Policies

The Journal’s published policies. Each applies to authors, reviewers and editors alike.

The double-anonymous review process, academic neutrality, the Rule of the Declared Standard, review criteria and reviewer responsibilities.

Authorship and contributorship, originality and duplicate publication, plagiarism and integrity checks, permissions and ethical compliance.

Consent, restricted knowledge, benefit-sharing, attribution, the four levels of access to community knowledge, and research data.

What must be disclosed, the separation of funding from editorial decisions, and the rules on generative AI.

Open-access terms, copyright and permissions, and the Journal’s position on fees.

Corrections and retractions, the publication record, responses and rejoinders, appeals and complaints.

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