Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 12/21/23

Year: 2023

Aim

Political Economy and Management of Education (PEME) is an open access international peer-reviewed research journal that aims to significantly contribute to the analysis of educational issues in national, international, and global contexts at all levels/sectors from the perspectives of political economy and management of education. 

Double Blind Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts relevant to the aims and scope of PEME are reviewed anonymously. All manuscripts undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by at least two anonymous reviewers. Manuscripts submitted to PEME are judged on the following criteria: Use of an explicit theoretical or conceptual framework, acknowledgment of relevant literature, originality in analysis, appropriateness of methodological approach, contribution to the advancement of knowledge, and clarity of expression. The editors rely heavily on reviewers' judgments. Strong efforts are made to ensure prompt decisions about acceptance. To ensure anonymity, authors' names, institutional affiliations, and other identifying information should not be available on documents. The Editors reserve the right to make minor alterations to all papers that are accepted for publication. PEME does not charge any fees for processing, publishing, or submitting manuscripts.

Plagiarism Policy

PEME aims to publish original articles that bring new insight into the social sciences and related disciplines. Therefore contributions submitted to PEME for publication must be the author(s) original work. Publication in PEME is conditional on submitted articles not having been previously published or currently submitted elsewhere for review towards publication. Submitted articles go through an initial editorial screening in terms of format, scope, and originality. After the initial screening, all the submissions are checked by iThenticate plagiarism detection software to check a paper's originality before sending it out for review. iThenticate plagiarism detection software compares submitted documents to extensive data repositories to create a comprehensive similarity report. The submissions which cannot verify content originality are rejected immediately.

Copyright Policy & Open Access Policy

Manuscript authors retain the copyright full publishing rights without restriction.

Copyrights for the articles are retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the Journal.
The work is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Scope

The journal engages with theoretical, conceptual, and methodological debates in the fields of economics of education, administration and management of education, politics of education, and educational finance. It publishes rigorous analyses of educational phenomena, policies, and developments that are of theoretical and practical importance and relevance to scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners. We are particularly interested in in-depth studies investigating the interplay of international, cross-national, and domestic forces in the shaping of educational ideologies, educational systems, the economics of education, administration and management of education, and approaches to educational finance.
Submissions are welcomed from scholars engaged in high-quality educational research in all fields, including interdisciplinary studies, and from all paradigmatic perspectives in the social and human sciences. Contributors are expected to engage with and build upon the existing body of scholarship published in the Journal and other significant texts in the field. Review articles, research articles, and book reviews are gladly accepted.

Author Guidelines

Manuscript authors retain the copyright full publishing rights without restriction. The PEME embraces various research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method studies, case studies, reviews, or new research practices. Editorial team also welcomes conceptual papers seeking to address a wide spectrum of issues in the practice and theory of educational administration and leadership, educational policy and economics of education. 

    
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered for publication. All submissions will be checked in plagiarism softwares such as Turn-It-In or iThenticate for originality to ensure that the manuscripts do not exceed 19% similarity rate. The submissions will be done in two separate files with the format given below:

1. Cover Page: The cover page is to include the title of the paper, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), contact information, and short bios, together with the authors'(if there are two or more authors) CRediT taxonomy at the end. Submissions that are not organized according to the journal format will be returned to the corresponding author immediately. An additional cover letter is optional but much appreciated.

2. Main Document: Anonymized manuscript for the blind review process. No author(s) or institution information should be provided with this version.

Style and Format

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format. Please ensure the word document of your manuscript is anonymous for peer review before you upload it. Style and format for submissions are presented below:

  • All manuscripts should be typed in Palatino Linotype font, 10-point size, and single-spaced throughout the paper.
  • The overall structure of the manuscript should conform to the APA Style Guide (6th edition), including formatting of references, tables and figures, as well as all other APA formatting concerns.
  • Manuscripts should also be written with these subtitles in the following order: Title, Abstract, Keywords, The Main Text, References, Appendices (if any), Table(s), and Figure(s).
  • Please see an example of the manuscript structure at manuscript template
Abstract

Please do not include any references in your abstract. It should briefly and clearly set out the main objective(s), results, and conclusions of the research with max. 200 words in length.

Headings and Subheadings

For the subheadings, the author(s) are allowed to organize them in a way that best suits the present research. However, the following first-level headings are required in the paper: introduction, method, results, discussion.

Manuscript Length

A regular article should run between 10.000-12.000 words, including the main text, references, tables and figures. On occasion, longer manuscripts can be considered where appropriate, depending upon the editorial decision.

Language

Articles written in English are welcomed from all countries. Spelling may follow either British or American conventions but must be consistent throughout. Please ensure that overall use of English, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling errors in the text were reviewed and corrected prior to submission.

Publication Charge:

There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page charges for this journal.

Double-Blind Peer Review

After initial editorial review, all manuscripts are sent to at least two members of the Editorial Review Board and/or invited reviewers with special competence in the area covered. Based on reviewer comments, the Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection of articles.

The ethics statement of the PEME is based on the Code of Conduct guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).


PEME follows the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.


DUTIES OF EDITORS
Fair play and editorial independence
Editors evaluate submitted manuscripts exclusively based on their academic merit (importance, originality, study’s validity, clarity) and its relevance to the journal’s scope, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, citizenship, religious belief, political philosophy or institutional affiliation. Decisions to edit and publish are not determined by the policies of governments or any other agencies outside of the journal itself. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the entire editorial content of the journal and the timing of publication of that content.

Confidentiality
Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors as a result of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their personal advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships/connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers; instead, they will ask another member of the editorial board to handle the manuscript.

Publication decisions
The editors ensure that all submitted manuscripts being considered for publication undergo peer-review by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal will be published, based on the validation of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the reviewers’ comments, and such legal requirements as are currently in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-in-Chief may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations
Editors (in conjunction with the publisher and/or society) will take responsive measures when ethical concerns are raised concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior will be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication. PEME editors follow the COPE Flowcharts when dealing with cases of suspected misconduct. If on an investigation, the ethical concern is well-founded, a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note as may be relevant, will be published in the journal.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS
Contribution to editorial decisions
Peer review assists editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with authors, may assist authors in improving their manuscripts. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication and lies at the heart of the scientific endeavor. PEME shares the view of many that all scholars who wish to contribute to the scientific process have an obligation to do a fair share of reviewing.

Promptness
Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should immediately notify the editors and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review are confidential documents and must be treated as such; they must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the Editor-in-Chief (who would only do so under exceptional and specific circumstances). This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively and observations formulated clearly with supporting arguments so that authors can use them for improving the manuscript. Personal criticism of the authors is inappropriate.

Acknowledgment of sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that is an observation, derivation, or argument that has been reported in previous publications should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also notify the editors of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other manuscript (published or unpublished) of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Any invited referee who has conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript and the work described therein should immediately notify the editors to declare their conflicts of interest and decline the invitation to review so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for the reviewer’s personal advantage. This applies also to invited reviewers who decline the review invitation.

DUTIES OF AUTHORS
Reporting standards
Authors of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed and the results, followed by an objective discussion of the significance of the work. The manuscript should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Review articles should be accurate, objective, and comprehensive, while editorial 'opinion' or perspective pieces should be clearly identified as such. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least 10 years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data center), provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and legal rights concerning proprietary data do not preclude their release.

Originality and plagiarism
Authors should ensure that they have written and submit only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should also be cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Multiple, duplicate, redundant, or concurrent submission/publication
Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behavior and unacceptable.

The publication of some kinds of articles (such as clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided that certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Authorship of the manuscript
Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript (such as technical help, writing and editing assistance, general support) but who do not meet the criteria for authorship must not be listed as an author, but should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section after their written permission to be named as been obtained. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list and verify that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Authors should—at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the manuscript)—disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed (including the grant number or other reference number if any).

Acknowledgment of sources
Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from the conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animals or human participants, the authors should ensure that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants. The privacy rights of human participants must always be observed.

Peer review
Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, and proof of ethics approval, patient consents, and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and on time, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline given.

Fundamental errors in published Works
When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to either correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the authors’ obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the paper. For guidelines on retracting or correcting articles, please click here: https://www.elsevier.com/about/company-information/policies/article-withdrawal.

DUTIES OF PUBLISHER

Handling of unethical publishing behavior
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification, or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.
Access to journal content
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There is no charge for publication in PEME for the authors; moreover, there are no submission charges or page charges. All interested readers can also read, download, and/or print open access articles at no cost.

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