Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The journal focuses on publishing scientific articles that cover community service activities from all fields of science.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Academics in Action journal editorial board members have experience in community service. The articles sent to the Journal are always reviewed by two members of the Editorial Board (blind peer review), and in some cases, if necessary, by another external reviewer. The decision of the article publication is depending on the evaluation reports from the members of the Editorial Board. The article evaluation process takes approximately six months. All comments from the reviewers should be taken into account seriously, otherwise, the Journal cannot guarantee publication of the manuscript.

 

 

Publication Frequency

The journal is published twice a year, in June and December. Individual accepted articles can be published as soon as they are ready.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...