Policies
These policies apply across every journal published by the International Center for Promoting Knowledge. They set the standard that ICPK journals operate under. Matters that differ from one journal to another — scope, editorial board, peer review model, processing charges, and licence terms — are published on each journal's own site.
Research & Publication Ethics
Publication Ethics
The ethical standard ICPK applies across all its journals, and what is expected of authors, reviewers, and editors.
Authorship & Contributorship
Who qualifies as an author, how contributions are recorded, and how authorship changes are handled.
Research Integrity & Misconduct
Plagiarism, similarity screening, duplicate submission, fabrication, and how allegations are investigated.
Corrections & Retractions
How errors in the published record are corrected, and when an article is retracted or flagged.
Complaints & Appeals
How to challenge an editorial decision or raise a complaint, and how ICPK responds.
Research Practice
Access & Preservation
Open Access & Licensing
ICPK's open access model, author-retained rights, reuse terms, and self-archiving.
Preservation & DOI
ISSN registration, Crossref DOI assignment, metadata deposit, and how the published record is retained.
Editorial Independence & Advertising
The separation between ICPK's revenue and its editorial decisions, and ICPK's position on advertising.