Ethical Guidelines
| Chapter 1. General Provisions |
| Article 1. Purpose |
| Ethical Guidelines for Research promote integrity and responsible conduct in research and publication for Journal of Educational Review and Cultural Stduies (JERCS). These guidelines are based on Regalia Institute's Committee on Research Ethics' policies for researchers (authors), editors, and reviewers regarding honesty, accuracy, efficiency, and objectivity in research, manuscript submission, manuscript review, and publication. |
| Article 2. Application Scope |
| These guidelines apply to all research articles submitted to Journal of Educational Review and Cultural Stduies (JERCS). |
| Chapter 2. The Researcher (Author) |
| Article 1. Acknowledgement of Sources |
| 1) Proper acknowledgement must be given when citing other's work. 2) In the process of writing research proposals or articles, information obtained privately may be used only with permission from the source. |
| Article 2. Responsibility |
| Authors shall be responsible for and recognized only for their own work. |
| Article 3. Authorship |
| Authorship shall be limited to individuals who have made a significant scholarly contribution to the research or reported study. Authors are usually listed in order of importance and relative significance of contribution. Ghostwriting or honorary authorship is a breach of publication ethics. |
| Article 4. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication |
| The researcher (author) shall assure that his work is original and should not submit a manuscript that has already been published or submitted elsewhere for publication. However, in special cases, prior publication in another journal of a submitted article may be permitted at the discretion of the Editorial Board. |
| Article 5. Article Revision |
| The researcher (author) must strive to revise their manuscript in accordance with the suggestions provided by the reviewers and/or the Editorial Board. In the event that the researcher (author) disagrees with a requested revision, a rationale must be provided in writing by the researcher (author) for not making the requested change. |
| Chapter 3. Publications Committee |
| Article 1. Editorial Decisions |
| The Editorial Board makes decisions regarding publication in Journal of Educational Review and Cultural Stduies (JERCS). In the decision-making process, the Editorial Board must respect the researcher's (author's) integrity as a scholar. |
| Article 2. Fairness |
| The Editorial Board shall review fairly the quality of the manuscript and whether it complies to the submission guidelines and review standards. Manuscripts shall be evaluated objectively without regard to race, gender, age, institutional affiliation, and/or other personal factors. Decisions to accept or reject a manuscript shall be based on importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the research in the submission. |
| Article 3. Reviewer Selection |
| The Journal Editor-in-Chief shall select reviewers according to the content and scope of the submitted manuscripts, reviewers' area of expertise, and freedom from conflict of interest. |
| Article 4. Confidentiality |
| The Journal Editor-in-Chief is obliged to preserve confidentiality and shall not disclose the contents of the manuscript nor the identity of the author until the final decision to publish a researcher's (author's) submission has been made. |
| Chapter 4. Reviewers |
| Article 1. Duties |
| Reviewers shall follow the review guidelines, complete the review within the designated time frame, and submit the review to the Journal Editor-in-Chief. In the case that the reviewer feels that they are inadequately qualified to review the assigned manuscript, the reviewer shall notify the editor to excuse themselves from the review process for the manuscript in question. |
| Article 2. Fairness |
| Reviews shall be fair, objective, constructive, timely, and confidential. In the manuscript review process, reviewers shall explain and support their views adequately. |
| Article 3. Professional Respect and Integrity |
| When reviewing manuscripts, reviewers should respect the researcher (author)'s intessgrity as a scholar. |
| Article 4. Confidentiality |
| Manuscripts for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript. The manuscript may not be shown to or discussed with others. |
| Chapter 5. Post-publication discussions and corrections |
|
Journal of Educational Review and Cultural Stduies (JERCS) allows changes in article post-publication. Correction, revision, or retracting articles post-publication can be done through discussion between the authors and the Editorial Board. In the copy-editing and proofreading process, the editor will make changes to the text without changing the meaning if there is a grammatical error, spelling, or ineffectiveness of the sentence. Prior to the publication of the article, the results of the copy-editing and proofreading will be provided to the author for approval. |