Editorial Policies | International Online Journal of Education and Teaching

Informed Consent: Authors must ensure that informed consent has been obtained from all research participants involved in studies. Consent should be documented and made available upon request.
Participant Anonymity and Privacy: Authors must protect the privacy and confidentiality of all research participants, ensuring that any identifying information is anonymized unless explicit consent has been given for disclosure.
Ethical Approval: Research involving human subjects must receive prior approval from an appropriate ethics committee or review board. Authors should provide details of ethical approval when submitting articles.
Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial, personal, or other conflicts of interest that could influence the results or interpretation of their work.
Plagiarism and Originality: Authors should ensure that their work is original and free from plagiarism. All sources and references must be properly cited. Articles suspected of plagiarism will be subject to investigation and appropriate action, including retraction.
Data Accuracy and Integrity: Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the data presented in their work. Any fabrication or manipulation of data is considered unethical and may lead to the rejection or retraction of the paper.

Fair and Transparent Peer Review: Editors are responsible for overseeing a fair, unbiased, and transparent peer review process. Manuscripts should be evaluated solely on academic merit, regardless of the author’s gender, race, nationality, or institutional affiliation.
Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and not disclose any information to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and publisher.
Conflict of Interest: Editors should recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest, such as collaborative work with the authors or financial ties to the research.
Corrections and Retractions: If errors or ethical violations are found in published works, editors are responsible for issuing corrections, clarifications, or retractions as necessary.

Confidential and Anonymous Review: All submitted manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer review process, where the identities of both the authors and the reviewers are kept anonymous to ensure impartiality.
Timely and Constructive Feedback: Reviewers are expected to provide timely, constructive, and unbiased feedback to authors. Reviews should be based on the quality and originality of the research, as well as its contribution to the field.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest (personal, professional, or financial) that might influence their judgment or ability to provide an impartial review.

Authorship Criteria: Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research. All contributors who meet these criteria should be listed as co-authors.
Duplicate and Concurrent Submissions: Authors must avoid submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals at the same time. Duplicate publication of the same research in different journals is not permitted unless explicitly acknowledged and approved by both journals.
Reporting Standards: Authors must present their findings truthfully and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation. The research methods should be clearly and transparently described, allowing others to replicate the results.
Copyright and Licensing: Authors retain copyright but grant the journal a license to publish their work under a Creative Commons license, allowing for the widest possible dissemination while protecting the authors’ rights.

Open Data: Authors are encouraged to make the data underlying their research available in an open and accessible repository. Data availability statements should be included in manuscripts to promote transparency.
Data Retention: Authors should retain raw data related to their research for a minimum period after publication (e.g., 5 years) and be prepared to provide it upon request for verification or reanalysis by other researchers.

Zero Tolerance for Plagiarism: The journal has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism. All submissions will be screened for plagiarism using appropriate software tools, and any work found to be plagiarized will be rejected.

Handling Misconduct: Any allegations of ethical misconduct, such as plagiarism, data fabrication, or undisclosed conflicts of interest, will be investigated thoroughly by the editorial board.
Corrections: Minor errors in published articles will be corrected through an erratum or corrigendum. Significant errors or ethical violations may result in a retraction or expression of concern.
Retraction Policy: Articles may be retracted in cases of significant errors or ethical breaches, such as fraud, plagiarism, or double publication.

The journal follows internationally recognized ethical guidelines, such as those established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and other professional organizations. These guidelines inform the journal’s policies on research integrity, ethical misconduct, and best practices.