Policies

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Moreover, this journal does not charge an author fee for submitting or publishing papers.

Preprint Policy

As part of the journal's submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted (or will be submitted while under consideration). However, prior to submitting their article and prior to acceptance and publication, authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites. A preprint "is a scholarly work that has not (yet) undergone peer review. The term is sometimes also used to refer to the manuscript version of a work that is submitted for publication to a journal or a publisher" (Open Access Network, 2024, Glossary. Retrieved from https://open-access.network/en/information/glossary). Published conference presentations, posters etc. are considered preprints, provided they do not appear in a peer-reviewed, published conference proceeding. After a manuscript has been published we suggest to link to the final article version, using the assigned article DOI in this way: https://doi.org/DOI, e.g., https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v15i2.1623.

Permanency of Content

In accordance with generally accepted standards of scholarly publishing JNC does not alter articles after publication: "Articles that have been published should remain extant, exact and unaltered to the maximum extent possible" (STM, 2006. Preservation of the objective record of science). In cases of serious errors or (suspected) misconduct JNC publishes corrections, expressions of concern and retractions (see below).

The journal participates in the CrossMark scheme, a multi-publisher initiative that has developed a standard way for readers to locate the current version of an article. By applying the CrossMark policies, JNC is committed to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes if and when they occur. Clicking on the CrossMark logo (at the top of an JNC article or the article landing page) will give you the current status of an article and direct you to the latest published version; it may also give you additional information such as new peer review reports.

In order to maintain the integrity and completeness of the scholarly record, the following policies will be applied when published content needs to be corrected.

Corrections

In cases of serious errors that affect the article in a material way (but do not fully invalidate its results) or significantly impair the reader's understanding or evaluation of the article JNC publishes a correction note that is linked to the published article. The published article will be left unchanged.

Retractions (Expressions of Concern)

In accordance with the "Retraction Guidelines" by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), JNC will retract a published article if:

  • there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation),
  • the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication),
  • it constitutes plagiarism,
  • it reports unethical research.

An article is retracted by publishing a retraction notice that is linked to or replaces the retracted article. The journla will make any effort to clearly identify a retracted article as such. If an investigation is underway that might result in the retraction of an article the journal may choose to alert readers by publishing an expression of concern.

Section Policies

Empirical Research

The journal welcomes submissions based on empirical research that will be evaluated with respect to the contribution in terms of the significance of contribution, methodological rigour, and ability to communicate effectively. All empirical research is approproate so long as it demonstrably falls within the field of numerical cognition of the psychology of mathematics.

Replications and refinements are appropriate submission types, where they are identified as such, and serve a clearly defined purpose and respond to a need in the literature.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer Reviewed

Registered Reports

A new type of empirical research article being offered by the journal in which editorial decisions are based in part on peer review that takes place before authors conduct research. The two central features of registered reports are that:

    1. Peer review of the introduction, methods and analysis plan occurs prior to data collection, and
    2. Manuscripts that are found acceptable through pre-study peer review receive an in-principle acceptance, which will not be revoked based on the outcomes of the research.

The paper will be published provided that quality assurance measures have succeeded, the authors have adhered to the agreed-upon protocols, the clarity and style of reporting is appropriate, and the conclusions are supported by the data.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer Reviewed

Commentaries

Brief discussions of other article types that provide stimulating and informative comments on contemporary work.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer Reviewed

Theoretical Contributions

Articles relying on an original and creative synthesis of work, or analysis of the coherence of current perspectives. Theoretical contributions may attempt to propose new concepts, theories or models. Interdisciplinary works are very much encouraged.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer Reviewed

Applied Perspectives

Articles that discuss the deployment on numerical cognition in, for example, education, employment, numerical understanding in the general public, etc. Applied perspectives can describe the current state of play, and draw attention to the gaps in research knowledge or foci.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer Reviewed

Editorial

Members of the editorial team, as well as invited guests, present key theoretical position statements on numerical cognition. This might involve a review of the state of the field, an evaluation of key paradigms used to investigate certain phenomena and ideas, or the identification of emerging issues for research. Editorials may also comment on the relationship between, and impact of, the articles that appear in a journal issue.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☐ Peer Reviewed

Book Reviews

This section includes reviews of recent books on any relevant topic. Members outside of the editorial team are also invited to submit book reviews for publication.

☐ Open Submissions ☑ Indexed ☐ Peer Reviewed

Copyright

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms::

  • Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Under the CC BY license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors grant others permission to use the content of publications in whole or in part provided that the original work is properly cited. Users (redistributors) of the journal are required to cite the original source, including the author's names, the journal as the initial source of publication, year of publication, volume number and DOI (if available).
  • Authors may publish the manuscript in any other journal or medium but any such subsequent publication must include a notice that the manuscript was initially published in this journal.
  • Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. Although authors remain the copyright owner, they grant the journal the irrevocable, nonexclusive rights to publish, reproduce, publicly distribute and display, and transmit their article or portions thereof in any manner.