Security and confidentiality

Submission Confidentiality

The documents AJE edits consist of the unpublished hard work and revolutionary ideas from the best scientists around the world. Any time you submit your unpublished research to a peer-reviewed journal for publication, there is some risk that your journal reviewers will unethically take advantage of your trust. At AJE, we adhere to the professional code of ethics that allows the worldwide research community to submit their work for peer review without worrying about the security of their ideas. Only your Editor and an AJE Managing Editor will ever see your submission, and we will never share your submission or your personal information with anyone outside of AJE.

However, unlike a peer reviewed journal, we are willing to back up our statement of confidentiality and security through legal means. Each one of our Editors is required to sign a Confidentiality Agreement before they see your submission. This document is a legally binding contract that goes a step beyond the trust based system of peer reviewed journal submission. The Confidentiality Agreement ensures that our Editors cannot, under any circumstances, share your personal details or manuscript. If an Editor reveals any part of your submission to a third party, legal action can be taken based on this contract. You may view the full Confidentiality Agreement here.

Website Security

To make sure your personal information and your submission are secure, we have installed the most powerful and updated security measures on our website. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, the highest amount of security commercially available. VeriSign, the largest and most trusted certification authority on the Internet has certified our website's security. Please feel free to use the VeriSign link below to verify this certification. Additionally, we have several layers of security on our servers which further prevents unauthorized access to your submission.

Payment Security

In order to protect your credit card information, we have partnered with VeriSign and PayPal to offer you the most trusted financial transaction system on the Internet. VeriSign's product is both reliable and secure, so you will not need to worry about your credit card information. American Journal Experts will never store your credit card information, so you will not need to worry about fraudulent charges. We have also contracted with VeriSign to incorporate their Fraud Protection Program. Feel free to visit VeriSign's website for more information about payment security. For information about how PayPal can protect you from unauthorized payments with their 24/7 fraud monitoring, visit PayPal's website.

Further Suggestions

If there is anything we can do to help assure you that your submission will be handled with the utmost care and under the most rigorous security, please let us know! Contact us with your suggestions or security concerns. We will work with you until you feel comfortable with your submission.