Who we are
Our website address is https://ijuir.org. This is the official site for the International Journal of Uncertainty and Innovation Research (IJUIR), ISSN: 2617-9571, published by the 中國灰色系統協會 (CGSA).
Data We Collect for Academic Operations
Manuscripts and User Accounts
CommentsWhen authors, reviewers, or editors interact with the system (via the 線上投稿 form or User Profile registration), we collect personal and professional data.
- Authors: We collect the data provided in the submission form, including the manuscript file, article metadata (Title, Abstract, 4-6 Keywords), author names, affiliations, and email addresses.
- Reviewers/Editors: We store personal information provided during user registration (if applicable) and track their activity within the system (e.g., review history, login data).
Comments
When visitors leave general inquiries or comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media and Cookies
Media
If you upload images to the website (e.g., high-resolution figures for a manuscript, or a profile photo), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use temporary cookies for login functions to save your login information and screen display choices for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors. Login cookies typically last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, external data links, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Data Sharing and Retention Policy
Who we share your data with
Your submitted manuscript data is shared internally among the Editorial Office (Chief Editor, Executive Editors), the selected Reviewers (in a double-blind process), and the Secretariat (for copyright and payment verification). We do not share private contact information for commercial purposes.
How long we retain your data
- User Profiles: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely, unless they request erasure.
- Archival Data (Critical): Manuscript metadata (Title, Author Name, Affiliation, Submission Date, Acceptance Date) is stored indefinitely for historical archiving and compliance with academic publication standards.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This right does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, security, or archival purposes. This means Manuscript Submission Records and Published Article Metadata cannot be erased as they are fundamental to the journal’s permanent record.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments and submission metadata may be checked through an automated spam detection service.