Principles of Transparency and Best Practice

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice followed by ATINER’s Journals

  • Website: Journals’ website is ensuring high ethical and professional standards. The criteria of publication followed by the journals are clearly mentioned. ISSN is displayed in the journals’ homepages.
  • Name of journals: Every journal published by ATINER uses a unique name.
  • Peer review process: All the journals’ articles are peer reviewed. Peer review process is described on the journal’s website.
  • Ownership and management: Information about the ownership and management of the journals is clearly mentioned on the journals’ websites.
  • Governing body: Journals’ Editorial Board members are academics and researchers in fields relevant to the journals’ fields. The full names and affiliations of the journals’ editorial board are provided on the journals’ website.
  • Editorial team/contact information: The full names and affiliations of the journals’ editors are available on the journals’ websites.
  • Copyright and Licensing: The copyright policy is written on the website.
  • Author fees: There is no submission or publication fee. Information about the fee police are clearly mentioned on the journals’ websites.
  • Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct: Misconduct of any kind in not allowed. In case of misconduct, the Managing Editor is responsible for resolving the issue. He or she can work in conjunction with the other co-editor/s, members of the editorial board and reviewers, in the field.
  • Publication Ethics: Journals have clear policies on publication ethics which is described in details on the journal website.
  • Publishing schedule: The publishing schedule of the journals is indicated on journals’ homepages.
  • Access: Information about the availability of the journals and their individual articles are clearly mentioned on the website.
  • Archiving: All the journals’ content is archived in ATINER’s cloud system. In case the journals are no longer published, free access will be maintained and all archives will be remain available online
  • Revenue sources: There are no revenue sources. ATINER’s Journals are supported by the Athens Institute for Education and Research.
  • Advertising: Journals advertising policy is clearly mentioned on the website.
  • Direct marketing: The direct marketing activities are appropriate, well targeted, and unobtrusive.