Integrity Statement


The Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of quality, integrity, and transparency in the publication of its articles.

The editors will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In no case shall this journal or its editors encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. Any reasonable suspicion or allegation of misconduct that comes to the editors' attention will be investigated by the editors. The editors may also contact the author's institution, funding body, or other appropriate authority and propose an investigation.

JEPS adheres to the best practices in the ethics of scholarly publishing stated in the COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for all parties involved.

The editors of JEPS undertake to publish all corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies as soon as possible, if and when they are required.

Authors are required to ensure that the submission adheres to the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.

Authors are required to ensure that the submission has not been previously published, that permission has been obtained for the use of copyrighted material, and that they do not infringe on the rights of third parties.

All individuals who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the submission should be listed as authors. All listed authors should have made a significant intellectual contribution to the submission.

Conflict of Interest

To ensure a reliable and open publication process, all authors, reviewers, and editors are required to declare any interests that could appear to compromise, conflict, or influence the validity of the publication.

Peer Review

JEPS follows a thorough, double-blind peer review procedure by external reviewers for all its research articles. The anonymity of authors and reviewers will be monitored with the utmost care.

Archiving

JEPS fully supports and encourages author self-archiving of all content.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Advertisement Policy

JEPS does not display advertisements.