Wireless Personal Communications - Guest Edited Collections Policies

Wireless Personal Communications is committed to upholding the highest standards of quality and integrity in the peer-review and publication of its articles. Recently, incidences of so-called paper mills have attempted to deliberately manipulate the editorial processes of Guest Edited issues. This is of the upmost concern to us. To combat this, we have implemented new safeguards to protect the integrity of our peer-review process and publication record from these deliberate and malicious attempts. These safeguards include:

• Put strict rules in place for the acceptance and workflows for unsolicited Guest Edited Issue proposals, incorporating in-depth due diligence on all proposing Guest Editors
• Reduced the overall number of accepted Guest Edited Issue proposals
• Formally communicated the danger of paper mills to all Editorial Board Members to increase understanding of these practices and sensitivity to potentially unethical content
• Repeated our commitment to COPE’s guidance on identifying systematic manipulation of the publication process

Since its' initial publication in 1994, Wireless Personal Communications has a strong record of publishing high quality and impactful research.  We are dedicated to following the best practice guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and ensuring that we continue to serve our community in the publication of important, ethical content in future.