Principles of Transparency Checklist

Below we provide a "Principles of Transparency Checklist" for our journal.

1. The Name of journal
The Journal name, Tobacco Induced Diseases is unique and can not be confused with any of the other journals in the field.

2. Website
Our journal's web site has been developed with care so as to ensure high ethical and professional standards. Constant updating is performed to enhance website utility, ease navigation and maintain the information available as the most recent. The journal's website has the e-ISSN: 1617-9625.

3. Publishing schedule
The publishing schedule for this journal is continuous and grouped into monthly issues.

4. Archiving
To ensure digital preservation for the future, our electronic publications are archived with Portico. Portico is a third-party preservation service supported by both libraries and publishers to ensure that scholarly content published in electronic form will remain accessible for the long term and at PMC. The Portico digital preservation service is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

5. Copyright
Copyright is clearly described on the journal's web site, and licensing terms are indicated on all published PDFs.
Authors submitting their work to the Tobacco Induced Diseases retain the copyright of their work without restrictions.

6. Licensing
The default license for articles published in Tobacco Induced Diseases is the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), but authors who wish to publish their work under a more strict license are also able to choose the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0). Each article has a dedicated “license” tab with a direct link to the licensing requirements of that article.

7. Publication ethics and related editorial policies
We have clear policies on handling potential conflicts of interest of editors, authors, and reviewers - all are requested to either complete ICMJE forms or declare no conflict of interest. The Authorship & COI tab provides further information.
The journal has policies on publication ethics that can be found via the following link.

8. Peer review process
All journal content is clearly marked as whether peer reviewed or not. Final article PDFs contain a description of the peer review process (internal or external) and provenance (commissioned or non commissioned) for that article. Peer review is double blind within our journal. Every original article is peer reviewed by a minimum of two external experts and one member of the editorial board. In all cases the manuscript is also reviewed by at one Editor-in-Chief. Letters to the Editor and Editorials are peer reviewed internally. All journal content is clearly marked as whether peer reviewed or not (internally vs. externally peer reviewed). All articles have a specific provenance and peer review tab (commissioned vs. non commissioned).
Authors may suggest external reviewers that are qualified to peer review the manuscript, provided that they have not collaborated closely in the near past and that they are not from the same institution. Authors may also note peer reviewers who they would not prefer to review this paper. While the authors suggestions are taken into account, the Editorial Office reserves the right to handle double blind peer review at its discretion. Any manuscripts received for review will be treated as confidential documents.
External peer reviewers are requested to report on the ethical aspects of the manuscript they are allocated to review and are requested to report also on the novelty, the impact, the statistical analysis, references and potential conflicts of interest. A specific peer review form is provided with closed and open based questions so as to rate the manuscript and provide comments.
Reviewers are also requested to consider the following, should they proceed with a review for the journal:

• According to COPE, reviewers are strictly suggested not to contact the authors directly without the permission of the journal.
• In case of active collaboration with the authors of a manuscript, reviewers are suggested to not proceed with a review as this raises concerns on potential conflict of interest and journal credibility may be at stake.
• Discrimination based on non-scientific criteria is clearly unacceptable (e.g. gender or nationality).

9. Access
Tobacco Induced Diseases is freely available to readers with no subscription or pay per view fees. The number of direct downloads for each article are noted next to the article's abstract.

10. Ownership and management
The journal is operated and managed by European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases, a registered non for profit, non governmental organisation registered in Greece, under European Law.
All content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) or the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0).

11. Advisory body
Our journal has an editorial board whose members are recognized leading experts in the area of tobacco control at a regional and international level, with a focus on tobacco control policies and prevention strategies at a grassroots level. The full names and affiliations of the journal's editors are provided from the Editorial Board page. The editorial board is the final governing body of the journal.

12. Editorial team/contact information
We provide the full names and affiliations of the journal's editors as well as full address and contact information for the editorial office and the publisher, under the Contact us tab.

13. Author fees
An Article Processing Charge is being levied for all articles published in the journal, with the exception of those submitted from LIC. Detailed information on the amount of the APC can be found at the Instructions to Instructions to Authors - How to submit page.

14. Other revenue
Revenue is obtained through Article Processing Charges, paper reprints and e-reprints.
All manuscripts from Low Income Countries are automatically granted a waiver, while manuscripts from Low Middle Income Countries are evaluated on a case by case basis. As tobacco use is a global public health issue our vision is that it is imperative to aid regional tobacco control research from developing countries and hence our belief is that Article Processing Charges from High and High Middle Income Countries are to be used to support the publication of research from Low and Low Middle Income countries. Please see the How to submit tab for further information on our Journal's Article Processing Charges.
At the time of submission, for complete transparency regarding APCs, authors are mandated to accept the clearly written APCs or state that they have a waiver. Upon acceptance, a pro forma invoice is created, and upon publication, a final invoice is issued. APCs are payable within 30 days of the invoice date.

15. Advertising
The journal does not accept advertisements.

16. Direct marketing
We do not engage in email solicitation of articles and will never email potential authors to attract manuscript submissions. In cases of very prominent researchers in the area of tobacco control and tobacco product regulation, the journal does send one-to-one personal invitations for commissioned manuscripts or guest editorials. In this event, the manuscript/editorial will be noted as "commissioned" in the footnote of the pdf and in HTML format.

Repository policy
The journal's open access policy is registered under Sherpa Romeo, an online resource that aggregates and presents publisher and journal open access policies from around the world.