Editorial Policies

Ethics policy

We seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where a manuscript is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to retract the article, or take appropriate legal action, if required.

Prior Publication

A previously published manuscript is generally not accepted for publication. However, exceptions can be made under certain circumstances. Contact the editor and UBI publishers for guidance on this matter.

Peer review policy

The Peninsula Journal of Strategy and Policy strictly adheres to a single-blind reviewing policy where the identity of both the author and the reviewer is concealed from both parties.

Members of the editorial board may submit manuscripts for publication in the Peninsula Journal of Strategy and Policy. In such an instance, the review process will be managed by other members of the board and the submitting editorial board member will not be involved in the decision-making processes.

Authorship

All parties who have made substantive contributions to the manuscript should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.

Acknowledgements

Contributors who do not meet the authorship criteria should be listed in the Acknowledgements section.

Funding

The Peninsula Journal of Policy and Strategy requires its authors to disclose their funding under a separate heading.

Competing Interests

All authors must declare any competing interests relevant to, or which can be perceived to be relevant to the article.

A competing interest can occur where you (or your employer, sponsor or family/friends) have a financial, commercial, legal, or professional relationship with other organisations, or with the people working with them which could influence the research or interpretation of the results. Competing interests can be financial or non-financial in nature. To ensure transparency, you must also declare any associations which can be perceived by others as a competing interest.

Decision Process

Receipt of articles is immediately acknowledged by email. If authors have not received an acknowledgement and reference number within a week of submission, they are requested to check their spam folders for the mail and write to us at _____. Please note that the acknowledgement is only for confirming receipt of the article and does not imply that any decision regarding acceptance has been made.

Articles accepted for publication can take up to 2 months from the date of acceptance to appear in print.