Privacy Statement

Information used by the journal

Journal of Sidequests uses the account details, contact information, affiliations, and manuscript materials supplied by authors, reviewers, and editors to manage submissions, peer review, publication, and correspondence. Please avoid including personal information about research participants in submission files; explain any restrictions on access to the underlying data.

Access and publication

Unpublished manuscripts and review materials are available to the people assigned to handle the submission and to journal administrators. Reviewer identities are kept confidential unless disclosure is agreed. Published articles include their authors’ names, affiliations, and other publication information supplied for the scholarly record. Authors should include a correspondence address they are willing to publish.

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Records and requests

Submission, review, and payment records support editorial accountability and the publication record. Backup copies may retain earlier versions until those backups expire. Published scholarly records may need to be preserved when an account is closed. Contact the editorial office through the journal’s Contact page to ask about access to your information, corrections, or account closure.