Use of Inclusive Language / Reporting Gender and Gender-Based Analyses / Jurisdictional Claims

Preprints and Open Science

IJERD encourages data sharing, code availability, and open science practices where feasible.

Authors may submit previously posted preprint manuscripts and content to IJERD provided that the author discloses the preprint status at content submission.

Use of Inclusive Language

IJERD espouses and is fully committed to transparency, equity, and inclusion across all aspects of its work, including the publication of journal content. Authors and stakeholders are encouraged to use inclusive language that avoids bias and actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Reporting Gender- and Gender-Based Analyses

IJERD is committed to avoid bias of any kind in its publications.

Specific to gender and gender-based analyses, authors must report comprehensive and unbiased gender and gender-based analyses in their research and content submissions.

Jurisdictional Claims

IJERD is committed to neutrality using evidence-based and empirical information to respect international conventions and norms.

Authors must ensure that all claims related to geography, legal precedence, politics, and related are based on accurate, objective, and valid evidence. Authors must avoid unsupported or misleading jurisdictional claims in their research and content submissions.