Regular Issue Schedule

• Issue No. 1: September–February.
• Issue No. 2: March–August.

These periods identify the journal's two regular issues within each annual volume. Because the first issue period crosses a calendar-year boundary, readers should use the volume, issue, year, and publication date recorded on the relevant published article and issue page when preparing citations.

The issue period identifies the scheduled publication window; it does not replace an article's actual publication date. ACSR does not publish a third regular numbered issue under this schedule.

Editorial Sections within the Publication Schedule

Both ACSR editorial sections operate within the same annual volume and numbered-issue structure:

• Article: Research Paper and Literature Review Paper manuscripts, prepared using the Advances in Research Master Manuscript Template and assessed using the standard scholarly review form.
• Community Partnerships and Impacts: Community Service Article manuscripts, prepared using the New ACSR Template Submission and assessed using the dedicated 11-component review form.

The distinction between editorial sections concerns manuscript purpose, preparation, and assessment. It does not create additional numbered issues, separate annual volumes, or different publication frequencies. Both sections require manuscripts written in English.

Publication Readiness and Issue Assignment

Publication requires completion of the applicable editorial evaluation, final scientific-editorial acceptance, post-acceptance administration, copyediting, proofreading, production, metadata verification, and preparation of the Version of Record. Manuscripts are assigned to the appropriate volume and numbered issue through authorized editorial and production procedures.

Submission, a revision invitation, or acceptance does not independently guarantee a particular issue or publication date. APC payment, waiver status, and reviewer-recognition arrangements do not determine scientific acceptance or purchase a preferred issue assignment or publication date.

Post-acceptance processing prepares an accepted manuscript for accurate and responsible publication. Material scientific, ethical, legal, authorship, metadata, or other publication blockers must be referred to the responsible academic editor. Publication scheduling does not weaken peer-review, integrity, or quality requirements.

Version of Record & Publication Metadata

The final article formally published on the official ACSR website constitutes the journal's authoritative Version of Record. Its publication date records formal publication and must not be substituted with the submission, acceptance, invoice, payment, or subsequent website-migration date.

Volume, issue, publication date, article title, author information, DOI, licensing details, and other essential metadata should remain consistent across the journal website, published article, DOI record, and relevant scholarly services. The issue's publication period and the article's actual publication date should be represented accurately in their respective fields.

Genuine metadata errors may be corrected through documented editorial and technical procedures. Substantive post-publication changes require the appropriate correction or notice under the journal's publication-ethics policies.

Historical Scholarly Record

Previously published volumes, issues, articles, publication dates, pagination, article identifiers, DOI records, issue titles, and other valid bibliographic information remain part of ACSR's permanent scholarly record.

Policy clarification, website redesign, platform migration, or administrative changes do not authorize retrospective renumbering, re-dating, relabeling, or reconstruction of valid published content. Corrections to established errors must preserve the history, provenance, and traceability of the record.

Journal Archives

ACSR maintains an online archive of published volumes, issues, and articles. Readers should cite the bibliographic information and DOI associated with the applicable Version of Record. Questions about issue information, publication dates, or archive discrepancies may be directed to the Editorial Office at advancesresearch@gmail.com.

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