Once you identify the target journal, follow the simple steps below to submit your manuscript and view the steps that your article will undergo. This publishing process is fully conducted in the eEditorial Discovery® submission system.

Ensure that your manuscript adheres to IGI Global’s Submission Guidelines, which include originality of the manuscript, APA formatting, and more. View the List of Guidelines

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Simply click the “Submit” button on the upper right-hand journal webpage or start the process , and fill out the simple form with information on your manuscript, including the title, keywords, abstract, type, author information, etc.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You will be redirected to the eEditorial Discovery^® submission system, which manages the entire publishing process for your manuscript. All manuscripts must be submitted through this system as manuscripts submitted outside of the system will not be considered for publication.

Once submitted, your manuscript will be put into Initial Assessment (Desk Review) for initial feedback/review by the Editor-in-Chief, and then following this stage of review it will be sent through the double-blind peer review process.
View IGI Global’s Peer Review Process

For Standard (Non-OA) submissions, once it completes the peer review process and if the manuscript is accepted by the Editor-in-Chief, the manuscript will then be sent to production for finalization and formatting.

For OA submissions, once it completes the peer review process and if the manuscript is accepted by the Editor-in-Chief, the APC charge will then be requested by the publisher and once paid or waived, the manuscript will then be sent to production for finalization and formatting.

Once completed, the manuscript will become available on the journal webpage for purchase (if non-OA) or download (if OA), as well as be shared with IGI Global’s full network of international distributors, metadata channels, as well as applicable abstracting and indexing services.

For IGI Global contributors, your work will also be added to your personal electronic library in your IGI Global
Portal Account.

Note: For authors interested in publishing under OA, IGI Global offers various funding sources, including our OA Fee Waiver (Read and Publish) Initiative and discounted OA APCs for Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Learn More

As this journal is under the Hybrid Open Access model, authors can choose between Standard (Non-OA) publishing or Open Access publishing. Find the policies for the publishing models below:

• Standard (Non-OA) Publishing: If the author chooses to publish under the Standard (Non-OA) model, the article will be published under a Green OA model and the copyright of their article will transfer to IGI Global under our Author Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement. However, through Green OA, IGI Global supports a Fair Use Policy, enabling authors to Post the final typeset PDF (which includes the title page, table of contents and other front materials, and the copyright statement) of their chapter or article (NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK OR JOURNAL ISSUE), on the author or editor's secure personal website and/or their university repository site. See the Fair Use Policy for sharing allowances conducive to Green Open Access.
• Open Access Publishing: If the author choses to publish under OA, the authors receive the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement. The copyright for the work remains solely with the author(s) of the article. Others may distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, without asking prior permission from the publisher or author and so long as they credit the author for the original creation. All authors are required to sign an author's warranty stating that the materials are original and unpublished elsewhere. The journal will not publish any material that has been previously published elsewhere. Learn More