Focus and Scope

The Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (JIPD) aims to stimulate the exchange of scholarly ideas through innovative technology, outstanding service and utmost dedication. Its overarching goal is to establish itself as a credible source of information covering areas of "hard" and "soft" infrastructure, along with other related policies and economic development matters.

With the global context, relevant topics to JIPD include, but are not limited to:

• Education system
• Healthcare system
• Social system
• Innovation of policy
• Institutional reform
• Physical infrastructure
• Urban development
• Green development
• Climate-resilient infrastructure
• Sustainable infrastructure
• Infrastructure finance
• Infrastructure governance

Section Policies

Editorial

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Opening Piece

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Original Article

Original articles should contain completely new principal research testifying major contributions to the field. The study should represent new findings or discoveries in a subject area that were not published before. The report may contain significant findings, methodology importance and considerable evidence to the conclusions.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Policy Dialogue

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Policy Insight

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Study

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Guest Editorial

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Article

Reviews articles are summarized descriptions of recent findings and significant developments at particular subject area of research considering the Journal’s scope. They should include critical assessments of novel technologies, evaluation of subject advancement, elucidate unresolved questions, comparative analysis with a substantial coverage of previous works and highlight future prospects. Although there are no restrictions with the length and content of a review, authors should consider drawing reader’s attention and interest with quality information.

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Review Article

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Short Communication

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Letters to the Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Position Paper

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Commentary

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Short Report

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Editors' Words

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Erratum

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All papers submitted to Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development are subjected to a stringent double blind peer review process. This is to uphold the high quality of papers published in JIPD and ensure that the reporting of research work is truthful and accurate.

• Upon submission, the article is reviewed by JIPD in-house editors to assess its suitability for the journal based on the editorial policy and procedural guidelines.
• The Editor-in-Chief (EIC) carefully evaluates each manuscript to determine if its topic and content are suitable for consideration.
• The accepted manuscripts are then assigned by the EIC to the associate editors according to their respective areas of expertise.
• The associate editor selects reviewers from the editorial board or external reviewers who are suitably qualified to assess the paper.
• Reviewers are asked to evaluate the manuscript’s originality, methodology, contribution to the literature, presentation of results and support for the conclusions, and appropriate referencing of previous relevant studies
• Post-evaluation by the reviewers, the manuscript is sent to the associate editor who makes one of the following recommendations: accept, accept with minor revision, or reject.
• The manuscript is then passed to the EIC who makes the final decision.
• If EIC suggests minor revisions, authors are given a maximum of 30 days to revise and resubmit the article.
• If EIC suggests major revisions, authors are given a maximum of 90 days to revise and resubmit the article.
• After re-submission of the revised manuscript, the above steps are repeated before the paper is accepted for publication.
• Authors of rejected submissions are advised to make an appeal in writing to editorial@jipd-journal.net.
• Written appeals should include specific reasons for the appeal and point-by-point response to the reviewers' suggestions and criticisms.
• Decisions made on appeals by the EIC are final and no further considerations will be made.

Publication Frequency

The publication frequency of Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development is half-yearly.

Open Access Policy

Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development is a fully open access journal. All articles in Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development are freely available to read, download and share immediately on publication.

Authorship

Authorship of a scholarly paper should be limited to individuals who have contributed substantially to its intellectual content. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or general supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship. All authors should hold the responsibility of fairly evaluating their respective roles and their co-authors’ roles in the project. This is to ensure that authorship is attributed according to a fixed standard in all publications for which they will be listed as authors.

In order to be listed as an author for a paper, one should have contributed sufficiently to the project. A co-author is expected to have contributed to some component of the work which led to the paper or be involved in the interpretation of its results. All authors should have a say in the final approval of the version to be published, in addition to reviewing the final manuscript prior to submission.

Individuals who do not meet the above requirements, but have provided a valuable contribution to the work, may be acknowledged for their contribution as appropriate to the publication.

Conflict of Interest

Conflicts of interest may exist when professional judgements concerning a primary interest have the possibility of being influenced by a secondary interest (e.g.: financial gains). It is to be noted that even perceptions of conflicts of interest are as important as the actual conflicts of interest.

Any agreements with study sponsors (for profit or non-profit), which interfere with the authors’ access to the study data, ability to analyze or interpret the data and publish manuscripts independently according to their own decision, should be avoided by authors at all costs.

A declaration of interests for all authors must be received before an article can be reviewed and accepted for publication.

Plagiarism

Authors are advised to observe high standards in the aspect of publication ethics. Any plagiarism (fabrication or falsification of data) are strictly unacceptable practices in JIPD, including duplicate publication of the author’s work without proper citation.

Every manuscript submitted for publication is checked for plagiarism via CrossCheck (powered by iThenticate) after submission and before being sent to the editor for editorial review. Any detection of overlapping and similar texts in the manuscripts submitted will be investigated promptly and may lead to the manuscript being rejected.

Publication Fees

Enpress publishes all its journals in Gold Open Access format. The scientific community and the general public have free of all restrictions on accessing (e.g., subscription) and free of many restrictions on using its contents as soon as it is published online. Enpress does not require readers to purchase any form of subscription to view online versions of the journals. In order to defray our editorial and production costs, authors of the accepted articles are required to pay the article processing charges (APCs). The charges will come from authors' institutes or research funding bodies.

Journal	APC
Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development	US $800

Language

The language used in manuscripts submitted to Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development is English. Authors whose first language is not English may want to have their manuscripts professionally edited before the final submission to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood by its prospective readers.

Withdrawal Policy

Errata

All publisher-introduced changes are highlighted to the author at the proof stage and any errors are ideally identified by the author and corrected by the publisher before final publication. Any errors in published articles discovered by readers, authors, editors, etc., please contact the journal edito. EnPress will only instigate a corrigendum to a published article after receiving approval and instructions from the editor.

Withdrawal

If the author decides to withdraw an article that has already been submitted to the journal, he/she would be required to pay a penalty fee. Authors are advised to keep in mind that an article should only be withdrawn if the authors detect significant error or flaws, as it is not an acceptable practice to withdraw an article after it has been sent for peer review. The withdrawal process is considered to be complete once the author receives a confirmation of withdrawal from the Journal Editorial Office.

Waiver Policy

The Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development is committed to ensuring that financial constraints do not present a barrier to knowledge sharing and learning, and thus has developed a waiver policy especially for authors from low- or middle-income countries (check through the World Bank's data). Authors who are interested in applying for a waiver may contact the editorial office prior to submitting their article. JIPD reserves the right to approve or reject a waiver application.

Editorial Policies

Authors should read the “Author Guidelines” before making a submission, and make sure that the manuscripts were written in accordance to the style and specifications of the journal’s policy.

All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development are subject to rigorous peer review. Prior to peer review process, the manuscripts will be screened for acceptable English language, novelty and relevance to the Focus and Scope of the journal.

Any manuscripts submitted to Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development will be treated as confidential materials. The manuscripts will not be disclosed to anyone except individuals such as editorial staff, reviewers and editors who participate in the initial screening, review, processing and preparation of the manuscript for publication (if accepted).

A manuscript would not be accepted if it has been published or is currently under consideration for publication in any other journals. The authors are required to notify the editorial team if the findings and data in their submissions have been presented in conferences.

Disclaimer

• For authors: Once submitting a manuscript, It means that you have be aware of all publishing policies & ethics,  and will strictly abide by them.
• For publisher: This journal  is not liable to the statements, perspectives, and opinions contained in the published articles. The appearance of advertisements in the journal shall not be construed as a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised and/or the safety thereof. This journal and the Publisher disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or products referred to in the articles or advertisements.

Indexing & Archiving

Indexing

Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development (JIPD) is indexed, cataloged and/or included by several world-class abstracting/indexing databases:

• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Scopus
• Base
• Crossref
• Google Scholar
• National Library Board of Singapore
• Scilit
• Worldcat

Archives

The contents of JIPD are archived and preserved by Portico.

Special Issue Policy

1. What is a Special Issue?

EnPress Publisher has launched the Special Issue Program. A Special Issue is a collection of research hotspots or topics in specific fields in a certain period. A group of guest editors who are experts in this discipline, has the responsibility to drive the special issue program. Manuscripts accepted will both be ordered/archived in a regular volume/issue and special issue.

Benefits of Special Issue

• The research will be more quickly discovered and cited by researchers in the same field.
• It is better to promote academic exchanges in this field, avoid repetition of topics, and identify the research objectives at the next step.
• It could learn and integrate the latest achievements in a field more quickly.
• It is better to broaden the visibility and maximize the impact of a certain field so that more experts could focus on the topic.

Benefits of being Guest Editors

• It is helpful in expanding the popularity of guest editors.
• It is faster to initiate the communication with international peers in this field, and establish co-operatives ties with them.
• It helps to learn the latest research.
• Guest Editors could publish one article without any APCs in this journal as your privilege.

2. How to drive a Special Issue?

There are two ways to obtain a special issue proposal.

• Assistant Editor will invite experts in hot fields as guest editors to submit a professional proposal.
• Readers or authors could submit proposals on the Special Issue section of the journal website, and EiC or senior editors will evaluate them for the viability and suitability for this journal.

Preparation for a proposal

A great topic is the vital element for success. Any candidate topic will be selected by EiC or senior editors for considering whether it is consistent with the scope of this journal. A good proposal topic has significant interest to the most readers of this journal. Hot topics during some period are usually considered to be more attractive.

A proposal should include necessary information:

• The group of Guest Editors
• Types of manuscript
• Main topics
• Submission deadline
• Keywords

 

3. Special Issue Ethics

EnPress Publisher abides to the Code of Conduct of COPE and Best Practice Guidelines in all the editorial process. The journal’s Editorial Policies should be followed, and any potential unethical submission will not gone to the nest stage. EnPress Publisher promises to protect the confidentiality of all submissions unless the publishing needs. Any guest editor or reviewer must strictly abide by the Conflict of Interests in the journal, and they are asked to inform the Editorial Office if any potential conflict of interests exists, then the Editorial Office may consider to change the editor or reviewer. As authors, they are asked to provide a list of avoided experts. Please appeal to editorial@jipd-journal.net for any requests related to manuscript promotion.

4. Workflow of Special Issue

Once the members of the Guest Editors are exactly online, the assistant editor will collect manuscripts on behalf of the group of Guest Editors. Manuscripts are submitted to open journal system and go through double-bline peer review as usual for objective and fair evaluation. Any new submission will be checked by senior editors, and then it will be assigned for further review comments. The EiC will make the final decision and inform the author. Once a manuscript is accepted, it will go into production, and it is both ordered in the current regular issue and collection of the Special Issue. Articles may be archived in different regular volume/issue of this journal, although they are collected and marked as Special Issue articles.

Guest Editor has the privilege to publish only one article free, and experts from the same affiliate with guest editors could not be one of the reviewers at any stage. EiC has the responsibility to oversee all the editorial process for academic fairness.

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