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: 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 3 Issue 2
Deadline for submission 31st May 2007


Volume 3 Issue 3
Deadline for submission 31st July 2007


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, Steve Wood.

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

Paul Simpkins/Ibrahim Hasan, Act Now Training, UK

Dr Richard Martin, Head of Information,Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK

David Goldberg, 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

Martin Bagwell, Senior Policy Manager, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Tim Turner, Corporate FOI and DP Manager, Wigan Council, UK

Chris Watts, Researcher, School of Business Information Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Susan Healy, Head of Information Policy and Legislation, National Archives UK

Heather Brooke, Journalist and author of "Your Right to Know", UK

Perry Holmes, Solictor, Nottinghamshire County Council, 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, The Florida State University, USA

Caroline Morris, Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Mary Mallory, Head, Government Documents Library Federal Depository Library 0141 and Associate Professor of Library Administration University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Ragnar Audunson, Professor, Oslo University College, Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science, Norway

Dr. Juergen Broehmer, Associate Professor University of New England
School of Law

Magdalena Elisabeth de Leeuw, Lecturer and researcher, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

Thomas Susman, Partner, Ropes & Gray, Washington, USA

Maja Daruwala, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India and Charmaine Rodrigues, Co-Coordinator, Right to Information Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India

Marc-Aurèle Racicot, Lawyer and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe

Dr. José Angel Martínez Usero, Library and Information Science Department, Complutense University of Madrid

 


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