attribution is given and no additional legal restrictions are applied.

Only original manuscripts that align with the journal’s focus on environmental sciences, natural sciences, and engineering are considered.

Manuscripts are screened for plagiarism, evaluated for scientific quality, and reviewed by at least two independent referees. Editors are responsible for final publication decisions.

Reviewers are expected to provide objective assessments and ensure confidentiality throughout the review process.

Articles in Press may be withdrawn in cases of errors, duplicate submissions, ethical violations, plagiarism, or fraudulent data. Withdrawn articles are replaced with a notice explaining the withdrawal according to the journal policy.

Complaints must be submitted within 12 months of publication. Complaints are evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor, and appropriate feedback is provided.

Health science and Green Technology does not accept commercial advertising in any form.

No direct marketing activities are carried out by or on behalf of Health science and Green Technology.

Editors evaluate manuscripts solely on scientific merit, ensuring confidentiality and independence from conflicts of interest.

Reviewers must assess manuscripts objectively, maintain confidentiality, and declare any conflicts of interest.

Manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening, editorial evaluation, and single-blind peer review by at least two experts in environmental sciences, natural sciences, or engineering.

Reviewers evaluate novelty, scientific significance, clarity, methods, results interpretation, referencing, and language quality.

All published articles are stored in Zenodo and Internet Archive for permanent preservation. Authors may deposit final PDF versions in institutional or subject repositories.

Supplement manuscripts follow the same ethical, plagiarism, and review procedures, requiring originality and relevance to environmental, natural science, or engineering fields.