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Author Guidelines

Academos adheres to rigorous academic and ethical standards to meet the requirements of leading international indexing databases. The following guidelines ensure the quality, transparency, and international relevance of all published content.

1. Scope and Quality of Content

  • Submissions must contribute meaningfully to the fields of social sciences and related interdisciplinary areas, including but not limited to law, international relations, public policy, economics, gender rights, environmental studies, AI and digitalization, education, sport, and global health.
  • All articles must present original, unpublished, and well-researched work, contributing to academic discourse and/or practical applications.

2. Peer Review Process

  • Academos follows a double-blind peer review process.
  • Each paper is reviewed by at least two independent experts in the relevant field.
  • Reviewers are selected from a qualified international pool and are unaffiliated with the authors’ institutions whenever possible.
  • Editorial decisions are based on originality, relevance, methodological soundness, clarity, and contribution to the field.

3. Language and Accessibility

  • The journal accepts submissions in English only to ensure international readability and academic reach.
  • Papers must be written in clear, scholarly language, free from grammatical errors.
  • Authors are encouraged to use professional language editing services if needed.

4. Ethical Publishing Standards

  • Academos adheres to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines.
  • In line with COPE guidelines, artificial intelligence tools (e.g. ChatGPT) cannot be listed as named authors on submitted articles. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their article, even those parts produced by any AI tool, and are thus liable for any inaccuracies or breaches of publication ethics.
  • All research involving human participants must include an ethics statement and approval from a recognized ethics committee.
  • Plagiarism checks are conducted on all submissions using reliable detection tools.
  • Authors must declare conflicts of interest and funding sources.
  • Data transparency is encouraged, and datasets may be requested during the review.

 5. Authorship and Contribution

  • All listed authors must have made significant contributions to research and writing.
  • Corresponding authors must confirm that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and agree to its submission.

6. Citations and Referencing

  • References must be formatted according to APA 7th Edition.
  • Authors are encouraged to cite recent, relevant international literature to demonstrate engagement with global research.
  • Self-citation should be limited and justified.

7. International Relevance and Diversity

  • Academos seeks submissions from authors around the world and includes an international editorial board and reviewer base.
  • Articles should address issues of global, regional, or comparative significance to support Scopus’s requirement for international scholarly impact.

8. Digital Presence and Metadata Standards

  • All articles are published online with DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers).
  • Articles are tagged with structured metadata, including abstracts, keywords, and author affiliations, to support discoverability in academic databases.

9. Publication Scheduele

Academos Journal publishes four regular issues annually. 

Manuscipts are accepten throughout the year and undergo an initial editorial assessment followed by a regirous double-blind peer-review process. Following successful completion of the editorial evaluation, peer-review, revision (where applicable), and final acceptance, manuscipts are schedueled for publication in the next available issue. 

10. Article Processing Charge

Academos Journal is an open-access journal and does not charge authors any fees for manuscipt submission, peer-review, or publication.

There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, or publication fees. All accepted articles are published free of charge under the Journal's Open Access Policy. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on the scientific quality, relevance, ethical compliance, and scholarly contribution of the submitted manuscipt and are entirely independent of any financial considerations. 

The journal does not charge readers any fees for accessing published articles.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Authors Guidelines.
  • Upon submission, authors are required to complete, sign and upload the following mandatory documents: Authors' Statement, Authors' AI Declation, Authors' Copyright and License Agreement. Submissions that do not include all required documents will be considered incomplete and will not proceed to the peer-review process until all required documentation has been received. 
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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