General policies 

All journals hosted by LiU E-Press adhere to the ethical guidelines in LiU E-Press Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement. Authors are advised to consult these guidelines before submitting manuscripts.

 

Specific policies

In addition to the LiU E-Press Statement, the following policies apply to submissions to the International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL).

Research involving human participants

Research involving human participants must comply with applicable legislation and recognized ethical standards in the country where the research was conducted. Authors should indicate whether ethical approval was obtained from an appropriate ethics review board or committee, where such approval is required.

Where applicable, authors should confirm that informed consent was obtained from participants. The privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity of participants must be protected throughout the research and publication process.

Conflict of interest

If an editor has a personal, professional, institutional, or financial conflict of interest relating to a submission, responsibility for the editorial decision will be delegated to another editor who has no such conflict.

Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to disclose any conflicts of interest that could influence the evaluation or publication of a manuscript.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)

IJALs guidelines regarding the use of GenAI can be found here.

Editors and reviewers must treat unpublished manuscripts as confidential and must not upload manuscript content to GenAI systems in ways that compromise confidentiality, intellectual property rights, or data protection requirements.

Data availability and retention

Authors are encouraged to provide a data availability statement indicating whether and how the data underlying the study can be accessed. Where data cannot be shared due to legal, ethical, or confidentiality constraints, this should be stated.

Authors should be prepared to provide underlying research data relevant to editorial review and are encouraged to make data available where appropriate and consistent with legal, ethical, and disciplinary standards. Research data should be retained for a reasonable period following publication.

Self-archiving policy

Authors may deposit published versions of their articles in institutional repositories, personal websites, and non-commercial scholarly networks, provided that the original publication in IJAL is acknowledged.