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Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the design and execution of the work described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. The Journal will contact all listed authors at the point of submission to confirm their role. For a detailed definition of authorship, please see …

Authors of all article types are required to submit a “Conflicts of interest” section that is clearly marked with a separate heading and included at the end of the manuscript. For more information, please refer to OUP’s definition of conflicts of interest and the Authors’ section of the potential conflicts of interest section. Any listed authors in this section should be identified using closed in…

The Journal requires all authors, where ethically possible, to publicly release all data and software code underlying any published paper as a condition of publication. The data must be made available to reviewers and undergo peer review along with the manuscript as part of the acceptance process. Authors are required to include a data availability statement in their paper. When data and software …

Manuscripts will be screened using iThenticate to help detect publication misconduct including plagiarism and redundant publication. The Journal uses ScholarOne's Unusual Activity Detection tool to build confidence in the identity of authors and reviewers. Manuscripts may also be screened, including with services provided by third parties, to help detect integrity issues such as inappropriate imag…

No publication charge; some charges may apply for Supplemental Data prior to transfer to OUP. Model summary

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Peer-reviewed journal publishing 2 volumes with 6 issues per year online. Model summary

The Journal operates single-anonymized peer review, meaning that the identity of the authors is known to the editors and to the reviewers, but that the reviewers’ identities are known only to the editors and are hidden from the authors. During peer review, reviewers communicate directly with the editors but not the authors or other reviewers. Once a submitted manuscript passes initial assessment b…

Preprint allowed. Model summary

As an author, you retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels and this does not prevent submission to the Journal. If accepted, you are required to update the status of any preprint, including adding a published paper’s DOI. For full details on allowed channels and updating your preprint, please see our Author self-archiving policy.

Self-archiving refers to posting a copy of your work on a publicly accessible website or repository. Under certain circumstances, you may self-archive versions of your work on your own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories. For information about the Journal's policy, and to learn which version(s) of your paper are acceptable for self-archiving, please see our Author self-a…