What we store
Account details (name, email, affiliation), author metadata you submit, manuscripts and revisions, editorial correspondence, payment references, and readership events. Passwords are handled by the platform authentication service and are never visible to us.
Who can see what
Authors see only their own submissions. Reviewers see only manuscripts assigned to them. Editors see submissions in the journals they manage. Administrators see platform records. Public visitors see published articles and aggregate counters only.
Readership analytics
Article views are recorded with a randomly generated session identifier and, where a reader is signed in, their account id. Public pages show aggregate counts only — never visitor identities, IP addresses, or per-reader histories.
Files and retention
Manuscripts and payment proofs are stored privately and served through short-lived links. Records are retained while the account and publication record exist; certificates of revoked publications remain in the database with their revocation reason so verification stays truthful.
Your requests
You can request correction or deletion of your account data by contacting the editorial office, except where a publication record must remain for the integrity of the scholarly record.