Authorship: All authors are required to adhere to the authorship guidelines established by the ICMJE. Authorship agreements must be finalized before manuscript submission, with written consent from all authors. The journal strongly discourages ‘guest’, ‘gift’, or ‘ghost’ authorship, insisting that all authors meet the four ICMJE authorship criteria. For contributors not meeting these criteria, their contributions should be acknowledged in the ‘Acknowledgment’ section.

In the event of changes to authorship, such as adding or removing authors or changing the order of authors, the corresponding author must email the International Journal of Ayurveda360 (IJOA) Editorial Office (journal@ayurveda360.in) explaining the reasons for the proposed changes. This email must be sent to all authors, and a consent form, signed by each author, outlining the reasons for the change must be attached. The IJOA Editorial Office will review the request, and a decision will be communicated to all authors.

Author Declaration: Authors must declare their contributions to the manuscript and confirm their authorship by submitting a signed Copyright Transfer Form. The Author Contributions must be detailed in a CReDiT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) Author Statement, which should accompany the Covering Letter. All authors are required to sign the Copyright Transfer Form at the time of manuscript submission.

Authors should complete the declaration of interest statement using the provided template and upload it to the submission system. If there are no interests to declare, authors should indicate “Declarations of interest: none” in the template.

Book Reviews: Book reviews may be solicited by International Journal of Ayurveda360 (IJOA360) editorial staff or commissioned. Readers can suggest books for review, but for unsolicited reviews, the reviewer must upload a permission letter from the book’s authors. In both cases, a copy of the book must be sent to the IJOA Editorial Office in Pune.

Peer Review: International Journal of Ayurveda360 (IJOA) employs a double-blind peer review process for all submissions, except for those disseminated as pre-prints. Authors should ensure that the main manuscript file does not contain any details revealing their identity.

Pre-print Manuscripts: Manuscripts previously published on pre-print servers are accepted, but authors must declare this in the covering letter, providing details of the pre-print submission. Failure to declare pre-print submissions will result in rejection. Note that pre-printed manuscripts undergo a single-blind peer review process.

Reporting Guidelines: Authors are expected to adhere to relevant reporting guidelines prescribed by the EQUATOR Network.

Referencing: References should be uploaded separately from the main manuscript file, and all cited articles should be from reputable and authentic journals, preferably indexed in PubMed, Scopus, or Web of Science.

Society and EB Members: International Journal of Ayurveda360 (IJOA) follows a double-blind peer review process for all articles, including those submitted by Society and Editorial Board members. Society and Editorial Board members are not involved in the editorial or review process of their submitted manuscripts. All Society and Editorial Board members must disclose their association with the journal and declare any conflicts of interest during manuscript submission.