Submissions

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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Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with Empirical Research in Science and Humanitiesagree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License. This license allows others to share and adapt the work, provided they give appropriate credit to the author(s) and indicate if changes were made.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after publication, as it can lead to productive exchanges and increase citation impact.

Privacy Statement

This journal does not collect information from unregistered users. The data obtained from registered users is limited to that which is essential for the standard operations of a peer-reviewed journal. Such information facilitates communication during the editorial process, enables the compilation of aggregated statistics on submissions and publications, and supports the analysis of geopolitical and social trends in scholarly communication. The editorial team utilizes this data to inform its publishing practices and to enhance the quality of the journal.

In order to advance the development of the publishing platform, anonymized and aggregated datasets may be shared with the Public Knowledge Project , the platform's developer. Exceptions to this anonymization process, such as the retention of article metrics, are made when necessary to preserve the integrity of scholarly record-keeping.

Neither this journal will commercialize the data or employ it for purposes other than those specified herein.

Authors publishing in this journal bear full responsibility for safeguarding any human subject data contained within their research. The editorial team is committed to adhering to international data privacy standards, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This regulation recognizes fundamental data subject rights, including: (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. Furthermore, the GDPR acknowledges the public interest in maintaining access to certain categories of data, a principle that is particularly relevant to preserving the integrity and accessibility of the scholarly record.