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Peer Review Integrity

In a publishing environment which is overwhelmingly online, Taylor & Francis are conscious that there is a danger that articles can get disaggregated from their proper journal and peer review context. We have implemented a Peer Review Integrity mark for online versions to ensure that online journal articles remain connected to their journal context, and give a guarantee of peer review integrity based on each journal's rigorous refereeing procedures.

This, in combination with the Date Stamp – ‘First published online’ – and the electronic watermark – the Digital Object Identifier (see www.doi.org ), ensure the version as published in the journal is recognised and cited as the definitive version of scientific record, establishing priority of discovery.

A sample statement of PRI reads:

"All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees."

Our PRI quality assurance is founded on our Guidelines on the Ethics of Journal Publishing