About the Journal
Publication Scheduling
AJPS is published 2 times a year - in June and December
General
Author fees
The journal subscribes to the principle that results of largely public-funded research must be published without article processing charges (APCs) on contributors.
Open Access
The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Archiving and Indexing
The articles published are archived and indexed accordingly.
Peer Review Policy
All research articles go through a double-blind peer-review process. The reviewers have expertise in the areas that they review on. The decisions on publication are based on the balance of the views of reviewers. Those who are interested in being reviewers must send a note to the editor-in-chief.
Authorship
Authors are those who make a substantive contribution to a submission. The author who makes more contributions than another must appear first in the authors' list in the submission, regardless of their positions or status. A student must be listed as principal author in multiple-authored publications that substantially derive from their research work.
Funding
Authors must acknowledge their sources of funding under a specific heading.
Conflict of interest
Authors are required to disclose conflict of interest. Journal editors must declare conflict of interests, and recuse themselves from managing submissions where such conflict of interest is present. The conflict of interest matters relating to board members will be declared. The editorial board will serve as an appeal body in cases of disputes.
Publishing ethics
There are standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the publishing of scholarly journal articles: the authors, the journal editors, the peer reviewers, and the publisher. This publication ethics statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. The journal editors, peer reviewers and authors are expected to follow The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on professional publishing standards at publicationethics.org. In addition to COPE, the following organizations have also collaborated to identify best practices for scholarly publications: the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the JSTOR.
Privacy Statement
The names and addresses specified when registering will be used solely for purposes of correspondence with the Author or reviewers (editors) when preparing the article for publication.
Private data will not be shared with other individuals and organizations without first seeking the permission of the owners of such data.
Editor’s Code of Conduct
The editors of this journal will:
- Maintain high-quality assurance and ethical standards in submissions published in the journal;
- Ensure the integrity of the peer-review process;
- Promote equal and equitable access to publishing opportunities for authors;
- Maintain cordial relations among all stakeholders including authors, reviewers, editors and the board;
- Attend expeditiously to all complaints;
- Treat all submissions fairly and justly on the merits of their content;
- Maintain and improve the journal’s reputation.
Role of the editorial committee
The committee is made of the editor-in-chief, editors and editorial assistants of the journal responsible for the day-to-day editorial management of the journal production. They are responsible for soliciting or receiving submissions, quality checking them, assigning reviewers, overseeing the revision of the submissions and supervising the production process. The editor-in-chief leads this committee and assigns editors submissions to work and convenes discussions, where necessary, and ratifies editorial decisions in line with the journal editorial policies. The final decision rests with the editor-in-chief.
Duties of the Board
The editorial board is an advisory and governance structure appointed by the Association in line with best practices in journal governance. It brings together scholars representing various areas of expertise within the scope of the journal’s focus. Board members serve voluntarily for a three-year term subject to renewal. The Board functions include:
- Promoting the journal in their networks;
- Providing advice related to the publication of high-quality manuscripts;
- Serving as a mechanism for authors to appeal against editorial decisions.
- Receiving an annual report from the Editor-in-Chief detailing the status of operations and including such statistics and other relevant information;
- Make recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief based on the annual report.
