Publication Transparency Policy
NOVAXIS
Publication Transparency Policy
Transparency at NOVAXIS means one thing: every claim the journal makes about itself can be checked. A journal that asks authors for their work and readers for their trust must show its own working — who owns it, how it decides, what it charges, what it earns, and how well it performs. This page is the inventory of what the journal discloses, at the level of each article and of the journal as a whole, and the discipline it binds itself to when making claims. It implements the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing issued jointly by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA and WAME.
Identity, ownership and people
The journal's name is unique and is not designed to be confused with any other publication. The legal owner and publisher are named on the About page, with a physical address and working contact details; enquiries receive a response, not an autoreply. Every member of the editorial team is listed with full name and institutional affiliation, both verifiable, and the list is kept current as terms begin and end under the journal's governance policy. NOVAXIS does not list anyone as editor or board member without their documented consent, and no listed role is honorary.
What every article discloses
| Item | What the reader sees |
|---|---|
| Review status | Whether the article was externally peer reviewed; items assessed by the editorial office only are labelled as such |
| History | Dates of submission, acceptance and publication |
| Licence and copyright | The Creative Commons licence and the copyright holder — the authors |
| Funding | All sources of financial support for the work, or a statement that there were none |
| Competing interests | A statement from all authors, including explicit declarations of no conflict |
| Data and code availability | Where the underlying materials are, or the specific reason they cannot be shared |
| Author contributions and AI use | Individual contributions under the CRediT taxonomy, and any declared use of AI tools |
| Editor authorship | Where an author holds an editorial role, a statement naming the independent handling arrangement |
Journal-level reporting
- Each year the journal publishes the report promised in its governance policy: submission volume, acceptance rate, median times from submission to first decision and to publication, and the composition of its editorial bodies. Numbers are reported as measured, including in years when they are unflattering.
- Automated tools used by the journal itself — similarity screening, image checks, AI-generated-text detection — are named in the ethics policy; their outputs inform editors and are never the sole basis of a decision.
- Indexing, archiving and identifier services are listed only as they currently stand. A service under application is described as under application, never as achieved.
Revenue, advertising and marketing
The journal's sole revenue is the article processing charge stated in its publication fee policy. It carries no advertising and sells no reprints, and nothing that affects editorial treatment can be purchased at any price; should any revenue source ever be added, it will be disclosed on this page before it takes effect, together with