Publication Ethics and Practices

The publication of paper in a peer reviewed journal is an essential model for our journal “Journal of Contemporary Educational Research and Innovations (JCERI)”. It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher.

The editor of the journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

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

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, as appropriate.

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

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

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

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

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Authors are 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 (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

JCERI Journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the work we accept and publish. The value of academic publishing relies on everyone involved behaving ethically. The following points are only intended to give a broad overview and are not exhaustive. We encourage our authors, academicians, reviewers and editors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) website.  If you are unsure of a journal-related ethical issue, you might well find the answer in COPE’s wealth of materials, but if you have any query regarding ethical practices please contact the Editor of the Journal at chiefeditor@jceri.com

Publication Policy

We at JCERI Journal, aspire to select research paper / articles, through highest quality peer review. To achieve this, the entire peer review and publication process must be thorough, objective and fair. Almost every aspect of this process involves important ethical principles and decisions, which are seldom explicitly stated and even less often shared with the readership. Journal’s prestige and reputation depend on the trust of readers, scholars, authors, reviewers, editors, research subjects, funding agencies and administrators. This trust is enhanced by describing as explicitly as possible the journal’s policies to ensure the ethical treatment of all participants in the publication process. We have following Publications Guidelines.

We at JCERI Journal aspire to select research paper, through highest quality peer review. Publications should strictly seek original work that has not been previously published or currently not under review at another journal / conference.

Authors

Good research should be well justified, well planned, and appropriately designed, so that it can properly address the research question. Paper should publish based on the copyright that constitutes authorship. All authors are responsible for the quality, accuracy, and ethics of the work. Republication of a paper in another language, or simultaneously in multiple journals with different audiences, may be acceptable, provided that there is full and prominent disclosure of its original source at the time of submission of the article. Before submitting manuscript to JCERI Journal, authors, scholars and contributors are advised to go through author guidelines, Plagiarism Policy and Publication ethics

Review Process

  • Peer review is fundamental to the scientific publication process and the dissemination of knowledge and information.
  • Peer reviewers should be experts in the specific topic addressed in the articles they review, and should be selected for their objectivity and scientific knowledge.
  • All reviewers should be informed of the publication’s expectations.
  • Reviews will be expected to be professional, honest, courteous, prompt, and constructive.
  • The editors may routinely assess all reviews for quality; they may also edit reviews before sending them to authors.
  • The submitted manuscript is a privileged communication; reviewers must treat it as confidential. It should not be retained or copied.
  • Also, reviewers must not share the manuscript with any colleagues without the explicit permission of the editor.

Editor

Editorial Decisions should be precise. If a published paper is subsequently found to have errors or major flaws, the Editor should take responsibility for promptly correcting the written record in the publication. Quality and other performance characteristics of editors should be periodically assessed.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of other’s published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission, and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. At JCERI Journal, we strongly discourage and against this ruthless act. If found guilty, to any extent, JCERI Journal will fight for Plagiarism. Self-plagiarism refers to the practice of an author using portions of their previous writings on the same topic in another of their publications, without specifically citing it formally in quotes. Therefore contributors must adhere to the Plagiarism Policy of JCERI Journal.

Publication Ethics

JCERI Journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the work we accept and publish. The value of academic publishing relies on everyone involved behaving ethically. The following points are only intended to give a broad overview and are not exhaustive. We encourage our authors, academicians, reviewers and editors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) website.  If you are unsure of a journal-related ethical issue, you might well find the answer in COPE’s wealth of materials, but if you have any query regarding ethical practices please contact the Editor of the Journal at chiefeditor@jceri.com