Privacy Policy - Journal of Climate Justice

Journal of Climate Justice

Last Updated: 18 August 2026

The Journal of Climate Justice respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, readers, subscribers, Editorial and Advisory Board members, and other visitors to our website.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information may be collected through the Journal of Climate Justice website, how that information may be used, the circumstances in which it may be shared, and the choices available to users regarding their personal information.

The Journal of Climate Justice is published by Omega Book World, Bengaluru, India.

1. Information We May Collect

We may collect personal information when you interact with the journal website or communicate with the journal.

Depending on your interaction with us, this may include:

Full name
Email address
Telephone number, where provided
Institutional affiliation
Department and organisation
Country
ORCID iD
Professional or academic information
Correspondence with the journal
Manuscript submission information
Reviewer information
Billing and shipping address
Order and subscription information
Newsletter preferences
Account information where website registration is available

Technical information may also be collected automatically, such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, and other basic website usage information.

2. Authors and Manuscript Submissions

When authors submit manuscripts or communicate with the Editorial Team, the journal may collect information including:

Author names
Institutional affiliations
Email addresses
ORCID iDs
Corresponding-author details
Manuscript files
Abstracts and keywords
Funding information
Conflict-of-interest declarations
Ethics-related declarations
Other information required for editorial assessment and publication

This information is used for manuscript administration, editorial assessment, peer review, correspondence, publication, DOI registration, scholarly metadata, indexing and preservation where applicable.

Information intended to form part of the scholarly record, such as author names, affiliations, ORCID iDs and article metadata, may become publicly available when an article is published.

3. Peer Review

Information relating to reviewers and the peer-review process is treated as confidential in accordance with the journal’s Peer Review Policy.

Reviewer names, contact details, reports and related editorial correspondence will not normally be made publicly available unless disclosure is required by an approved journal policy, the reviewer has consented, or disclosure is otherwise necessary for legitimate ethical or legal reasons.

The journal follows a double-anonymous peer-review process for manuscripts designated for external peer review.

4. Reader Accounts

Where the website provides optional reader accounts, we may collect information such as your name, email address, account credentials and preferences.

Account information may be used to:

Maintain your account
Provide personalised website features
Manage saved information or preferences
Communicate important account information
Improve website functionality and security

Passwords should be stored using appropriate secure technical methods and should not be accessible to journal staff in plain text.

5. Print Orders and Subscriptions

The journal’s online scholarly content may be made available separately from the purchase of printed editions.

When you purchase a printed issue or subscription, we may collect information necessary to process and fulfil the order, including:

Name
Email
Telephone number
Billing address
Shipping address
Country
Institution or organisation, where applicable
Products ordered
Payment status
Order history

This information may be used for order processing, invoicing, shipping, customer service, accounting and related administrative purposes.

6. Payment Processing

Payments for printed editions, subscriptions or other paid services may be processed through an authorised third-party payment gateway such as Razorpay.

Payment-card, banking, UPI or other sensitive payment credentials are processed by the payment provider according to its own security and privacy practices. The journal website should not unnecessarily store complete card details or payment credentials.

Razorpay maintains its own privacy practices for personal information processed through its payment services.

The journal may receive transaction-related information such as:

Payment status
Transaction reference
Amount paid
Order reference
Customer name and contact details where applicable

Visitors may be able to subscribe to journal announcements, Calls for Papers, new-issue alerts and other scholarly communications.

Where newsletter services such as Mailchimp are used, subscriber information may be processed through that service for the purpose of sending authorised communications. Mailchimp states that it may act as a processor or service provider for customer data under its service arrangements.

You may unsubscribe from non-essential newsletter or promotional communications at any time using the unsubscribe option included in the communication.

8. Contact Forms and Correspondence

When you contact the journal through a form or email, we may retain:

Your name
Email address
Subject of enquiry
Message
Relevant attachments
Related correspondence

This information will be used to respond to your enquiry and maintain appropriate administrative records.

9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Enable essential website functionality
Maintain sessions and login status
Support shopping-cart and checkout functions
Improve security
Remember preferences
Understand website usage
Measure website performance

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services integrated into the website.

Where legally or technically required, users should be provided with appropriate cookie choices and information.

A separate Cookie Policy may be provided for further details.

10. Analytics

The website may use privacy-conscious analytics or third-party analytics services to understand how visitors use the website.

Analytics information may include:

Pages viewed
Approximate location
Browser and device type
Referral source
Visit duration
Interaction with website features

Where practical, analytics information should be used in aggregated or appropriately minimised form.

11. How We Use Personal Information

Personal information may be used to:

Operate and maintain the journal website
Administer manuscript submissions
Conduct editorial assessment and peer review
Communicate with authors and reviewers
Publish scholarly articles
Register and maintain DOIs
Maintain article and author metadata
Manage reader accounts
Process print orders and subscriptions
Provide customer support
Send requested journal communications
Maintain security
Prevent misuse or fraud
Meet accounting, administrative or legal obligations
Improve journal services and website functionality
Maintain the scholarly and publication record

We seek to collect only information reasonably necessary for these purposes.

Personal information may be shared only where reasonably necessary with:

Editors and authorised journal staff
Peer reviewers
Publisher personnel
Website and hosting providers
Payment processors
Email and newsletter providers
Shipping and delivery providers
DOI and scholarly metadata services
Technical service providers
Professional advisers where necessary
Authorities where disclosure is required by applicable law

Personal information should not be sold for unrelated advertising or commercial exploitation.

13. Published Scholarly Information

Certain information associated with published scholarly articles becomes part of the permanent public scholarly record.

This may include:

Author name
Affiliation
ORCID iD
Article title
Abstract
Keywords
DOI
Citation information
Funding statement
Conflict-of-interest statement
Author contribution information
Other publication metadata

Such information may be shared with scholarly services such as DOI-registration agencies, repositories, libraries, search engines, directories and indexing platforms.

14. Data Retention

Personal information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to legitimate scholarly, contractual, accounting, security and legal requirements.

Some records may need to be retained for longer periods, particularly:

Published scholarly records
DOI metadata
Editorial records
Peer-review records
Publication ethics investigations
Corrections or retractions
Financial and transaction records

Published article metadata may form part of the permanent scholarly record.

15. Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures should be used to protect personal information against:

Unauthorised access
Loss
Misuse
Alteration
Disclosure
Destruction

However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their own account credentials.

16. International Data Processing

Because the Journal of Climate Justice serves an international scholarly community, some service providers or scholarly infrastructure providers may process information in countries other than the country in which the user resides.

Where this occurs, the journal will seek to use reputable service providers and appropriate safeguards consistent with applicable requirements.

17. Your Privacy Choices and Requests

Subject to applicable requirements and any legitimate scholarly or legal retention obligations, individuals may contact the journal to request appropriate action regarding personal information they have provided.

Requests may concern:

Access to personal information
Correction of inaccurate information
Updating contact information
Withdrawal from optional communications
Deletion of information where appropriate
Questions regarding how information is used

Some information cannot necessarily be deleted where it forms part of a published scholarly record, legal requirement, financial record or legitimate publication-integrity record.

18. Children’s Privacy

The website is primarily intended for scholars, researchers, practitioners, institutions and adult readers.

The journal does not knowingly seek to collect unnecessary personal information from children through ordinary website use.

Where research involving children is submitted for publication, the handling of research information is governed by the journal’s research-ethics requirements and applicable ethical standards.

19. Third-Party Links

The website may contain links to external websites and services, including:

ORCID
DOI/Crossref services
Institutional websites
Publisher websites
Payment providers
Research repositories
Social-media platforms

The journal is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

Users should review the privacy policies of those services where appropriate.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when:

Website services change
New publishing technologies are introduced
Third-party integrations change
Applicable requirements change
Journal policies are revised

The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

21. Contact

For questions, concerns or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, contact:

Journal of Climate Justice
Published by Omega Book World
Bengaluru, India

Email: info@journalofclimatejustice.org