Institute for Equality in Development Innovations

Equality: the Review

A platinum open access journal for rapid, peer-reviewed research edited by I-EDI's Action Research Exchange Collective.

With our roots in global rural development since 2006, I-EDI accepts English and Mandarin manuscripts and aims to amplify marginalized voices towards a more equitable - and interconnected - society.
The Institute for Equality in Development Innovations tie together grassroots action-research with transnational early-career scholars, providing indigenous perspectives to guide open access publish with a commitment to COPE standards.

Aims & Scope

Equality: The Review publishes on intersectional systems of inequalities, including:

Complex systemic inequalities · Environmental inequalities · Health inequalities · Gender inequalities · Economic inequalities · Racial & colonial inequalities · Urban-rural inequalities · Global developmental inequalities

We accept original empirical research; systematic reviews; community projects including PAR, CBR, general AR, or praxis papers; studies on highly marginalized or multiply-marginalized subpopulations; as well as submissions on media & humanities which analyze the social construction of inequalities as culture. Papers falling under the broader social justice umbrella will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Editorial Policies

Open Access Statement & Policy (Licensing and Copyright)

Equality: The Review is a platinum open access journal edited by I-EDI’s Action Research Exchange Collective. All articles are published by CC BY-NC-SA License. Authors retain unrestricted copyright and all publishing rights, and the full texts of all content are available for free without embargo period, registration, nor charges. Equality: The Review is a bi-lingual journal accepting English and Mandarin manuscripts, specifically encouraging Eastern global development partnerships.

Platinum APC policy

Thanks to support from corporate funders, no article processing charges nor other fees are charged to authors throughout the publication process.

Peer review policy

Equality: The Review employs double-blind peer review for all manuscripts regardless of type of submission. Two independent reviewers assess each manuscript for rigor and added-value to existing scholarship. Manuscripts are accepted, reviewed, and published on a continual schedule.

Repository policy

Authors are permitted to deposit all versions of their paper in an institutional or subject repository, either in the form of preprint, accepted manuscript, or published article with no embargo.

Ethics policy

The proportion of published research papers where at least one of the authors is an editor, editorial board member, or reviewer will not exceed 25% in any two issues.

DOI policy

All articles are provided with persistent article identifiers.

February 2024 update: DOAJ metadata policy

Upon future successful indexing (update), article metadata will be uploaded to DOAJ regularly.

Archiving policy

The journal content is continuously deposited in Internet Archive.