| 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 | OK 3/3 | HTTP 200 in 0.7s | us.sagepub.com |
| Editorial board / editor named on the site | OK 4/4 | editorial board page or section found | us.sagepub.com |
| ISSN displayed on the site | OK 3/3 | ISSN appears on the homepage | us.sagepub.com |
| Contact address / email published | OK 2/2 | contact found | us.sagepub.com |
| Publisher identified | OK 2/2 | SAGE Publications | api.crossref.org |
| Peer-review policy published | BAD 0/7 | no peer-review policy found | us.sagepub.com |
| Publication ethics / malpractice policy | OK 6/6 | ethics policy found | us.sagepub.com |
| Plagiarism screening stated | WARN 0/3 | no screening statement | us.sagepub.com |
| No predatory-style red flags | OK 9/9 | none detected | us.sagepub.com |
| Crossref member — DOIs registered | OK 5/5 | 833 DOIs on record | api.crossref.org |
| Crossref metadata completeness (current articles) | OK 5/6 | abstracts 87% · licences 100% · ORCIDs 7% · references 93% | api.crossref.org |
| DOIs displayed as links on the site | WARN 0/2 | no doi.org links on the homepage | us.sagepub.com |
| OAI-PMH endpoint and Google Scholar tags | WARN 0/3 | no OAI link seen · no citation_* tags on homepage | us.sagepub.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 | WARN 0/4 | no licence statement found | us.sagepub.com |
| APC / fee transparency | WARN 0/3 | no statement about fees | us.sagepub.com |
| Open-access statement | WARN 0/2 | no OA statement | us.sagepub.com |
| Listed in DOAJ | WARN 0/6 | not in DOAJ | doaj.org |
| Indexed and cited in OpenAlex | OK 5/5 | 904 works · 10405 citations · h-index 44 | openalex.org |
| Citation depth (h-index ≥ 5) | OK 2/2 | h-index 44 | openalex.org |
| Other verified index / registry listings | NA 0/2 | none recorded | |
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