Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Welcome to Wissira Press, the official academic publishing imprint of Wissira Research Lab LLC (United States). These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Wissira Press website, Open Monograph Press (OMP) platform, digital publishing services, online resources, metadata, scholarly publications, and all associated publishing platforms operated by Wissira Press.
By accessing, browsing, registering, submitting manuscripts, purchasing publications, downloading content, or otherwise using any part of this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use and all applicable laws, regulations, and publishing policies. If you do not agree with these terms, you should discontinue use of the website and associated services.
1. Purpose of the Website
The Wissira Press website serves as an academic publishing platform providing information regarding scholarly books, edited volumes, conference proceedings, research monographs, institutional publications, author services, editorial policies, submission systems, publishing resources, and related scholarly communications.
The website is intended solely for lawful academic, educational, professional, research, publishing, and informational purposes.
2. Acceptance of Terms
Your continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of these Terms of Use, together with all applicable publication policies, privacy policies, copyright notices, licensing terms, and other policies published by Wissira Press.
Additional terms may apply to specific services such as manuscript submission, peer review, publication agreements, open access publishing, copyright licensing, or author services.
3. Permitted Use
Users may access and use the website for legitimate academic, educational, research, institutional, professional, and scholarly purposes.
Permitted activities include:
- Browsing published books and academic resources.
- Submitting manuscripts and book proposals.
- Downloading openly available publications where permitted.
- Accessing metadata and bibliographic information.
- Sharing publication links for scholarly communication.
- Citing published works using accepted academic citation standards.
- Using website resources for teaching, learning, and research.
4. Prohibited Activities
Users shall not:
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- Submit fraudulent, misleading, defamatory, or unlawful information.
- Upload malicious software, viruses, or harmful code.
- Attempt unauthorized access to website systems or user accounts.
- Interfere with website security or normal operation.
- Copy or redistribute website content in violation of applicable copyright or licensing terms.
- Misrepresent authorship or academic credentials.
- Use automated systems to harvest content or metadata without authorization.
- Engage in activities that may compromise editorial integrity or publication ethics.
5. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, all website content, including text, graphics, logos, metadata, publication layouts, website design, software, databases, and digital materials, is protected by applicable copyright, trademark, database, and intellectual property laws.
Copyright ownership of published scholarly works remains with the respective authors or copyright holders in accordance with the applicable publication agreement and licensing terms.
Users may not reproduce, modify, republish, distribute, translate, sell, license, or commercially exploit any protected material without appropriate authorization unless expressly permitted under the applicable Creative Commons License or other published licensing terms.
6. Author Responsibilities
Authors submitting manuscripts to Wissira Press agree that:
- Submitted work is original.
- The manuscript has not been simultaneously submitted elsewhere unless disclosed.
- All co-authors have approved the submission.
- Necessary permissions have been obtained for third-party material.
- Research has been conducted ethically.
- Any conflicts of interest are disclosed.
- Funding sources are accurately declared.
- Publication ethics policies are fully observed.
7. Editorial Independence
Submission of a manuscript or proposal does not guarantee publication.
Editorial decisions are made independently based upon scholarly merit, originality, relevance, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and alignment with the publisher's editorial policies.
Editors exercise independent academic judgment without influence from commercial, political, institutional, financial, or personal interests.
8. User Accounts
Users registering on the Open Monograph Press (OMP) platform are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and for all activities conducted through their accounts.
Users should promptly notify the Editorial Office of any unauthorized access or suspected security incident involving their account.
9. External Websites
The website may contain links to external publishers, distributors, repositories, indexing services, retailers, institutional websites, or third-party platforms.
These links are provided solely for user convenience. Wissira Press does not control or endorse third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, policies, availability, or security.
10. Website Availability
Although Wissira Press endeavors to maintain uninterrupted website availability, continuous access cannot be guaranteed.
Maintenance, software upgrades, technical failures, internet interruptions, cybersecurity incidents, or circumstances beyond reasonable control may temporarily affect website functionality.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website and all content are provided on an "as available" and "as is" basis.
While reasonable efforts are made to maintain accurate and current information, Wissira Press makes no express or implied warranties regarding completeness, reliability, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, uninterrupted operation, or freedom from technical errors.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Wissira Press, Wissira Research Lab LLC, its editors, editorial board members, employees, contractors, reviewers, publishing partners, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, or special damages arising from:
- Use of the website.
- Reliance upon website content.
- Technical interruptions.
- Loss of data.
- Submission delays.
- Editorial decisions.
- Third-party services.
- Unauthorized access to user accounts.
13. Privacy
Personal information submitted through this website is processed in accordance with the Wissira Press Privacy Statement. Users are encouraged to review the Privacy Statement for information regarding data collection, processing, storage, security, and user rights.
14. Modifications to these Terms
Wissira Press reserves the right to revise, amend, or update these Terms of Use at any time to reflect changes in publishing practices, legal requirements, technological developments, or operational procedures.
Updated versions become effective immediately upon publication unless otherwise stated. Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
15. Governing Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the applicable laws governing the operations of Wissira Research Lab LLC. Any disputes arising from the use of this website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts as determined under applicable law.
16. Contact Information
Questions regarding these Terms of Use may be directed to:
Wissira Press
Academic Publishing Imprint of Wissira Research Lab LLC
Email: editor@wissira.us
Website: https://www.wissira.us
Book Publishing Portal: https://books.wissira.us
