Scholarly Privacy Statement — NextGen Interdisciplinary Health & Life Sciences Journal

NextGen Innovation & Research Journals and the editorial board of NextGen Interdisciplinary Health & Life Sciences Journal are dedicated to protecting the privacy, identity, and personal information of our contributing authors, reviewers, editors, and platform visitors.

#### 1. Personal Information Collected The names, institutional affiliations, academic credentials, ORCID identifiers, and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of scholarly communication, peer review management, and publication administration. They will not be made available for any commercial purpose or shared with third parties.

#### 2. Confidentiality of Manuscript Submissions Unpublished manuscripts submitted to NextGen Interdisciplinary Health & Life Sciences Journal remain strictly confidential intellectual property. Editors, section editors, and external reviewers are bound by non-disclosure ethics and must not share, cite, or exploit manuscript materials or data prior to formal publication.

#### 3. Reviewer Anonymity In accordance with our Double-Anonymous Peer Review Policy, the identities of referees are kept strictly confidential from authors and the public. Reviewer reports are transmitted through the editorial system without revealing referee identities.

#### 4. Post-Publication Archiving and Attribution Upon formal publication, author names, affiliations, article metadata, and registered DOIs enter the permanent public scientific record. Metadata is deposited with Crossref, Google Scholar, and scholarly indexing repositories to ensure persistent attribution.

#### 5. Contact Regarding Privacy Inquiries Questions regarding data protection or requests to update personal information may be addressed directly to the Editorial Office at ihls-editorial@nextgen-press.org.