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Review of Economics and Political Science is an academic, peer-reviewed journal publishing original and impactful articles in the fields of economics, political science and statistics and public administration. Published open access by Emerald Publishing Services on behalf of Cairo University.

ISSN: 2631-3561
eISSN: 2631-3561
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Aims and scope

Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS) is a scholarly journal which publishes original and impactful articles in the fields of economics, political science and statistics.

Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS) publishes four issues per annum and is organized by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University.


It covers the fields of economics, political science and statistics  in general with a particular focus on Egypt, the Middle East and emerging countries.  Manuscripts that use quantitative, statistical and social science computing models are given special emphasis.

Open access

All articles published in REPS are published Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. 

Review of Economics and Political Science is published by Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University. REPS is owned by Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University. REPS is published under a platinum OA arrangement. All charges for publishing an OA article in REPS are sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Technical Education in Egypt (Egyptian Knowledge Bank), whose address is at 12 Alfalky Street, Cairo, Egypt. There is no charge to the author.

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Transparency statement for Review of Economics and Political Science 

  1. Journal Ownership: Review of Economics and Political Science is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of the Cairo University (Egypt). 

  1. Governing Body: The editorial team is appointed and managed by the Cairo University (Egypt). The journal is governed by the editorial team in collaboration with Emerald Publishing. 

  1. Peer Review Process: The journal operates a double blind peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for consideration, articles will then be a reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rests with the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.  

  1. Editorial team/contact information: Contact details for the editorial team can be found on the journal homepage. Queries may also be directed to Emerald’s Publishing team as follows: 
    Michael Burrows - [email protected]

  1. Copyright: All articles in the journal are published Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY-4.0). This allows authors to retain copyright of their work whilst others can share, use and build upon this work created as long as appropriate attribution is given.  

  1. Author Fees: The journal is published under a Platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Cairo University (Egypt). There are currently no Article Processing Charges to the author(s). 

  1. Allegations of Misconduct: All journals published by Emerald are members of and subscribe to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics. In the event of any allegation of research or publication misconduct the publisher and editor will adhere to COPE guidelines in dealing with such allegations.  

  1. Conflicts of interest: Authors are asked to declare any financial or ethical conflicts of interest upon submitting their work to the journal. Difficult cases will be referred to the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) for advice. 

  2. Frequency: The journal currently publishes 4 issues per annum 

  3. Access: All journal articles are published Open Access on EmeraldInsight.com - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/reps under a CCBY 4.0 licence (please see section 5).  

  4. Revenue sources: The journal is published under a platinum Open Access arrangement, in that all costs associated with publishing an Open Access article in the journal are funded by the Cairo University (Egypt). 

  5. Advertising: The journal does not accept direct advertising  

  6. Archiving: Emerald provides perpetual access for all e-journal content by working with digital preservation schemes Portico, LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.  

  1. Direct marketing: On occasion the journal will use direct marketing activities (primarily email campaigns) to raise awareness of the journal and to invite authors to submit articles.   Marketing activities are conducted by the Cairo University (Egypt) unless otherwise agreed with Emerald.  

 

This statement was updated by Chris Tutill (Emerald Publishing) on 16th Feb 2020.