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). Details are as follows:

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
Permission for Copyrighted Works		Proof Correction

Read the policy overview here ==>IJERD Publishing Policy_Updated_October 2025

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