Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

Journal of Advanced Educational Research (JAER) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to taking all possible measures against any publication malpractices. All parties involved in the publishing process (authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher) must agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior.

1. 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.

  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

  • Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal.

  • 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.

  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

2. Duties of Editors

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

  • Fair Play: An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

     

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

     

  • Involvement and Cooperation in Investigations: Editors should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

3. Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author 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.

  • Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.

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

4. Duties of the Publisher

Centro de Pesquisa e Serviço Comunitário (CPSC) - Instituto Superior Cristal (ISC) as the publisher of JAER is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint, or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.