Interdisciplinary Research Is Harder to Review — Here Is Why That Is a Good Sign

A manuscript that sits between two fields is often the hardest to place with reviewers. That friction is not a flaw in the review process. It usually means the work is doing something genuinely new.

ICPK Editorial Team · 30 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

Reading a DOI: What It Actually Guarantees

A DOI looks like a technical detail on a citation page. It is actually a specific, narrow promise about permanence — worth understanding what it does and does not cover.

ICPK Editorial Team · 27 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Why Double-Blind Peer Review Still Matters

Concealing author and reviewer identities from each other is one of the oldest mechanisms in scholarly publishing. It remains one of the most effective ones — here is why it holds up.

ICPK Editorial Team · 20 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

What "Open Access" Actually Means for Authors

Open access is often described in terms of what readers gain — free access, no paywall. Less discussed is what it changes for authors themselves, from licensing to long-term reach.

ICPK Editorial Team · 11 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

What an ISSN Actually Identifies (and What It Does Not)

An ISSN and a DOI are often confused with each other. They identify different things, at different levels, and mixing them up leads to real citation errors.

ICPK Editorial Team · 04 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Why Retraction Is Not the Same as Deletion

A retracted article stays online, clearly labeled, rather than disappearing. That is a deliberate choice — not a loophole, and not an oversight.

ICPK Editorial Team · 27 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

The Difference Between a Journal and a Publisher

It is easy to describe ICPK and IJSPE as interchangeable. They are not — and the distinction is more than organizational trivia.

ICPK Editorial Team · 17 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Reading Author Order in a Multi-Author Paper

Author order carries real meaning in most fields, but the convention differs by discipline — and misreading it is a common mistake outside one’s own field.

ICPK Editorial Team · 10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read