"Journal policies" refers to the rules, guidelines, and standards set by a publication or organization that dictate how articles or studies are evaluated, reviewed, edited, and published. Full definition
Rather, it is up to each researcher to comply with journal policies. (sciencemag.org)
University of California, Los Angeles, geneticist Leonid Kruglyak, an adviser to bioRxiv, keeps a list of journal policies on Wikipedia. (sciencemag.org)
McNutt was quick to add that «NSF doesn't set journal policy. (sciencemag.org)