Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing has direct guides to help the editor navigate the eEditorial Discovery Submission System.

User Guide for the New Interface

Video Guide for the Old Interface

Answer: Submission: This phase of the process is the very beginning. Authors submit their articles for consideration in the journal and for the peer review process. There are 5 steps in the submission process when an author is uploading their manuscript for consideration. In order to have the article be fully submitted to the journal, the authors are expected to complete all 5 steps and press the formal "submit" button in Step 5.

Revision: This phase is very close to the end of the consideration process for a journal article. If an author is asked to revise, the editor requests changes to the article based off of the peer review process. The author is given a deadline to revise their article as well. When uploading the a revision, the corresponding author is requested to navigate to the "Documents" page. This link is often in the Revision Requested Email that the corresponding author receives from IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Submission System. Authors are not completing the submission process again when uploading a revision.

Once the corresponding author is on the documents page, they are requested to upload their revision under the "Manuscript/Chapter" File Type. The submission system will automatically mark that a revision has been received when a new revision is uploaded under this file type. Once the submission system marks that a revision has been received, the editor(s) of the journal then receive an email that there is a revision that has been uploaded for an article under consideration for their journal. There is no formal "submit" button in step 5 any longer during this process. Uploading the revision under the correct file type on the "Documents" page is all the authors have to do.

No. When authors submit manuscripts to journals, they sign the author's warranty. This warranty follows the manuscript through the consideration process. When submitting a revision, there is no need to re-submit another warranty. *Note: if a manuscript is rejected, the warranty is null and void.

Answer: Authors have the capacity to adjust their personal profile information themselves both in the eEditorial Discovery Submission and through IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s main webpage.

Authors can change the following information through the eEditorial Discovery Submission System:

Note: Authors can update the email they are using. At no point should a user create a new profile for themselves in the IGI Global Scientific Publishing Database. Once a new profile is set up, the original accesses that the author had will not be retained.

Authors can change the same information through IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s main webpage by clicking on “My IGI Global Scientific Publishing Portal”:

Please assess all of your information through the "Account Maintenance" box near the left side of the below picture.

Please be sure that the information in your profile is as up-to-date as possible. Correct information in your profile allows for more accurate publishing of authored work and pairing of reviewers with articles that fit their areas of expertise.

Answer: The new interface for IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s submission system has a bug where authors cannot view their submitted work. Please navigate to the page you normally would and click on the orange button near the top right of the screen that says “Use Old Layout.” Let the page reload. You should be able to view your article then.

If you continue to have trouble, please reach out to the editor of the journal.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s online eEditorial Discovery Submission System provides authors with a “Phase History” box to the right of the title of their manuscript that shows when the article moves through the editorial processes for the journal.

If an author is seeking more information on the status of their manuscript, they are encouraged to reach out to the editor of the journal. Contact information of the editor(s) can be found on the journal’s web page at the bottom, under the “Contact” heading.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing has a wide range of journals in our three core subject areas. IGI Global Scientific Publishing has 174 Full Gold Open Access Journals and 1 Platinum Open Access Journal. Authors can visit the Journals Page for more information on how to locate the best journal for their research.

Authors can view a full list of Full Open Access Journals:

They can browse by subject or search by keywords. They can also view a full journal list as well:

Answer: All indexing information can be found on the journal web page of the journal you are interested in. Authors can select the “Abstracting & Indexing” option in the navigation box on the left side of the screen to be automatically moved to that section for the journal.

All of the indexing information is managed regularly. If you are not seeing the index you need on the journal webpage, then it is not currently included in that index.

Answer: Authors can withdraw their articles from consideration in a journal at any time before acceptance. Authors will have to reach out to the editor of the journal to request a withdrawal. The editors will transfer the author’s request to the proper channels.

Authors are free to resubmit their article to another journal so long as their article is no longer in process actively for another journal. Any author who submits their article to many different journals at the same time will be subject to having all of their versions of their articles rejected at once.

Please see IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Withdraw Policy in our Editorial Policy.

For more information on the ethical concerns of duplicate submissions, please view this link from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Answer: No. If your article has already moved into IGI Global Scientific Publishing's publication process or has already been published, your manuscript cannot be withdrawn. The corresponding author of the article has already signed IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Author's Warranty and after the article receives acceptance, the article can no longer be withdrawn. It is impossible to withdraw an article after publication, as the internal data surrounding that article cannot be erased from the internet.

Please see IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Redaction Policy in our Editorial Policy.

Answer: Authors can access the submission guidelines to format their research article here. Formatting and citations should be in APA 7th edition. Authors can find information for formatting and citations under the "For Authors" section on this page.

Answer: Journal article manuscripts are required to have the following information to give credit to the research that s being utilized within them.

• In-Text Citations
• References List

What is the difference?

In-Text Citations are required to be in the body of the text accompanying the research that is not inherently the author's research. In-Text Citations appear most commonly in the beginning of an article as they establish their objective and the research that was already published that supports and contradict their objective. These citations include the author(s) names and the year of the publication. Learn More

The References List is the list of the research that was cited within the article. All in-text citations should have an accompanying reference in the references list at the end of the document. Please note that references that were not cited in the article should not appear in the references list. This is not a bibliography. References for academic articles should be in APA 7th edition format and in alphabetical order. Bracketed references are strongly discouraged. Please view the Submission Guidelines to see how references should be listed in an academic article.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing has seen a few scenarios relating to any further actions an author may have after submission:

• If an author has not completed the formal submission process and the phase of their article reads “Incomplete Submission”
• If the phase for the article is reading “Incomplete Submission” in the eEditorial Discovery Submission System, the submission process has not been formally completed and the editor will not be notified of a new submission. Your article will stay in this phase until the submission process is complete and the submit button in the last phase of the process is clicked:
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• If the phase of the author’s paper is reading “Initial Assessment” after submission
• There are no further actions an author has to take after their submission is completed as per the publisher. Please keep in mind that the Editor(s) of the journal may request actions from the author at their discretion.

After an article has been accepted, the submission system will send out an automated email requesting that the authors have a final look at their article to see if there are any further changes they would like to make before publication. Authors are given three days to make those changes. If there is nothing further they would like to change, they are encouraged to email the Journal Department to let us know that the article can move into the publication process.

Please keep in mind that IGI Global Scientific Publishing may reach out to the authors with certain adjustments to their papers at our discretion regarding adherence to the submission guidelines.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing is completely transparent about the Article Processing Charge Policies for any open access publication. Authors can locate the article processing charge information for all journals on the journal webpages.

The article processing charge for Full Gold Open Access Journals can differ. IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s open access publication prices are lower than the industry standard and for all articles that have had the full APC paid for the journal will be provided complimentary line-by-line copyediting.

**Note: IGI Global Scientific Publishing will never request payment from an author seeking to publish as Open Access before the formal acceptance of their article for the journal. Intention to pay does not have any bearing on the editorial decision for your article.

IGI Global Scientific Publishing now asks that authors who are affiliated in developing countries submit a form for fee waivers. We provide a list of developing countries that are provided fee waivers on this page.

Answer: Authors can access a complimentary copy of their final published article by using the following steps:

• Login to your IGI Global Scientific Publishing Portal Account
• Haven’t accessed your Portal account? Use the log in information below:
  • Username: Enter your e-mail address
  • Password: Enter your password.
    • Forgot your password? You may reset it here. 
  • Navigate to “Your Personal Library” and click on “Access Your Personal Library”
  • Filter by Complimentary Content and click on the applicable title.

Please keep in mind that you must be logged in first, in order to access the publication.

Once logged in, you will want to click your name on the upper right hand side, and click “My IGI Global Scientific Publishing Portal”. From there, you can scroll down on he page and you will see your personal library, as shown below:

You can also click “Personal Library” within the account resources, as shown below:

Answer: Starting in 2022, all IGI Global Scientific Publishing Journals publish the accepted content ongoingly throughout the volume year online through the journal webpage. Readers can access the published open access content for free without previous subscription or payment.

At the end of the volume year, all of the online published content for journals will be compiled in an end of year print version for the journal. This printed version will include all published content and will be available for purchase.

Regarding where to locate the published content, you can reach out to cust@igi-global.com for more information.

Answer: Please contact journaleditor@igi-global.com for an acceptance letter for your article.

Answer: What kind of manuscripts can journals publish?

IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals can publish the following types of manuscripts:

• Research Articles
• Research Notes
• Commentaries
• Case Studies
• Position Papers
• Book Reviews
• Invited Papers
• Working Papers

Please note that the choice to publish book reviews, while accepted by the publisher, is formally accepted by the current editor of the journal. Please ensure that you reach out to the editor first before submitting any research notes, commentaries, case studies, position papers and/or book reviews if you are unsure if the journal editor publishes them in the journal.

Answer: It typically takes about 6-8 months for Web of Science and Scopus to index currently published content from an indexed journal. If you are finding that your article has not been indexed and it has been out for longer, please reach out to indexing@igi-global.com for more information.

Answer: Please contact the editor of the journal to receive status updates on your article. If you do not hear from the editor for longer than a few weeks, please feel free to reach out to the publisher. As per IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s Editorial Policies, any articles that are in phases that require editorial decision or attention are encouraged to be moved in a two-week period. The phases that require editorial decisions are:

• Initial Assessment
• Assess and Approve Editorial Review Board Evaluations
• After the necessary amount of reviews have been received for the article
• Assess and Approve Associate Editor Evaluations
• After the necessary amount of reviews have been received for the article
• Revision Received

The peer review process takes about 12-14 weeks roughly. Please note that this time frame can take longer or shorter depending on the availability of the reviewers for the journal at that time. Authors are free to reach out to the editor of the journal at any time during the editorial process.

Answer: Unfortunately, authors cannot provide a list of reviewers to review their own paper. Providing people that they know to review their own article manuscript directly compromises the double-anonymized peer review process.

However, authors are free to recommend the journal to their colleagues or professional networks to see if any individuals would be interested in applying for a reviewer position.

Answer: Competing interest occurs when an entity or individual becomes unreliable because of a clash between personal (or self-serving) interests and professional duties or responsibilities and can be highly detrimental to academic publications. If an author perceives that there may be competing interests for their submitted work, they should include a declaration of any competing interests along with the article manuscript upon submission.

The competing interest declaration should be placed after an acknowledgement and before the funding agency information. Competing interest statements should state whether all, some, or none of the authors have conflicting ideas, research, beliefs, etc.

If all or some of the authors have a competing interest, each author should provide their statement in this section.

If none of the authors have competing interests, the statement can simply say, “The authors of this publication declare there is no conflict of interest.”

Please see our Competing Interest section in IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Submission Guidelines for more information.

Answer: Please ensure that if you are accidentally assigned as a reviewer on your own article that you decline the review and reach out to the editor right away to ensure that they know that a new reviewer will have to be assigned.

Please do not complete the review of your own article.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing has newly included a section for an author’s research organization. Research Organizations are provided by The Research Organization Registry (ROR). By associating your work with a research organization within ROR, you are helping increase your research discoverability. The associations you are linking in the Research Organization section are not used to construct your affiliation within the published work. To learn more about ROR visit https://ror.org/.

When inputting author information for a manuscript that is being submitted, there will be a box under the heading “Research Organization.” Please begin typing your affiliation within this box. If your affiliation populates in a menu below, please select that listing.

If your affiliation does not populate for you to click, please then select the checkbox underneath that says, “I cannot find my Research Organization(s).”

Answer: As a full member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), IGI Global Scientific Publishing has a zero-tolerance policy on redundant or duplication submission and publication. According to COPE, the re-publication of the same material to different journals lowers the impact of the research and wastes the resources of the journal(s) that the article is being considered in and the resources of the publisher(s). Authors who are found attempting to re-publish their work in any IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals without proper justification or proper acknowledgement will have their articles withdrawn from consideration in any IGI Global Scientific Publishing journal. Editor(s)-in-Chief have the right to contact an author’s institution if need be:

COPE Redundant (Duplicate) Publication in a Submitted Manuscript

COPE Redundant (Duplicate) Publication in a Published Manuscript

COPE Definition of Redundant (Duplicate) Submission/Publication

Redundant/duplicate submission or publication constitutes as plagiarism if the same text from a previous publication, that is usually un-cited, is found within a new submission by the same author. Since this previously published work is not cited within a newly submitted or newly published article, the usage of that information becomes what COPE defines as “Text Recycling” and is a form of self-plagiarism. IGI Global Scientific Publishing outlines our policies duplicate submission and self-plagiarism on our Ethics and Malpractice page.

Answer: The article processing charge must be paid in full in order to qualify for complimentary copyediting. Should your article receive a waiver or discount, the article will not go through copyediting.

Please note: As per IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s submission guidelines, it is strongly recommended that authors do have their work professionally copyedited before submission to improve the chances of the article being accepted for the journal.

Learn more about Open Access

Answer: Yes, reviewers are free to submit and publish in the journals that they serve on.

NOTE: If you are accidentally added as a reviewer for your own article, please ensure that you decline the review and reach out to the editor as soon as possible.

Please do not complete the review of your own article.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing’s eEditorial Discovery Submission System needs the research areas uploaded into their IGI Global profile to better help the editor assign submitted manuscripts to the reviewers whose expertise aligns.

Answer: Having incomplete or no affiliation uploaded into the submission system or through your IGI Global Scientific Publishing portal will also show incompletely on the journal webpage. The indices look very closely at the affiliations of the review boards for our journals and even if one individual is missing their affiliation, the journal could be rejected or dropped from an index or abstracting service.

Additionally, having incomplete or no affiliations uploaded into the submission system or through your IGI Global Scientific Publishing portal also is perceived negatively by potential authors or readers of the journal.

Answer: Please follow the steps below to access your review:

1. Please ensure that you are logged into the submission system before clicking on the links that appear in the review request emails.
2. Double check the email being used is the same the request for review was sent to
3. Log out and log back in
4. Reset password: https://www.igi-global.com/submission/account/password/
5. Create an account: https://www.igi-global.com/login/create-account/

If you continue to have troubles accessing your review, please reach out to the editor.

Answer: Yes. We prefer that you decline a reviewer request rather than ignoring, as this shows us that you are still an active member of the review board. Ignoring requests can result in demotion or removal from the review board altogether.

Please note that IGI Global Scientific Publishing does recommend that reviewers strive not to decline too many reviews as they do affect your reviewer dashboard and could also potentially lead to a demotion or removal from the review board.

Answer: Yes, editors can monitor the activity of the reviewers that are on the board for their journal(s) through their reviewer dashboard.

Answer: The most common way an individual can become an Associate Editor or Editorial Review Board Member for a journal is by serving as an ad-hoc reviewer first and get promoted by providing timely and quality reviews to the authors who have submitted to that journal.

Quality Review for an Associate Editor

Quality Review for an Editorial Review Board Member

Individuals can also reach out to the editor of their chosen journal(s) and nominate themselves to become an Associate Editor or Editorial Review Board Member. These nominations must be sent to the editor of the journal. Individuals should provide an explanation as to why they would be a good fit to be a permanent reviewer for the journal as well as provide an updated CV for the editor to review.

Answer: Typically, a demotion can happen if you have been inactive or uninvolved in reviewer activities such as ignoring requests or declining too many reviews. For more information on the reasoning behind the editor's decision, please reach out directly to the editor of the journal.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing strongly encourages authors to connect their ORCID iDs to their IGI Global Scientific Publishing profiles. Having the ORCID iD attached to your IGI Global Scientific Publishing profile allows for readers, indices and other parties to validate your work as a professional in the field.

It also allows for activity through IGI Global Scientific Publishing to be recorded easily on your ORCID account.

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Answer: Yes, IGI Global Scientific Publishing approves reviews completed for IGI Global Scientific Publishing journals through Publons. Reviewers are encouraged to submit their completed reviews into Publons and upon an internal review, IGI Global Scientific Publishing will make a decision on whether or not to credit the review. For more information on how to submit your completed evaluations to Publons, please see here.

Answer: Yes. IGI Global Scientific Publishing recommends that if an individual is seeking to serve on more than one review board that that individual have the time to dedicate to all of the review boards they serve on.

Answer: IGI Global Scientific Publishing strongly recommends that if a reviewer is recommending their own previously published work to an author to utilize in their current study that the recommended work strongly relates to the current study; however, the publisher strongly advises against reviewers recommending their own published work to authors at all as the perception then could be misconstrued that the reviewer has a conflict of interest and is only in this position to increase the citations of their own previously published work. Please see IGI Global Scientific Publishing's Citation Manipulation section in our Editorial Policy for more information.

Answer: Should an editor step down from a journal, reviewers of that journal will be extended an offer to provide their CVs to take over that journal if they are interested. Please note that the individual must be an expert in the field with their PhD or equivalent degree. Individuals interested in taking over an abandoned journal are also recommended to Have academic and professional experience, and a well-established and diverse network.

If a reviewer has led one or more of the following, that is a plus, but is not required when assessing credibility for editorship:

• Book editor
• Book author
• Journal editor
• Journal managing editor
• Guest editor
• Associate editor