Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

UPA Strategic Affairs is solely established for academic purposes and does not collect article processing or submission charges from contributors.

UPA Strategic Affairs accepts articles with the condition of having maximum 20 % similarity score from Turnitin or iThenticate program.

Articles are going through blind review process by two different scholars. Only articles having 2/2 acceptance are published in UPA Strategic Affairs. In case of “minor revision” decisions, editors of the journal are given chance to decide. Articles having one approval and one rejection will be sent to a third referee.

For book reviews, only one referee decision is enough for the publication.

Contributors should sign a licensing agreement before the publication of their articles.,

UPA Strategic Affairs does not allow the dissemination of hate speech towards different ethnic, religious or other social groups in its publications. 

UPA Strategic Affairs follows academic ethic procedures proposed by ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) and COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). This applies to editors, authors, and referees.