Ethical Principles

It is mandatory to follow the standards of required ethical behavior for all parties taking part in the process publishing: the publisher, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the author. International Journal of Educational Spectrum’s Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statements is totally structured on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Our journal firmly pursues the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers. International Journal of Educational Spectrum is committed to acting in accordance with the utmost practices on ethical issues. Further, it is dedicated to complying with and maintaining the standards of ethical acts at every phase of the publication process. In case the editors, authors, reviewers, and stakeholders require any explanation about the bellow mentioned statements, they should have a look at the original COPE guidelines.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors

Publication decisions

The editor is in charge of determining which of the submitted papers should be published. Besides, the editor may be leaded by the principles and policies of the journal’s editorial board and confined by constitutional necessities. The editor is also in force in regard to plagiarism and copyright infringement and may discuss this decision with other editors or reviewers. 

Policy of Neutrality

Research papers are assessed by looking at their content of high quality without considering the beliefs, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, and political ideology of the authors.

Privacy

The editor, members of editorial and advisory board, or any other authorized staff must not, in any case, reveal any data about a submitted paper to anybody other than the related parties as the corresponding author, publisher, reviewers, potential reviewers, editors, and other editorial advisers.

Conflicts of interest

Unpublished papers must not, in any case, be utilized in an editor’s own paper without the written consent of the author.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Supporting Editorial Decisions

Peer review supports editors in editorial decisions. Further, reviewers’ editorial correspondence with authors may also support the author in developing the study.

Promptness

The opted referees who feel ineligible to review the reported papers or think that a punctual review will not be possible should inform the responsible editor and exempt them from the review practice. 

Privacy

Any submitted paper to be reviewed must be considered confidential texts. They must not, in any case, be displayed to or talked about with third persons other than those authorized by the editor.

Neutrality Standards

Article reviews must be impartially carried out. Personal disapprovals or critiques towards the author are improper. Referees should simply state their opinions through proofs.

Acknowledging Sources

Reviewers should diagnose the related published works which have not been cited by the authors. Any phrase or statement that was formerly mentioned must be followed by the related citation. Reviewers must also inform the editor about any sizable similarity or overlap between the submitted paper and any other manuscript which they personally know.

Conflict of Interest

Confidential data or views acquired by means of peer review must be kept private and not utilized for personal benefit. Reviewers must not, in any case, view papers in which they feel or have conflicts of interest emanating from competing or cooperative relations with any of the authors, publishers, editors, or institutions associated with the manuscripts.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of original research should demonstrate a precise report of the work conducted besides an impartial discussion of its significance. The related data should be depicted precisely in the manuscript. A manuscript should include adequate definitions and references to allow other researchers to replicate the study. Deceptive or knowingly untrue statements form unethical action and are improper.

Access and Retention of Data

Supplying raw data related to the study may be asked from the authors who should be ready to grant public access to such data and, if applicable, they should be ready to maintain the data for a feasible time after publication.

Plagiarism and Originality

The authors should grant that they have conducted completely original studies, and if they have utilized the study or words of other researchers, they must properly cite or quote them. 

Repetitious or Concurrent Publication

Authors must not, in any case, publish papers depicting particularly the same study in more than one journal. Sending the same paper to more than one journal simultaneously forms unethical publishing action and cannot be accepted.

Acknowledging Sources

Appropriate acknowledgment of the studies of other researchers must always be presented. Authors should cite the works which have been conspicuous in establishing the nature of the submitted paper.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be confined to the authors that have provided fundamental support for the idea, construct, completion, or analysis of the paper. All individuals

who have supplied considerable aid for the study should be given as co-authors. Further, if there are other parties who have joined particular facets of the study, they may be listed as contributors. The corresponding author who is responsible for confirming that every co-author is included in the manuscript should grant that every co-author has approved the last version of the study and has accepted its submission for publication.

Hazards

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

Every author should acknowledge any financial or other kind of conflict of interest that may be interpreted as affecting the results or analysis of the study. Furthermore, every source of financial aid for the study should be illuminated.

Errors in Published Papers

Once authors find out a notable error or imprecision in their manuscripts, it is the necessity of authors to rapidly inform the publisher or editor and collaborate with them to delete or correct the study.

The above mentioned ethical instructions of IJES which are based on COPE Standards were formed by the language expert of the journal and it is forbidden to use them without permission. All rights reserved.