Publishing Policies and Best Practice Guidelines

The International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development (IJERD) aligns its publishing policies and best practice guidelines with multiple international and scholarly organizations including The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), as guided by their seminal work published as the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.  (COPE, DOAJ, OASPA Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12).

Additional Specific Policy details include:

Editorial Independence






Use of Inclusive Language
Peer Review Process Jurisdictional Claims
Authorship and Contributions Allegations of Misconduct
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Preprints and Open Science
Plagiarism and Redundant Publication Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Applications
Ethical Compliance for Human and Animal Research Reporting Gender- and Gender-Based Analyses
Data Availability and Reproducibility Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern
Funding Sources   Publishing Agreement
Copyright, Open Access and Fees   Proof Correction
Archiving & Long-Term Preservation Policy   DOI, Metadata, and Bibliographic Consistency Policy
Statement on Digital Accessibility and Open Availability   Transparency of Journal Operations and Accessibility of Policies

Notes: These publishing policies and best practice guidelines are subject to review and updates to maintain compliance with evolving global standards and indexing requirements.