Dialogic Academic Presses (DAPresses) – Academic Publishing Policies

1. Mission & Scope

Dialogic Academic Presses (DAPresses) is dedicated to advancing scholarly knowledge through widening participation in line with scientific rigor, interdisciplinary research, and evidence based innovation in line with the United Nations strategy to promote science to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and foster equitable access to scientific knowledge globally.

In alignment with Dialogic Solutions’ philosophy of delivering scientific solutions to complex and fundamental problems, DAPresses prioritises high impact academic works in STEM, social innovation, environmental sustainability, economy, policy, peace, human rights, governance, management and institutions. We believe that DAPresses vision and mission aligns with supporting Africa and other poorer continents to participate in UNESCO’s Recommendations on Open Science (Open science | UNESCO).

2. Editorial Independence

DAPresses maintains complete editorial independence. Dialogic Solutions Limited grants independence to Editors and reviewers in line with global best practices. Editorial decisions are based solely on:

• Research quality with clear contributions to the field.
• Methodological robustness to facilitate reproducibility and repeatability.
• Relevance to cutting edge global scholarship.
• Contribution to innovation and societal problem solving.

The ethos of open communication and customer-focused collaboration at Dialogic guides editor–author engagement but does not influence editorial outcomes. We wish to make doing research and publishing scientifically sound results easy and affordable to publish so that findings can contribute to the knowledge economy in furtherance of human civilisation.

3. Submission Policies

DAPresses accepts and publishes journal articles and reviews, monographs, books, Conference proceedings, Special or technical reports, Editorial, Lecture notes, Thesis and other materials that can inform, educate, teach, help, support, guide and act as reference to promote the global creation, curation and consumption of knowledge towards achieving United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals based on UNESCO Recommendations on Openscience. Ultimately, knowledge created on DAPresses platform should promote inclusive and equitable products, services and systems.

3.1 Manuscript Requirements

• Original and unpublished in part or in full.
• Free from plagiarism (all manuscripts screened)
• Supported by rigorous data and transparent methodology.
• Formatted according to DAPresses’ academic Journal style guidelines (see Authors Guidelines).
• Correct citation and referencing.
• Clear and correct scholarly communication in English Language.

3.2 Preprints

DAPresses accepts submissions previously published on reputable preprint servers, provided disclosure is made and republishing the manuscript is permissible without any liabilities, directly or indirectly, to DAPressses or Dialogic Solutions Ltd and/or associates.

3.3 Multiple Submissions

Simultaneous submission to other publishers is prohibited.

4. Peer Review Policies

4.1 Review Model

DAPresses uses Open or single blind review for transparency and promote a policy stance on non-discrimination and anti-racism that may bias the review of articles positively or negatively. Every manuscript should be evaluated based on the facts and scientific method and academic writing quality to give everyone a chance to be published or to receive quality review feedback from experts.

4.2 Reviewer Expectations

• Maintain confidentiality and non-disclosure of manuscript.
• Evaluate manuscripts objectively
• Disclose conflicts of interest
• Provide constructive, evidence based feedback and suggestions on how the manuscript can be improved.

4.3 Editorial Decisions

Decisions are communicated with detailed reviewer commentary, following DAPresses’ principle of transparent, iterative improvement and support for peer-learning. Decisions may fall under any of the four dispositions: Reject, Major Revision, Minor Revision or Accepts. Manuscripts may undergo first, second, third,…rounds of revisions until the feedback of the reviewers are addressed or rebutted.

5. Research Ethics & Integrity

5.1 Ethical Standards

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals and ensure that the rights and welfare of human participants are protected.
• Informed consent for human subjects must be obtained before the commencement of the research.
• Animal research ethics must be observed.
• Protection of sensitive data and exclusion of materials or content protected from being published or disclosed.
• No fabricated or manipulated data should be submitted to any of DAPresses journal.

5.2 Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Authors, reviewers, and editors must fully disclose all potential conflicts of interests. This will enable the editorial office to reassign the manuscript to maintain unbiased review process.

5.3 Retractions, Corrections & Investigations

DAPresses follows a transparent process for Errata and Corrigenda (list of errors in published article and their corrections). Academic integrity is highly recommended to maintain high quality of knowledge creation, curation and consumption. Retractions for ethical breaches are implemented to discourage unethical behaviours in scientific publications. Retraction notices remain publicly accessible.

5.4 Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Generative AI (GENAI)

DAPresses understands that AI tools are becoming part of the research infrastructure. The policy of DAPresses is disclosure. Under acknowledgement, authors should disclose what, why and how they used AI tools in the research. Any manuscript that is significantly generated with GENAI will be rejected. We encourage authors to see AI tools as tools for co-creativity, co-productivity and co-reflection to reduce the cognitive cost of research. Overreliance on GENAI will accumulate cognitive debts and reduce the creativity, originality, human-touch and ingenuity that are necessary for using research to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

6. Copyright, Licensing & Reuse

• Authors retain copyright unless a different agreement is signed.
• DAPresses supports Open Access via Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Authors must secure permissions for all third party content (images, tables, diagrams, Figures, etc).

7. Data Sharing & Scientific Transparency

Inspired by Dialogic’s data-driven, UNESCO Recommendation on Openscience, collaborative and scientific methodology, DAPresses encourages open datasets, sharing of clear methodology, reproducibility standards and availability of contact details of the authors. Supplementary material repositories are strongly recommended.

8. Production & Publication Process

8.1 Editing & Formatting

DAPresses provides professional copyediting, technical editing, data and figure checks to ensure that all published papers are of the best possible standard.

8.2 Proof Stage

Authors will be provided with an opportunity to proofread the manuscript and check that all personal details and affiliations are correct. Only essential factual corrections are allowed after typesetting.

8.3 Workflow Alignment

The publishing workflow reflects Dialogic’s four-stage solution process—engagement, design, execution, and post-delivery support—by integrating author collaboration at each stage. Our ultimate goal is to simplify the complexity around publishing and utilise the workflow for capacity building of academics, scholars and researchers.

9. Indexing, Archiving & Discoverability

DAPresses ensures that DOI is assigned to each publication to enhance discoverability. Publications are included in major academic indexes. Also, long-term digital archiving is used to ensure that the publications continue to be available to readers.

10. Diversity, Inclusion & Global Accessibility

• Supports authors from diverse backgrounds.
• Encourages research in emerging regions such as Africa, Middle East, Asia as well as Europe, North America and South America.
• Rejects discriminatory or harmful content.
• Takes anti-discriminatory and anti-racist stance and advocate for inclusivity of all genders, races and people with disability, inspired by United Kingdom’s Equality Act 2010.
• Any expert anywhere across the globe can propose Special Issues and Reports and full support will be provided by the Editorial office.

11. Appeals & Complaints

11.1 Appeals

Authors may appeal editorial decisions with clear justification. Rebuttals, counterarguments, clarifications and additional materials can be submitted through the submission process for re-evaluation. However, final decision will be taken by the editorial board.

11.2 Complaints

DAPresses follows a transparent, formal complaints procedure aligned with international publishing ethics standards. All complaints should be sent to info@dialogicsl.com. Depending on the nature of the complaint, Editor-in-Chief will address complaints regarding their Journal while Joint Editorial Board will address general issues of academic publishing and Dialogic Solutions Ltd will address issues on corporation.

12. Post Publication Policies

12.1 Corrections & Updates

Minor errors are corrected promptly to maintain scholarly accuracy. Authors will be charged a fee for significant corrections. Tables of charges for post-publication policies will be provided to the author.

12.2 Retractions

Retractions are issued for ethical violations, fabricated or falsified research and major methodological flaws. Retractions can be done regardless of when these are identified when not doing so would prove damaging to scientific progress as others may rely on such publications to advance scientific knowledge.

12.3 Living Documents

In fast evolving digital world with artificial intelligence and large language models, DAPresses may support versioned publications with tracked updates, enhancing continuous improvement—a core Dialogic value. DAPresses will promote publications on social media handles and authors are encouraged to promote their publications on their social media handles.