Policies
Article Processing Charges
The Journal of Extension (JOE) is supported and funded by the Cooperative Extension systems in the United States. JOE does not charge article processing or user access fees. All articles published in JOE are freely available in digital format. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. These policies align with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access.
Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing
All JOE articles published before 2021 remain the copyright of Extension Journal, Inc. (EJI). For permission to use JOE content published prior to 2021, please get in touch with the senior editor.
For all JOE articles published as of January 1, 2021, authors retain the copyright for their work without restrictions. These articles are published using a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license (CC BY-NC-SA). This license allows others to share freely, translate, remix, adapt, and build upon materials published in JOE on a non-commercial basis, provided that credit is given to the article's author and to JOE and that any derivative works are licensed under identical terms. Authors whose work is accepted for publication in JOE are required to grant permission to EJI to publish the article under the aforementioned license terms.
Duplicate Publication Policy
In general, authors must not submit manuscripts describing their data or other original material if such content has been published elsewhere, offered for sale, broadly distributed, or if the author(s) have designated the copyright of the material to another publisher or institution. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association explains that duplicate publication “distorts the knowledge base by making it appear there is more information available than actually exists” and “can give the erroneous impression that findings are more replicable than is the case or that particular conclusions are more strongly supported than is warranted by the cumulative evidence” (p. 17).
JOE may accept a manuscript about research that was the topic of a previously published work if the focus of the manuscript differs substantially from that of the other work. In addition, JOE may accept a manuscript on research that was the subject of a previously published work if the manuscript represents a subsequent reanalysis of the data driven by new theories, methodologies, or other innovations. If a submission contains duplicate research, the author should inform JOE at the time of submission and include an appropriate reference to the existing publication.
Institutional Archiving
To support JOE authors in their commitment to share intellectual and creative work with peers, the Extension Journal, Inc. Board of Directors endorses institutional archiving of JOE articles, with a strong preference for archiving the final, published version of the article. Citation to the original publication, including the article DOI (digital object identifier), when available, should be included as part of the archive.
Reproducing Copyright-Protected Material
Authors are responsible for securing permissions to reproduce or adapt copyright-protected material. They must submit the appropriate documentation at the time of submission and acknowledge in the proper place in the manuscript that such permission was obtained. An author submitting a manuscript that includes a photograph showing a person should have already obtained a media release signed by that person before manuscript submission. While JOE does not require proof of the photo release as part of the manuscript submission process, the author should retain a copy of the release for their own records.
Who Can Publish in JOE?
Articles submitted to JOE should display an understanding of the U. S. Cooperative Extension System and discuss the topic within the context of Extension or with reference to Extension. However, outreach and adult education professionals who do not hold formal Extension appointments may well have insights, information, and research results to share that would be of significant interest to JOE readers.
Rolling Submission and Publication
JOE has no submission deadlines.