The opinions and views expressed in the contributions published in the IJCCR are those of the authors, and do not represent the official policy or position of the journal, the editorial board, or RAMICS.
Double-blind peer review for scientific research articles
The International Journal of Community Currency Research uses a double-blind peer review process for all research articles. This means, the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors and, reversely, the authors do not know who reviewed their manuscript. Each submission is initially assessed by a member of the editorial board to make sure that the manuscript is compatible with the journal’s scope and basic standards of scientific rigor and is well-written in good, understandable English. These things being so, the anonymised manuscript is then sent to two independent reviewers who produce an anonymous report . The reviewers are chosen according to their specific field of expertise and in awareness of the conflict-of-interest rules. We are very grateful to them for accepting to review a paper. The authors may suggest reviewers or indicate those who they feel would be unsuitable due to conflict of interest, though the decision on reviewers is made independently by the editorial board.
Adapted peer review for other articles
The review process for practice-oriented empirical research, letters from the field, book reviews, and other categories can be conducted in the same way as double-blind review, but also in a simpler form, with only one reviewer, as an open review or editorial review. This will be noted in each case for such articles.
Reports and Decision
The reviewers’ reports aim to assess the scientific quality of a submitted paper, in terms of its contribution to the literature, originality, methodology, analysis and interpretation, and quality of communication. The referees can suggest three types of publication decisions to the editor-in-chief:
Usually any new version of a submission is reviewed by the same referees. Reviewers may request more than one revision of a manuscript. All of the points raised by both reviewers and the editor must be responded to, even if you disagree on a point you must state your reasons.
The final decision of publication rests with the editor-in-chief. It can be that the reviewers are not in agreement, or you feel they have not adequately reviewed the paper. In such a case you may write to the editor-in-chief and justify why another review should be made.
Peer Review Timeline
The initial assessment of the submission is done in a couple of weeks. In the case of an editorial rejection, the corresponding author will be informed as soon as possible and we will make suggestions if we have ideas where you might alternatively submit your submission.
If the paper is assessed as consistent with the scope and quality standards of the IJCCR, it is sent to reviewers who have two months to send their reports. We regret that this time frame is not always feasible for all our reviewers.
If you get no acknowledgement within two months of submission, please contact us directly by email. In the case of a revision decision, the authors have one month to address the issues raised in the reports. Once the paper is definitively accepted, it will be published and will be counted as part of the next issue edited by the journal.
The IJCCR is a diamond-open-access journal, meaning that any contribution published in the journal is accessible to anyone, without charging any fees.
We have chosen this form of publication because we believe that information is a public good, and as such, research must be available to everyone who can make use of it, apply it, or build on it. Open access to information benefits research and researchers as it helps to accelerate research, share learnings and make literature and research as useful as it can be. Open access to publications also enables easier communication and cooperation between disciplines, improving interdisciplinary works. We think that the whole potential and effectiveness of research can only be achieved through open access publication and that this policy amplifies the social value of research. Activists often lack institutional access and by making our research open it can reach practitioners directly and be impactful.
In order to achieve our open access policy, the copyrights to the individual article are retained by the authors, meaning that they are the owners of their submission.
But by submitting to the IJCCR, the authors give permission to the journal to publish their submission under l under a “Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License” (CC-BY SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which allows anyone to:
These rights only stand under the following terms:
If you are a reader or an organisation, and want to use a publication of this website beyond what is authorized by the publication license, please ask the authors directly for permission. The journal is not responsible for authorizing uses beyond the license conditions as specified above.
IJCCR does not publish AI generated texts. Responsible uses of AI are permitted but must be explicitly disclosed (see European Commission’s Living guidelines on the responsible use of Generative AI in research, Version May 2026).
All papers are freely submitted to the journal. The authors do not need to be members of RAMICS. (But if you would like to join you can do it here.)
The IJCCR is run on a voluntary basis and does not charge Author Publication Fees (APF) nor any Article Processing Charge (APC). When submitting a paper, an author accepts they will become a part of the journal’s reviewing community and agree to review one submission in the future, for free .
Nevertheless, there is a cost to processing, publishing and web-hosting our publications. We are grateful for any donations toward these costs - more information here.
The IJCCR does not require the authors to share their data and codes. However, you must clearly cite your data, whenever they are collected by another person or institution, or to clearly document your data if you collected it. We also encourage you to cite the software packages you use.
We highly encourage you to store your data and codes, to give access to them, and to provide reasonable assistance to requests for replication. Replication is one of the practices that increases the quality of scientific research so we encourage you to favorably answer any future questions or clarifications about:
A selection of the best papers from the last RAMICS conference in Rome has finally been published. We present 13 highly informative and fascinating articles from Japan, across Europe, and all the way to Brazil.
The deadline for submitting articles and reviews in English or Spanish for this special issue has been extended to a final date: April 15, 2026.
