Journal Ownership & Governance

The Journal of Exact Community Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (JECH) operates under a transparent, ethical governance framework to safeguard editorial independence, institutional accountability, and scientific rigor across physical therapy, rehabilitation, community health, and allied medical disciplines.

Publisher & Ownership

JECH is fully owned, managed, and published by:

  • Publisher: EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED

  • Corporate Status: Registered Single Member Company under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)

  • Headquarters / Registered Office: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

  • Official Publisher Contact: Admin@jech.exactresolution.com | Phone: +92 3054652212

  • Journal Web Platform: https://jech.exactresolution.com/

Publisher Responsibilities

As the legal owner and publisher, EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED is responsible for:

  • Providing financial support and infrastructure maintenance for the journal.

  • Managing web hosting, security protocols, and Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform operations.

  • Guaranteeing long-term digital preservation and permanent archival through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN).

  • Supporting international indexing submissions, legal compliance, and technical publishing workflows.

The publisher maintains a strict non-interference policy regarding all peer-review evaluations and editorial outcomes.

Management Structure & Editorial Independence

Editorial Independence

JECH strictly enforces absolute editorial independence. All peer review coordination, manuscript evaluations, revision approvals, and final decision-making remain under the exclusive authority of the Editor-in-Chief and the independent Editorial Board. The publisher does not intervene in, override, or influence scientific evaluation processes.

Editorial Team

The Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Editorial Board members oversee:

  • Comprehensive double-blind peer review management.

  • Strict quality control, scientific validity, and methodological integrity assessments.

  • Enforcement of publication ethics, COPE compliance, and ICMJE Recommendations.

  • Final manuscript acceptance and rejection decisions.

Separation of Roles

To maintain absolute integrity, transparency, and public trust:

  • Editorial oversight and corporate publishing administration are kept entirely separate.

  • Editors operate with full independence from the publisher's commercial interests.

  • Article Processing Charges (APC) and fee status have zero bearing or influence on editorial acceptance decisions.

  • Board members and editors who submit manuscripts are completely recused from the peer-review handling of their own submissions.

Transparency & Disclosure

In compliance with international open-access publishing guidelines, JECH publicly discloses:

  • Full publisher identity and legal registration credentials (EXACT RESEARCH SOLUTIONS (SMC-PRIVATE) LIMITED, Lahore, Pakistan).

  • Complete ownership structure and administrative governance policies.

  • Publicly accessible Editorial Board rosters with academic affiliations.

  • Transparent open-access funding models, APC fees (PKR 26,000 national / USD 100 international), and waiver policies.

  • Rigorous double-blind peer review frameworks and ethical standards.