Publication Standards


Researchers submitting manuscripts should consult the American Psychological Association (APA) ethical standards (www.apa.org). Authors should declare that the submitting manuscript has been submitted only to this journal and is not published, in the press, or submitted elsewhere. The author(s) of a manuscript accepted for publication will be asked to assign copyright to Education Reform Journal.

Copyright Notice


This journal is an open-access journal. The authors accept that their manuscript published in the Education Reform Journal® can be accessed by readers through open-access policy. As of 2024, Education Reform Journal uses CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). Under this licence, the authors are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material) their articles which will be published on this journal. Nevertheless the authors must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . Also they may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses them or their use. As the approach of NonCommercial the authors may not use the material for commercial purposes. If the authors remix, transform, or build upon the material, they must distribute their contributions under the same license as the original

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Deposit Policy

In accordance to the current Creative Commons licenses, Education Reform Journal allows all versions to be deposited in an institutional or other repository of the author’s choice without embargo.


Anti-Plagiarism Approach


Education Reform Journal adopts zero tolerance policy for plagiarism. Maximum efforts are made to preserve scholarly and scientific integrity.


Turnitin® Plagiarism Software will be used for each submitting manuscript before the start of the peer-review process and possible evaluation by editorial office of the journal.


Before submitting a manuscript, authors are advised to check their manuscripts for APA Ethics Code Standard 8.11, Plagiarism.