Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

This journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics. All parties involved—the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher—must agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

1. Duties of Editors

• Fair Play: Editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

• Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher.

• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

• Publication Decisions: The editor-in-chief is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, based on the validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and educators.

2. Duties of Reviewers

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and may also assist the author in improving the paper.

• Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

• Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

• Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

3. Duties of Authors

• Reporting Standards: Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance.

• Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.

• Originality and Plagiarism: The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

   

• Human Subjects Ethics: For journals in education, authors must ensure that the study was conducted in accordance with ethical standards, including obtaining informed consent from participants (especially when involving minors/students) and maintaining anonymity.

   

• Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study.

4. Duties of the Publisher

The publisher and the journal shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred. In the event that the publisher or editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct, the publisher or editor shall deal with allegations appropriately, which may include the publication of a correction, clarification, or retraction.