| Check | Result | Detail | Source |
|---|
| ISSN registered (ISSN Portal) | BAD 0/8 | no record for this ISSN | portal.issn.org |
| ISSN key-title matches | NA 0/3 | not checked | portal.issn.org |
| Journal website live and on HTTPS | BAD 0/3 | HTTP 403 | www.tandfonline.com |
| Editorial board named | NA 0/4 | site not readable | |
| ISSN displayed on the site | NA 0/3 | site not readable | |
| Contact published | NA 0/2 | site not readable | |
| Publisher identified | OK 2/2 | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) | api.crossref.org |
| Peer-review policy published | NA 0/7 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| Publication ethics / malpractice policy | NA 0/6 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| Plagiarism screening stated | NA 0/3 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| No predatory-style red flags | NA 9/9 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| Crossref member — DOIs registered | OK 5/5 | 2561 DOIs on record | api.crossref.org |
| Crossref metadata completeness (current articles) | WARN 3/6 | abstracts 0% · licences 59% · ORCIDs 23% · references 100% | api.crossref.org |
| DOIs displayed as links on the site | NA 0/2 | site not readable | www.tandfonline.com |
| OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tags | NA 0/3 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| Registered DOIs resolve to a live page | NA 0/2 | not checked — no DOI check has been run for this journal | |
| Articles on the site carry a registered DOI | NA 0/2 | not checked — no DOI census has been run for this journal | |
| Preservation (Keepers Registry / archives) | NA 0/6 | not checked | portal.issn.org |
| Creative Commons licence stated | NA 0/4 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| APC / fee transparency | NA 0/3 | not checked | www.tandfonline.com |
| Open-access statement | WARN 0/2 | no OA statement | www.tandfonline.com |
| Listed in DOAJ | WARN 0/6 | not in DOAJ | doaj.org |
| Indexed and cited in OpenAlex | OK 5/5 | 2566 works · 34838 citations · h-index 80 | openalex.org |
| Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5) | OK 2/2 | h-index 80 | openalex.org |
| Other verified index / registry listings | NA 0/2 | none recorded | |
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