Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, tablet, or smartphone — when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website owner.

Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information on their own, but they may link to personal data we hold about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Policy explains the types of cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control them.

ISRI Press uses cookies for the following general purposes:

• To ensure our websites and submission portals function correctly and securely
• To remember your login session so you do not have to re-authenticate on every page
• To save your display preferences and settings between visits
• To understand how visitors use our platforms so we can improve them
• To comply with legal and regulatory requirements relating to consent

We categorise the cookies used on ISRI Press platforms into four types based on their purpose and duration:

• Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the operation of our services and cannot be disabled
• Analytics cookies: help us understand visitor behaviour using anonymised, aggregated data
• Preference cookies: remember your settings and personalisation choices
• Third-party cookies: set by external services we use, subject to those providers' policies

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our websites and to use some of their features. Without these cookies, certain services — such as logging into your author account or submitting a manuscript — cannot be provided.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary, they cannot be disabled through our cookie consent banner. You may block them through your browser settings, but doing so will prevent you from using key services.

• Session authentication: maintains your logged-in state across pages during a session
• CSRF protection: prevents cross-site request forgery attacks on form submissions
• Load balancing: distributes traffic across our servers to ensure platform stability
• Cookie consent record: stores your consent preferences so we do not ask repeatedly

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our websites — which pages are visited, how long users spend on each section, and where visitors come from. This information is collected in aggregate and anonymised form and is used solely to improve our platforms.

We use a privacy-respecting analytics platform configured to anonymise IP addresses and not to share data with third parties for advertising purposes.

• Page view tracking: records which pages are visited and in what sequence
• Session duration: measures how long visitors spend on the site
• Traffic source: identifies whether visitors arrive via search, direct, or referral
• Device and browser type: helps us optimise layouts for different screens

Preference cookies allow our websites to remember choices you make — such as your language preference, display settings, or whether you have dismissed a particular notice — and to provide a more personalised experience on your return.

• Language preference: remembers your selected language if the site offers multiple languages
• Display settings: stores layout or accessibility preferences you have selected
• Dismissed notices: records which notices or banners you have already acknowledged

Some pages on our websites embed content or functionality provided by third parties. These third parties may set their own cookies on your device when you interact with their embedded content. ISRI Press does not control these cookies.

• ORCID: if you connect your ORCID account, ORCID may set cookies related to authentication
• Payment processor: our payment provider sets session cookies to secure the payment process
• Video embeds: if we embed instructional videos, the video platform may set cookies
• CrossRef/DOI services: DOI resolution services may set brief session cookies

ISRI Press is committed to a cookie-light, privacy-respecting approach. We confirm that we do not use the following types of cookies on any of our platforms:

• Advertising or retargeting cookies: we do not display paid advertisements on our platforms
• Cross-site tracking cookies: we do not track your activity across third-party websites
• Social media tracking pixels: we do not embed Facebook, Twitter/X, or other social tracking tools
• Fingerprinting or device identification scripts beyond standard analytics

You have several options for managing and controlling cookies. Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our services.

• Cookie consent banner: use our banner to accept or decline non-essential cookies when you first visit
• Browser settings: most browsers allow you to view, delete, or block cookies via their privacy or security settings
• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

When you first visit an ISRI Press website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner explains the categories of cookies we use and allows you to accept all cookies, accept only strictly necessary cookies, or customise your preferences.

Your consent choices are stored for 12 months. You may change your preferences at any time by clicking the 'Cookie Settings' link in the footer of any ISRI Press page.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or to comply with changes in applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Where changes are significant, we will display a notice on our website.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer:

• Email: grievance@isripress.org
• Post: Grievance Officer, ISRI Press Pvt. Ltd., 12 Knowledge Park, Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201309, India