Terms and Conditions for Emerald Isle Publishing

Welcome to Emerald Isle Publishing. These Terms and Conditions govern your use of our services, including academic journal publication, editorial services, peer review management, digital archiving, journal design and layout, circulation, and marketing for scholarly journals. By accessing or using our services, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you may not use our services.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using our services, you confirm your acceptance of these Terms and agree to be bound by them. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use our services.

2. Services Provided

Emerald Isle Publishing offers comprehensive services for scholarly journals, including but not limited to:

Specific terms and conditions relating to individual service agreements will be outlined in separate contracts or service level agreements.

3. User Obligations

As a user of our services, you agree to:

4. Intellectual Property Rights

All content, including text, graphics, logos, and software, provided through our services, unless otherwise stated and agreed upon, is the property of Emerald Isle Publishing or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. You retain intellectual property rights for your submitted content; however, by submitting content, you grant Emerald Isle Publishing a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, publish, and distribute the content as part of the agreed-upon services.

5. Confidentiality

Emerald Isle Publishing is committed to protecting the confidentiality of all information provided by our clients and authors, particularly during the peer review process. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that confidential information remains secure and is not disclosed to unauthorized parties, except as required by law or with your explicit consent.

6. Limitation of Liability

Emerald Isle Publishing strives to ensure the accuracy and quality of its services. However, we do not guarantee that our services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Emerald Isle Publishing shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use our services; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on our services; (iii) any content obtained from our services; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

7. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms, including any question regarding their existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by the courts of Ireland.

8. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will try to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us:

Emerald Isle Publishing

14 Fitzwilliam Square

Dublin 2

D02 T292

Ireland