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This statement sets out CorayNova Academic Press's standards for accessibility, inclusive scholarly communication, respectful participation, non-discrimination, reasonable accessibility support, and reporting accessibility barriers.

• Scope

This statement applies to the CorayNova website, the CorayNova Journals Platform, journal pages, author resources, reviewer resources, editor resources, reader resources, institutional resources, policies, forms, and public communications controlled by CorayNova.

• Who This Policy Applies To

This statement applies to authors, reviewers, editors, readers, institutional partners, libraries, societies, website visitors, complainants, journal teams, CorayNova staff and representatives, and other users of CorayNova services.

• Policy Statement

CorayNova is committed to accessibility, inclusive scholarly communication, respectful participation, and non-discrimination. CorayNova uses WCAG 2.1 AA as an accessibility goal for website and platform improvement, but does not claim formal accessibility certification or complete conformity unless separately verified and published.

Editorial assessment remains based on journal scope, scholarly quality, evidence, ethics, research integrity, reporting quality, peer review where applicable, and policy compliance. It must not be based on nationality, region, language background, institution type, career stage, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, political viewpoint, or comparable personal or institutional characteristics unrelated to the work's scholarly assessment.

• Procedures and Standards

Area	Policy standard
Website accessibility	CorayNova seeks to improve readable structure, link clarity, headings, navigation, document accessibility, and compatibility with assistive technologies where feasible.
Language and communication	CorayNova expects respectful, professional, and non-discriminatory communication among authors, reviewers, editors, readers, institutions, and publisher contacts.
Editorial inclusion	Editors should assess manuscripts according to scholarly criteria and policy compliance, not personal or institutional characteristics unrelated to the work.
Reasonable support	Users may report barriers or request reasonable accessibility support. CorayNova will assess requests according to feasibility, platform capacity, resources, and operational needs.
Harassment and abusive conduct	Discriminatory, abusive, threatening, harassing, or degrading communication may be limited, escalated, or handled under the relevant policy route.
Accessibility barriers	Technical accessibility barriers should be reported with URL, device/browser where relevant, description, screenshot where possible, and requested support.

CorayNova will continue improving accessibility and inclusivity as part of policy review, website updates, platform configuration, resource development, and user feedback processes.

• Contact Route

Technical accessibility barriers should be reported to support@coraynova.com. General accessibility requests or inclusivity concerns may be sent to info@coraynova.com. Editorial conduct concerns may be sent to editorial@coraynova.com. Serious institutional-level matters may be sent to executive@coraynova.com.

• Related Resources

This statement should be read with Privacy, Data Protection, Cookies & Website Terms, Complaints & Appeals Policy, For Authors, For Editors, For Reviewers, For Readers, and Forms, Templates & Checklists.

• Policy Administration

Field	Policy information
Effective date	August 15, 2026
Last reviewed	August 15, 2026
Review schedule	At least every 12 months, and earlier when legal, platform, publishing standard, operational, or business changes require review.
Policy owner	Technical Support for accessibility operations, with Executive Office and Editorial Office support for inclusivity and non-discrimination standards
Version	Version 1.0