Editorial Policy on Coverage of Editor-Authored Works
JP Independent Journal maintains a strict editorial separation between authorship and editorial judgment. When works authored by members of the editorial team—including the Editor-in-Chief—are covered by the journal, the following principles apply:
1. Separation of Publication and Evaluation
JP Independent Journal does not function as the primary academic publisher for editor-authored research outputs. When such works are discussed or featured, they must have been previously published or registered through an external, independent platform (e.g., preprint repositories, academic journals). JP acts solely as a venue for contextualization, critique, and public engagement, not as the original publisher.
2. Mandatory Disclosure
All editor-authored works covered by JP include a clear disclosure statement identifying:
the author’s editorial role within JP, and
the original publication venue and DOI (where applicable).
This disclosure appears prominently at the beginning of the coverage.
3. Independent Editorial Handling
Editorial introductions, reviews, or critical responses to editor-authored works are handled independently and are not written by the author of the work. Whenever possible, critical responses are commissioned from contributors with no editorial authority over publication decisions.
4. Critical Parity
Editor-authored works are subject to the same or higher level of scrutiny as external submissions. Coverage is not promotional in nature and may include substantive critique, methodological questioning, or theoretical disagreement.
5. No DOI Duplication
JP Independent Journal does not assign new DOIs to editor-authored works that already carry a DOI from an external platform. Any republication or excerpting explicitly references the original DOI to avoid duplicate scholarly records.
6. Right of Refusal
JP reserves the right to decline coverage of editor-authored works if independent editorial handling cannot be ensured or if publication would compromise the journal’s editorial integrity.
7. Purpose of Coverage
The purpose of covering editor-authored work is not self-promotion but critical accountability—placing the work within a broader intellectual conversation and exposing it to the same analytical pressure applied to all subjects covered by the journal.
Statement of Editorial Accountability
JP Independent Journal recognizes that editorial independence is measured not by distance from one’s own work, but by the willingness to subject it to open, documented, and independent critique.
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