Publication Ethics

The Journal of Education for the Humanities is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. The journal supports transparency, responsible editorial practice, fair peer review, and ethical scholarly communication. All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, editorial board members, and the publisher, must adhere to the ethical responsibilities described in this policy.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors must ensure that their submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and have not been published or submitted elsewhere at the same time. Authors are responsible for the content of their manuscripts and must present their research honestly, without fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or inappropriate manipulation of data.

Authors must properly cite all sources used in their work and acknowledge the contributions of others. Any use of previously published material, including text, tables, figures, or data, must be appropriately cited and, where required, permission must be obtained.

All authors listed on the manuscript must have made a significant scholarly contribution to the research and must approve the final version submitted for publication. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors agree to the submission, publication, and any subsequent revisions.

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or academic conflicts of interest that may influence the research, interpretation, or publication of the manuscript. Authors must also disclose all sources of funding or support related to the research.

If authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted or published work, they must promptly notify the journal and cooperate with the editorial team to correct, retract, or clarify the article when necessary.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for making fair, objective, and transparent editorial decisions. Manuscripts are evaluated based on scholarly merit, originality, relevance to the journal’s scope, methodological quality, and contribution to knowledge, without discrimination based on nationality, gender, ethnicity, religion, political views, institutional affiliation, or personal circumstances.

Editors must ensure the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not disclose information about a manuscript to anyone except the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial board members, and publisher when necessary.

Editors must manage conflicts of interest and should not handle manuscripts in which they have a personal, academic, financial, or institutional conflict. In such cases, the manuscript should be assigned to another qualified editor.

Editors are responsible for protecting the integrity of the peer review process and for taking appropriate action when ethical concerns arise, including suspected plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication, authorship disputes, conflicts of interest, or manipulation of the review process.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the quality and integrity of scholarly publishing. Reviewers must provide objective, constructive, and timely evaluations of manuscripts and should support their comments with clear academic reasoning.

Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential documents. They must not share, discuss, copy, or use any part of the manuscript for personal advantage before publication.

Reviewers must declare any potential conflict of interest that may affect their impartiality. If a reviewer feels unqualified to review a manuscript or cannot complete the review within the required time, they should inform the editorial office promptly.

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and should alert the editor to any substantial similarity between the manuscript under review and any published or submitted work known to them.

Ethical Misconduct

The journal takes all allegations of ethical misconduct seriously. Suspected cases of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, authorship manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, peer review manipulation, or other unethical practices will be investigated by the editorial team.

When necessary, the journal may contact authors, reviewers, institutions, or other journals to obtain clarification. Appropriate actions may include rejection, correction, retraction, notification of institutions, or other measures consistent with ethical publishing practice.

Commitment to Ethical Publishing

The Journal of Education for the Humanities is committed to promoting integrity, transparency, accountability, and trust in scholarly publishing. The journal will regularly review and update its editorial policies to align with recognized standards of publication ethics and best practices in academic publishing.