About the Journal

Digital Policy Studies is an open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal focused  on the empirical, critical and intersectoral study of subjects related to digital policy and the fourth  industrial revolution, cybersecurity, the digitalisation of politics, the digital economy, information and communication technology, the convergence of technology and society, new media and related topics. The Journal publishes research articles, review articles and policy commentary in designated sections.Published by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg.

Aims and Scope
Digital Policy Studies is an open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal focused on the empirical, critical and intersectoral study of subjects related to digital policy and the fourth industrial revolution, cybersecurity, the digitalisation of politics, the digital economy, information and communication technology, the convergence of technology and society, new media and related topics. The Journal publishes research articles, review articles and policy commentary in designated sections.

Submissions
The journal publishes two issues a year (May and November) and a special edition in between will be considered from time to time. Issues are available on an open access basis. Digital Policy Studies invites manuscripts all through the year, submitted through its website. Submissions can be research article or review articles or essays. All submissions must be between 4000 and 7000 words long, prepared according to the Author guidelines.

Author Fees
The journal does not impose article processing charges (APCs) on its contributors.

Open Access
The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. All issues are published as fully open access.

Archiving and Indexing 
The articles published are archived and indexed in line with standards set by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) including being indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals

Peer Review Policy
All articles are subjected to double-blind peer review process.  The journal welcomes all those who are interested in being peer reviewers. Potential reviewers must send a note to the editor-in-chief.

Authorship
Authors are those who have a substantive contribution to the article and should be listed as such. The order of. Authors should be based on the relative scientific contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student must be listed as principal author in multiple-authored publications that substantially derive from the student’s research work.

Funding
Authors must acknowledge their funding under a specific heading.

Conflict of interest
Authors are required to disclose in. a statement any conflict of interest known.

Publishing ethics
The journal undertakes to maintain the highest regard to academic integrity of submissions it publishes. We respect the rights of our authors and act firmly in on any suspicion or evidence of plagiarism or misuse of published articles.