PUBLICATION GUIDELINES
Open Access Statement
This is an open-access online publication, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read and download, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this publication without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
Peer Review Process
This online publication follows a blind peer-review process.
After a paper is received, it is sent to the topic expert for blind review.
The review process takes up to 1-2 weeks.
Manuscripts are judged based on the following criteria:
Contents that are based on updated information relevant to the topic or area
Organization of the ideas into a coherent and meaningful article
Intellectual property compliance
Technical aspects such as the language used, accuracy and timeliness of the information, etc.
The Chief Executive Editor and Managing Editor reserve the right to accept or refuse an article for publication, without assigning any reasons.
After the review process is completed, the authors will be informed about the decision of the reviewers by email.
Plagiarism Policy
Pinagpala Publishing Services strictly adheres to NO PLAGIARISM POLICY based on the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. Therefore, all articles submitted undergo plagiarism checking using our plagiarism checker software. Authors are notified if they pass or fail the plagiarism check. Once they fail, they will be informed and given time to revise their paper until it passes in the plagiarism check.
Copyright of Published Articles
Pinagpala Publishing Services owns the copyright of all the articles. Its copyright follows the mandate of the Philippines law based on the intellectual property code of the Philippines:
"Under Philippine law, original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain are copyrightable. These include books, pamphlets, articles and other writings; periodicals and newspapers; lectures, sermons, addresses, dissertations prepared for oral delivery; letters; dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions; choreographic works or entertainment in dumb shows; musical compositions; drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving, lithography; models or designs for works of art; original ornamental designs or models for articles of manufacture; illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, charts and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science; drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character; photographic works including works produced by a process analogous to photography; lantern slides; audiovisual works and cinematographic works and works produced by a process analogous to cinematography or any process for making audio-visual recordings; pictorial illustrations and advertisements and computer programs." (Federis Intellectual Property Law, 2013).
Publication Time
The articles are published soon as they are ready, by adding them to the "current" volume's issue. Generally, the publication process takes around 5-7 working days from submission to online publication, and 2-3 months for the printed version.
Archiving Policy
All the materials published by Pinagpala Publishing Services are archived in the Pinagpala Publishing Services registry and the National Library of the Philippines since it is registered with the National Book Development Board of the Philippines, and on this website.
Indexing
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
Our serials are indexed in the ISSN International Center, the Global Index for Continuing Resources:
NEWSCREATE ISSN (Online) 2799-1407 ISSN (Print) 2799-192X
SIXIR (Alpha): A Literary Folio (Online) ISSN 2815-0805
Google, Yahoo & Microsoft BING
WEC and all the published articles can also be found in different search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Bing.DOI
OpenAIRE
Zenodo
Philippine E-Journal
LICENSING
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS
FOR ARTICLE PUBLISHING
1. Before submitting your article/s, be sure that it has been edited by an English or a Filipino teacher/editor before submission. This is in order to come up with a well-written article free of facts and grammar errors. You may also use editing software. You must also register at https://orcid.org/ if you don't have an ORCID.
2. Submit your article in MS Word file with the letter size paper, A4 size, normal margin- 1 inch on all sides, Century Gothic, font size (14: title, 10-11 texts)
3. For WEC, paste your 2x2 picture. For NEWSCREATE, paste your 2x2 picture, and include at least 3-5 originally taken photographs as MOVs of your project/innovation/accomplishment on the last page of your documents with captions.
4. Follow the format before submission (See published articles).
5. Then, submit your article/s to pinagpalapublishingservices@gmail.com for review. The submission is FREE. Wait for a confirmation message. Once your paper is accepted, you will pay a publication fee depending on the number of words: (View publication rates below)
8. The publication for WEC follows a peer-review process. After a paper is received, it is sent to the topic expert for blind review. The review process takes up to 3-5 days. Manuscripts are judged based on the following criteria:
Contents that are based on updated information relevant to the topic or area
Organization of the ideas into a coherent and meaningful article
Intellectual property compliance
Technical aspects such as the language used, accuracy and timeliness of the information, etc.
9. The Chief Executive Editor and Managing Editor reserve the right to accept or refuse an article for publication, without assigning any reasons.
10. After the review process is completed, the authors will be informed about the decision of the reviewers by email.
11. The submission form will be sent to the authors with the accepted manuscript where they have to provide their personal profile, attach the article, fill out & sign the Copyright Form & the Declaration of Anti-Plagiarism Form, and attach the proof of payment. (View article processing charges (APCs) below).
12. Payment of the publication fees and inclusions can be viewed here.
13. Authors will be notified once their article is already published. It takes only 1-5 working days after article submission for our online publications. Request for rush or express publication is also accepted. Printed publications are published after a month.
14. Authors will receive certificates & other inclusions. (See inclusions below)
15. Request for the hard copies is also possible for those who avail the online publications (for Philippine residents only). Simply provide the LBC shipping details & pay for the printed copies and shipping fees (See publication rates below)
(Complete Name, Contact No., Complete Address, LBC Branch & its Complete Address).
*For foreign authors who reside outside the Philippines & you want to have the hard copies, email pinagpalapublishingservices@gmail.com for shipping procedures.