IIARP Publications

What topic areas does the gateway publish in (Aims and Scope)?
The IIARP publications Gateway will publish in all fields of research, including science, technology, economics, business, management, tourism, social sciences, humanities and medicine.

What are the advantages of submitting to the IIARP Gateway for researchers?
Researchers will have the opportunity to be part of the IIARP Conference and Publications. IIARP provides high visibility and the opportunity to promote research, innovation, and knowledge sharing among academic leaders in higher education institutions around the world. 

How do I get my work published on the IIARP Publications gateway?
Articles published through the IIARP publications portal must first go through the IIARP publication preparation procedure. When an article has completed this procedure, the authors will be notified by email and invited to submit it to the IIARP Gateway. To be considered for runway publication, submitting writers must include this email / letter as a cover letter with their article.

What are the gateway’s article preparation/editorial requirements?
Articles submitted to the IIARP publications portal will be reviewed by the F1000Research editorial team to ensure that they adhere to the F1000Research editorial principles.

The following standards must be met by articles submitted to the gateway:

1. Articles must be accompanied by an email from the IIARP confirming that they have gone through the IIARP publication preparation procedure.
2. The work must be original. The manuscript (or significant portions of it) must not have been previously published or be under consideration or review by another journal. There must be no plagiarism in the article.
3. All underlying data relevant to the study should be made public and uploaded to a suitable repository. See the next section for more information on open data.
4. Until at least two reports have been received, authors must agree to actively recommend appropriate peer reviewers for their manuscript.
5. The manuscript for the article and any supporting data should be prepared in clear English. Full author and affiliation information, as well as a conflict of interest declaration, must be included in the paper.
6. The article must correspond to community standards and reporting rules. For additional information on reporting rules, we highly advise you to review our editorial policies and article guidelines.
7. Studies must have acquired proper ethical approval and agreement from participants, and the paper must include a statement to that effect. 
8. Authors must agree to pay any article processing fees that may be incurred as a result of submission. After filing, we will need the name and email address of the payer, as well as the name of his institution and the nation in which he resides.

Can I publish posters, Presentation slides and documents?
Researcher can publish Posters, Presentation Slides (PPT) & Research Documents, which are immediately published with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) on the IIARP Publication Gateway to share with the wider community.

Publication Process after article submission?
Articles are carefully checked by our in-house editorial team who ensure that each submitted article is (co-)authored by a qualified researcher or clinician and is appropriate in terms of content, quality, tone and format. We also check that article submissions are complete, not plagiarized, and we ensure that they meet ethical standards. Finally, we support authors by making sure that citations to all supporting data are included with the article, that the methods section contains adequate protocol information to make the data useful, the writing is understandable, and that all requirements in our article guidelines are met. 

How does open invited peer review of articles after publication work?
The reason we conduct peer review after publication is to remove the delay in others being able to benefit from accessing the work during the reviewing period. Closed (and sometimes biased) review processes can often take many months, sometimes even years, and may allow competing papers to be published first. The F1000Research model removes the possibility of a paper being deliberately blocked or held up by a single editor or reviewer. It also allows other scientists in the field to judge the work for themselves and start building on it, perhaps repeat the analysis for themselves, while expert reviewers assess it.

Why do I need to suggest peer reviewers for my paper?
There are no academic editors at F1000Research who make choices about whether to accept or reject manuscripts or who find acceptable reviewers. Instead, the authors, who are responsible for suggesting reviewers for their work, lead our peer-review process. Authors are in the best position to discover experts in their area who can evaluate their work while also satisfying our review standards. We've established a Reviewer Finder Tool, which can be accessible via a link next to submitted or published papers in their My Research. We've also produced a series of guidelines for writers on how to identify acceptable reviewers for their work.

What is research data?
Textual, numerical, database, geographic, picture, audio-visual recordings, and data created by machines or equipment are all examples of research data. Research data can be referred to as primary materials, research materials, source materials, sources, resources, or evidence in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The following are some examples of Social Science research data:

• Fieldnotes, case study notes, or observations
• Audio and video interviews or focus groups
• Linguistic corpora
• Census and longitudinal surveys

More information about research data can be found in our data guidelines.

What are the benefits of making research data open?
Open Data allows readers of your article to delve further into your research to access the supporting materials. This makes your research more transparent and also potentially reproducible. By posting your data in a repository and linking it to your paper it gives another access point to your research and the potential for more citations and recognition. Sharing data in this way opens you up to new connections and collaborations as your data can be used by others (with appropriate recognition and citation) to accelerate the pace of research in your area.

How do I share my data?
Finding an appropriate online repository to host your data is the best strategy for data sharing. Please ensure that your data is deidentified using the Safe Harbor approach before submitting it to an online repository. Subject-specific repositories, hosted at your university, or a generic repository are all options. The important point is that they provide long-term data preservation and a permanent identifier (PID) so that it can be accessed online (often a DOI). Once you've determined your identification, add it in the Data Availability Statement section of your article, along with other relevant information about your data and how it may be accessible.