Privacy Statement

a. Personal Information. Names, institutional affiliations, and contact details, such as email addresses, are collected from registered users, submitting authors, and editorial reviewers solely to facilitate scholarly communication and manuscript evaluation.

b. Usage Data. Technical data including browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access timestamps, and aggregated page visits are logged automatically to evaluate site performance, diagnose technical issues, and enhance user experience.

c. Legal Requirements. Certain administrative records may be retained to fulfill scholarly archiving obligations, copyright verification, open-access indexing protocols, and applicable statutory standards.

a. Research Papers. Submitted manuscripts and related author metadata are utilized exclusively for editorial screening, double-blind peer review, copyediting, formatting, and open-access publication.

b. Newsletters. Contact information may be used to deliver official announcements, new volume releases, and calls for papers. Readers and authors may modify communication preferences or unsubscribe at any time.

c. Journal Operations. Stored data supports core platform functionality, security monitoring, user account authentication, and academic integrity management.

a. Peer Review Process. Reviewers are provided with anonymized manuscripts stripped of direct author identifications to preserve unbiased, objective peer evaluations.

b. Service Providers. Data is shared only with vetted third-party technical vendors necessary for journal operations, such as secure cloud hosting, DOI registration (Crossref), and permanent digital preservation networks.

c. Legal Compliance. Canopy will never sell, rent, or distribute personal data to commercial advertisers. Information will be disclosed only when required by lawful subpoenas or judicial mandates.

Authors contributing to Canopy agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported license, allowing third parties to share their work (copy, distribute, transmit) and to adapt it for any purpose, under the condition that the authors are given credit, and that, in the event of reuse or distribution, the terms of this license are made clear.

Authors retain copyright of their work, with publication rights granted to Peach. (If your work has been published elsewhere, please notify the Canopy team at peach.research.department@gmail.com) The authors agree to the terms of this Copyright Notice, which will apply to this submission if and when it is published by this journal.

Editors are responsible for supporting the review and revision cycle for each publication period. They are expected to follow the established review system for each submission cycle:

Assignment of Manuscript

Editors receive 1 submission to review during each cycle, depending on capacity.

Editing and Revision Timeline

• The editing and revision process for each volume is anticipated to take 3 to 4 months.
• There will be 3 to 4 revision cycles per volume (depending on paper quality and efficiency).
• Editors will provide constructive, actionable comments through Google Document suggestions/comments.

Good feedback that meets Canopy’s expectations includes (but is not limited to):

• Grammar and Punctuation: Are there grammatical or punctuation issues that interfere with readability? Please focus heavily on the writer’s usage of commas, apostrophes, semicolons, colons, and em dashes.
• Structure and Flow: Does the paper progress logically, with smooth transitions between paragraphs, and a coherent overall structure?
• Accurate Citations: Are citations consistent and correctly formatted to MLA, APA, or Chicago format?
• Argument Organization: Is the central argument clear and supported by well-developed points?
• Methodological Clarity: Are the research methods (hypotheses, data, analyses, etc) clearly shown and discussed for readers to understand how the conclusions were reached?
• Significance and Relevance: Does the paper clearly convey why the topic matters to real-world circumstances? Does it contribute to general social science conversations?

Editors are expected to review the revised version within 5 to 7 days of the writer’s revision deadline, and must confirm whether the revisions address prior feedback and meet Canopy’s standards.

Team Workshops and Meetings

Both writers and editors are expected to attend team-wide meetings, check-ins, and workshops throughout the publication process. These meetings are meant to discuss evaluations with Canopy’s editorial leadership, maintain consistent progress through publication launch, and connect with peers in the cohort.