policies
IP and copyright
Intellectual property
Authors of JoCAT articles and creative works in any media retain Intellectual Property Rights to and copyright of their material while granting JoCAT first publication and distribution rights. Readers must properly acknowledge the authorship of all JoCAT material in their own writing and presentations through acknowledgement, formal citation and referencing. Readers are permitted to download, print and circulate copies of articles without authorial or publisher permission so long as this is for non-commercial purposes only and authorship and publication details are fully acknowledged.
Copyright
JoCAT is a Gold Open Access journal. Due to the funding provided by ANZACATA, JoCAT is freely available, and contributors are not charged open access fees. Individual authors and creators retain copyright of their work and grant access under a Creative Commons licence. The contributions published in JoCAT can be downloaded, reproduced, displayed, performed and/or shared, for non-commercial purposes only, without prior permission, on the express condition that the content is not altered in any way and is properly and fully attributed to individual authors, creators and the journal. Other rights such as publicity, privacy or moral rights may also limit how you use the material. Our authors and creators, and the integrity of their scholarly and creative work, must always be acknowledged and respected.
Opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher. The publisher expects authors to comply, makes no representation or warranty that the information contained in articles is accurate, nor accepts liability or responsibility for any action arising out of information contained in this journal.
Each work published in JoCAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND-4.0 license.
Original artworks, photographs, performances, video clips and stills must not be reproduced separately from the JoCAT published contributions in which they are embedded. The moral right of individual artists and or producers is preserved.
Conflict of interest policy
JoCAT editors must disclose any close personal or professional relationships with authors and stand back from the review process, which will be managed by an alternative member of the editorial team.
JoCAT does not accept any new submissions including full research papers, practice papers, creative contributions, interviews, reviews, and essays with a JoCAT editor listed as a sole author or as a co-author. (Editorials, explainers, some reviews, and podcasts with an editor as interviewer sit outside this policy.)
Peer reviewers must disclose if they recognise authors despite anonymisation and will cease to review that paper unless the only practical and mutually agreed option is open peer review, for instance where the submission is based on a conference paper.
Authors must disclose any close personal or professional relationships with editors. An editor who is so named will not take any part in the editorial or review management process for that paper. Authors are asked to declare in advance if there are reviewers whom JoCAT should not approach on the grounds of a conflict of interest, and these reviewers will not be approached to review the author’s paper.
Research integrity and ethics policy
JoCAT follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Guidelines on best practice publication ethics, including but not limited to the management and referral of concerns and complaints about research misconduct.
Authors of papers based on research with human participants will include the ethics approval number and the approving research ethics body on the author disclosure form. Ethics approval must be prospective: i.e. approval must have been gained prior to undertaking the research, which usually means prior to undertaking fieldwork, but can also refer to prospective approval from an ethics committee to analyse and write about previously gathered or archival data.
Advertising policy
JoCAT does not publish or accept fees for advertising. JoCAT will refer any advertising enquiries to ANZACATA communications to consider for the Association’s newsletter and events pages. Reviews of books, exhibitions and performances are screened before publication for balance and intellectual integrity. JoCAT may occasionally promote linked not-for-profit events through our website or news.
Website privacy policy
Personal information
You may browse and access information contained within our website without providing personal information. There are, however, some places on the site where you can choose to give us personal information, such as emailing an enquiry to us, completing forms for making submissions etc. We do not collect identifiable information about you if you only browse our website.
Use and disclosure
Where you voluntarily provide personal information (e.g. through online forms, email requests etc), we may hold your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993 (NZ), Privacy Act 2014 (Australia), Singapore Data Privacy Law 2014. These Privacy Acts regulate us through the Information Privacy Principles as to how we collect, use, hold, disclose, access, correct, manage and dispose of your personal information.
We will only use personal information that you provide to us through this site for the purposes for which you supplied it or, in exceptional situations, for other reasons permitted under the Privacy Acts. We will not disclose your email address without your consent. You will always have the option to opt in or opt out of services at any stage.
We will not share your personal information with others unless this is necessary for the purpose for which you gave us the information. Occasionally the law may require us to disclose it (for instance to investigate a criminal offence), or there may be safety reasons for disclosing it.
Statistical information
When you visit our site we collect statistical information about your visit. This information is used to help us improve the site and for no other purpose. Information about your visit is combined with the data from all our visitors and is anonymous.
Third party links
Some web pages on this website will contain links to other organisations. We do not monitor or review the content of these websites. Opinions expressed or material appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us. These organisations’ websites will have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. We would encourage you to be aware when you leave our website to read the privacy statements of those websites.
Changes to our privacy policy
If we make changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
Privacy policy queries and concerns
We are happy to give you any personal information held by us, or talk to you if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold. If you think it is wrong, please ask us to correct it by contacting us.
If you have any questions in relation to the privacy of your personal information, please contact the Journal Coordinator – coordinator@jocat-online.org
Website policy
Quoting and distributing of information
When quoting from the contents of this website, please acknowledge the website as the source (JoCAT; https://www.jocat-online.org). Information or images copied / downloaded / selected from the website should be acknowledged with authorship and web address. Most information can be distributed with acknowledgement unless stated otherwise. Please contact the Journal Coordinator – coordinator@jocat-online.org – where permissions are required.
Disclaimer
JoCAT makes every effort to ensure that the contents provided on this website are accurate and up to date, but no guarantees are made to that effect.
At some places within the website, opinions will be expressed that are not official JoCAT viewpoints. Generally, the site will indicate such.
The site is constantly being updated. Please check for updates and contact Journal Coordinator –coordinator@jocat-online.org – for variances or problems.
JoCAT accepts no liability for damages incurred by the user in relation to use of this website.
Links
If you link to this website you must identify the destination (JoCAT; https://www.jocat-online.org). Links should be made to the home page as other pages may be moved.
The links within the site do not imply a partnership or special relationship with JoCAT.
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