The Journal of Human Trafficking (JHT) is devoted to the dissemination of scholarship on all issues related to trafficking in persons and allied forms of contemporary slavery. The principal aim of the journal is to draw upon insights and expertise from a variety of disciplines and perspectives in order to better understand the global dimensions of - and evolving policy responses relating to - human trafficking.
The journal publishes research on human trafficking from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, anthropology, criminology, communications, family studies, forensic science, social work, sociology, law, medicine, nursing and public health, psychology, and public policy. Although focused on research, the journal serves as a bridge between theory, applied research and practice to help fill the gap in understanding between scholars and practitioners.
The Journal of Human Trafficking provides a centralized outlet for the publication and dissemination of scholarship and practice on all human trafficking-related phenomenon, with emphasis on serving as a centralized resource where researchers, scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and students alike may find the most recent information, current and cutting edge discoveries, as well as field-tested “best practices” within the human trafficking field.
Peer Review Statement: All papers in Journal of Human Trafficking have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal of Human Trafficking Publication Ethics Statement
All authors submitting work(s) to JHT agree that the following is true:
1. The manuscript has not been submitted to more than one journal for concurrent consideration.
2. The manuscript has not been published beforehand either partly or in full unless the new work contains an expansion of previous work (please provide transparency on the reuse of material to avoid the hint of text-recycling (“self-plagiarism”).
3. No data including images have been falsified or manipulated to support your conclusions
4. Consent to submit has been received explicitly from all co-authors, as well as from the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute and/or organization where the work has been carried out, before the work is submitted.
5. All individuals whose names appear on the submission have contributed adequately to the scientific work and therefore share communal responsibility and liability for the results.
6. Upon request, significant documentation or data will be provided to verify the validity of the results. This could be in the form of raw data, samples, record, etc.
All reviewers of work submitted to JHT agree to the following:
1. All manuscripts will be kept confidential, confirming that the entire text of an article as well as drafts, will not be shared until its publication, upon which time the final version of the article may be shared unreservedly according to copyright licensing.
2. All details about remarks or comments made during the peer review process will remain confidential.
3. All reviewers will immediately disclose any potential conflicts of interest related to the author or subject, which might unduly influence their review. Conflict of interest includes any financial or political interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question or create a possible notion of bias in the work - including pertinent sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), or personal relationships.
4. Reviewers are asked to ensure authors have truthfully and accurately cited appropriate sources for their work.
5. Reviewers will notify the editorial team if they notice any overlap between an authors’ paper and a previously published work.
The Editorial Board Agrees to the following Responsibilities:
1. Information related to submitted articles will be kept confidential. This includes ensuring that the peer review process is double blind, that reviewers are only sent anonymized articles, and that authors do not receive information that reveals the identities of the reviewers.
2. The editorial team is responsible for maintaining confidentiality of the whole text of an article and drafts up to publication.
3. The editorial team must agrees that all details about manuscripts that are rejected for publication, requests for redrafts, and commentary made during the peer review and editorial process will remain confidential among the individuals involved in the editorial, review and publications processes.
Journal of Human Trafficking is strongly committed to ensuring the highest standards of ethical scholarship. As such, Journal of Human Trafficking is a proud member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which provides a forum for publishers and editors of scientific scholarship to discuss publishing ethics.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.