Editorial Policies
Focus and Scope
Journal Aim: To publish research and communications related to Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation from the perspective of academics, practioners and FOI users.
Scope:
-Freedom of Information legislation and information provision for citizens
-Comparative views of international freedom of information legislation
-Freedom of information legislation and the open government debate
-The impact of Freedom of Information on public administration -Case studies from public authorities by FOI practioners
-Information Systems for managing records and FOI requests -The relationship of Freedom of Information legislation and other access to information legislation
The Journal is run under open access principles is free to access in electronic form. Printed copies of the journal are not currently available
The Journal is funded by the
Section Policies
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Research
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Research: Literature review
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Resarch: case study
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Brief communication
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Viewpoint
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Conference Reports
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Book review
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Peer Review Process
Research papers, case studies and literature reviews are all subject to peer review prior to publication.
Each peer reviewed submission is initially reviewed by the Editor and, if judged suitable for this publication, it is then sent to two referees for double blind peer review. Based on the referees’ recommendations, the paper is either accepted as is, returned to authors for revision together with comments from the peer review, or rejected. If formal review is not requested, the decision whether or not to publish is made in consultation with the editorial board.
Correspondence, submission and refereeing of papers for Open Government are all handled electronically. This is more efficient for most contributors and speeds the process of publication.
Publication Frequency
Volume 5 Issue 2
Deadline for submission 1st November 2009
Volume 6 Issue 1
Deadline for submission 1st March 2010
Publication dates are subject to change please contact the editor with any queries
Open Access Policy
Open access and copyright
Open Government is a free, “open access” electronic journal. Open Government endeavours to promote free and open access to the results of scholarly research for all those with an interest in the freedom of information field.
Copyright of papers submitted to Open Government are published under the terms of the Creative Commons License: creativecommons.org (UK)
Under this license, the licensors are the authors of each respective article. The terms of the license are:
• Attribution. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees must give the original author credit.
• Noncommercial. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes — unless they get the licensor's permission.
• No Derivative Works. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display and perform only unaltered copies of the work -- not derivative works based on it.
The full terms of the Creative Commons License may be found at creativecommons.org (UK)
No claim on copyright is made by the Publisher, with the exception of copyright of the Editorials, Author and Subject Indexes and the design of the journal; copyright to these is held by the Publisher, Marc-Aurèle Racicot.
In submitting to Open Government, authors agree to their paper being published under the terms set out above.
It is assumed that, when submitting a paper to Open Government, the authors are legal copyright holders and no other claim to the copyright exists.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Editorial Board
David Banisar, Visiting Scholar at the University of Leeds and a fellow of the Open Society Institute
Maurice Frankel, Director for the Campaign for Freedom of Information, UK
Professor Alasdair Roberts, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, USA
Rick Snell, Lecturer in Law University of Tasmania, Australia
Sarah Holsen, Research Fellow, Constitution Unit, University College, London, UK
David Goldberg, ex-Co-convener, Campaign for FOI in Scotland (CFOIinS)
Helen Gregorczuk, FOI Manager, Waltham Forest, UK
Andrew Ecclestone, Former head of FOI Policy, Department of Constitutional Affairs, UK
Tim Turner, Corporate FOI and DP Manager, Wigan Council, UK
Susan Healy, Head of Information Policy and Legislation, National Archives UK
Charles D. Raab, Professor of Government, School of Social and Political Studies, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Andrew Flinn, Lecturer in Archives and Records Management, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London, UK
Axel Gosseries Ramalho, Research Fellow, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Belguim
Professor Maeve McDonagh, University College Cork,Ireland
John N. Gathegi, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of South Florida, USA
Caroline Morris, Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Magdalena Elisabeth de Leeuw, Lecturer and researcher, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
Thomas Susman, American Bar Association, USA
Charmaine Rodrigues, UNDP, Fiji
Marc-Aurèle Racicot, Lawyer and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe
Dr. Jeremy Lewis, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science, Huntingdon College, Alabama, United States
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