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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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Privacy Statement

Introduction 

Stolen Tools Journal greatly values the relationships we hold with authors and understands the importance of protecting and respecting personal information and privacy. Please read through this document carefully. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.  

Peer Review 

We aim to publish the best quality work we can and central to this process is trust, transparency and encouraging dialogue between researchers. We, therefore, operate an open peer review process, following the guidelines outlines by Ross-Hellaur and Gorogh in their paper on open peer review implementation: https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-019-0063-9 

Creative Commons Licence 

We believe that knowledge should be as open and accessible as possible. That is why all our publications operate under the Creative Commons licencing, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED. You are granted the freedom to share and adapt the material in any medium or format for any purpose, including commercial use, and these freedoms cannot be revoked as long as you adhere to the license terms. Those terms include providing appropriate attribution by giving credit, linking to the license, and indicating if changes were made in a reasonable manner, without implying endorsement by the licensor. Additionally, if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original, and you are not allowed to impose legal terms or technological measures that would restrict others from exercising the same rights granted by the license. You can find out more information here. 

Your rights 

Under data protection law, you have rights including: 

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.  

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.  

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.  

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.  

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances. 

The type of information we collect: 

We currently collect and process the following information: your name, reasons for writing, your contribution to the journal, your institution.  

How we get the personal information and why we have it: 

We use this information to screen and promote your contribution to the journal and make sure you are appropriately accredited.  

How we store your personal information: 

This information is stored on our secure OJS server in line with standard practice in other journals.