Journal Policies

1. Revenue Sources and Business Model

To ensure full transparency regarding financial operations, the revenue model of the Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (IJIS) is outlined below.

The journal operates on a pure Open Access model, meaning all published content is freely available immediately upon publication. The journal is sustained entirely by Article Processing Charges (APCs) paid upon the acceptance of a manuscript, alongside occasional administrative rescheduling fees as specified in Section 6. The APC covers all costs associated with the publication process, including peer review management, professional copyediting, typesetting, online hosting, and permanent digital archiving.

Ianna does not receive any grants, institutional subsidies, subscriptions, advertising revenue, or other forms of external funding. No waivers or discounts on the Article Processing Charge are offered.

All editorial decisions regarding manuscript acceptance or rejection are based solely on the scientific merit, originality, and relevance of the research. The obligation for APC payment begins only after a manuscript has been formally accepted following peer review. Payment status has absolutely no influence on the editorial decision-making process.

2. Advertising Policy

The journal maintains a strict commitment to editorial independence and does not participate in any commercial advertising activities. Ianna does not accept, display, or promote any form of paid advertisement, banner, or sponsored content on its website or within its published material. This policy ensures the complete separation of administrative and editorial functions, guaranteeing that content is influenced solely by academic merit.

3. Direct Marketing Policy

The journal is committed to conducting all direct marketing and solicitation activities ethically, professionally, and transparently.

Any direct marketing efforts, including calls for papers, special issue solicitations, or invitations for reviewer recruitment, are appropriate, well-targeted, and unobtrusive. We utilise professional contact lists and communicate primarily with scholars known to be active in the fields of our scope. All information provided in marketing materials regarding indexing status, peer review timelines, publication speed, scope, and affiliation is guaranteed to be truthful, accurate, and not misleading. Marketing communications are sent only to individuals who have consented to receive such information, in full compliance with relevant data protection regulations.

4. Manuscript Withdrawal Policy

IJIS invests significant resources into the peer review and technical processing of every manuscript. To maintain the integrity of the scholarly record, the journal adheres to the following withdrawal policy:

  • Pre-Publication Withdrawal: Authors may request to withdraw their manuscript at any stage prior to the final approval of the Galley Proof. Such requests must be submitted in writing and signed by all contributing authors.
  • Post-Approval and Archival Restrictions: Once authors have approved the Galley Proof, the manuscript is considered finalised. At this stage, a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is assigned and the metadata is prepared for deposit into international repositories, including Zenodo. If a withdrawal is requested after this stage, the manuscript cannot be simply removed. Because the record has been deposited in permanent databases, a formal Withdrawal Notice will be issued and permanently linked to the DOI to explain that the article was withdrawn at the authors' request after the archival process had commenced.
  • Editorial Withdrawal for Non-Compliance: The Editorial Board reserves the right to withdraw a manuscript from the workflow if it fails to meet mandatory standards. This includes issues of originality, ethical breaches, undeclared conflicts of interest, or non-responsiveness to editorial queries and revision deadlines.

Authors are strongly advised to ensure all data, authorship details, and institutional approvals are correct before approving the Galley Proof, as a formal Withdrawal Notice becomes a permanent public record in DOI databases.

5. Article Publication Limit Policy

To ensure a sustainable publication volume that guarantees rigorous peer review, high-quality production standards, and consistent growth, the following volume limits apply:

  • Issue-Level Limits: Each regular issue shall contain no fewer than 5 and no more than 44 original research articles or reviewed works. Special Issues—whether initiated by the Editorial Board or approved via external guest-editor proposals—shall contain a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 15 articles. The journal limits its total output to one Special Issue per calendar year.
  • Under-Limit Procedure: If the number of accepted, high-quality manuscripts for an issue is fewer than 5, the Editors may proceed with publication, accompanied by an editorial note providing transparency to readers and indexing bodies regarding the selection volume.
  • Over-Limit Procedure: When the number of accepted quality manuscripts exceeds the prescribed maximum limit for an issue (44 for regular issues and 15 for special issues), only the maximum allowable number will be published in the current issue. Remaining manuscripts will be automatically rescheduled for the subsequent issue.
  • Annual Publication Volume: The total number of articles published across all regular and special issues within a single calendar year is capped at an absolute ceiling of 103 articles.
  • Quality Control and Scaling: Maximum limits remain secondary to quality. If the volume of high-quality submissions exceeds the per-issue or annual limits, accepted papers will be queued for the subsequent issue. The Editorial Board reviews these limits annually, and capacity increases will only be considered if the reviewer pool expands proportionally.

6. Production Deadlines and Rescheduling Fees

To ensure the timely release of each issue, authors must adhere strictly to production timelines. Authors are required to return their corrected galley proofs within the timeframe specified in the production notice, which is usually 48 hours.

If an author fails to return their galley proof on time and consequently misses the issue for which their article was scheduled, an administrative rescheduling fee equivalent to 50% of the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be applied. This fee must be settled in full before the manuscript can be rescheduled for publication in a subsequent issue.

7. Policy Against Bulk and Third-Party Submissions

To ensure the integrity of the peer-review process and the authenticity of authorship, the journal strictly prohibits bulk submissions and submissions made by third-party agencies or paper mills.

All manuscripts must be submitted personally by one of the authors through the official Open Journal Systems (OJS) portal. Submissions by agents, representatives, or third-party services on behalf of authors are not permitted. IJIS does not accept uncoordinated bulk submissions of multiple papers from a single project, institution, or coordinator in a manner that bypasses the standard individual submission workflow.

  • Special Issue Proposals: The journal welcomes formal proposals for guest-edited Special Issues from qualified external scholars. All such proposals undergo a rigorous evaluation by the Editorial Board. If accepted, the guest editors must adhere strictly to the journal’s standard peer-review integrity guidelines, ethical protocols, and the article volume limits specified in Section 5. The Editorial Board retains final oversight and approval on all manuscripts recommended for inclusion in a Special Issue.

The Editorial Office reserves the right to reject any submission that appears to have been handled by a third-party service or does not originate from an author's own verified account.

LAST UPDATED: June 1, 2026