Editorial Policy

Focus and Scope

The scope of the Journal focuses on theories, methods and applications in Education and Policy Studies. The journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts with the theoretical or empirical aspects of the following broadly Subject areas include, but are not limited to the following fields:

• Academic Advising and Counseling
• Adult Education
• Art Education
• Business Education
• Classroom Management
• Counselor Education
• Cross-disciplinary areas of Education
• Curriculum, Research and Development
• Distance Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Education Policy and Leadership
• Educational Administration
• Educational Foundations
• Educational Measurement and Evaluation
• Educational Psychology
• Educational Technology
• Elementary Education
• Fine Arts Education
• Health Education
• Higher Education
• History Education
• Home Economics Education
• Human Resource Development
• Kinesiology & Leisure Science
• Language Education
• Leadership Skills
• Mathematics Education
• Music Education
• Physical Education
• Public Policy
• Reading Education
• Rural Education
• Science Education
• Secondary Education
• Social Studies Education
• Special Education
• Student Affairs
• Teacher Education

Policy Studies;

• Human Rights
• Social Work
• Social Welfare
• Gender, Women’s Studies
• Religion, Welfare State
• Social Security
• Unemployment Insurance
• Environmental Policy
• Economic Policy
• Human Behavior
• Pensions, Health Care
• Social Housing
• Social Care
• Child Protection
• Social Exclusion
• Education Policy

IJEPS also publishes original research, creative work, and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular issues in arts and issues in the field as mentioned above. Contribution can be in the form of conceptual or theoretical approaches, case studies or essays in the field of Education and Policy Studies.

The journal is relevant to researchers, theorists and policymakers.

IJEPS welcomes submissions in any of the seven categories (i) Research Article (ii) Research Note (iii) Research Essay (iv) Research Commentary (v) Theory and Review Article (vi) Issues and Opinions (regional or global) (vii) Case Report.

This is an academic journal and thus does not provide any kind of art appraisals or other commercial services.

Peer Review Process

Double Blind Peer Review:

The Journal is committed to double blind peer review process in order to publish high quality works with significant policy implications and contribution to the literature. Decision about each manuscript is taken following a rigorous process:

Publication Frequency and Status

Frequency of Publication: Bi-Monthly (Six times a year)

Publication Status: Published Online.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Any manuscript submitted to the journal must not already have been published in another journal or be under consideration by any other journal. Manuscripts of papers presented at conferences can be submitted unless they have been published as part of the conference proceedings in any journal. Authors are required to ensure that no material submitted as part of a manuscript infringes existing copyrights, or the rights of a third party. Authors who publish with Ideal Journal of Education and Policy Studies need to transfer copyright to their work to this Journal to make it open access paper to the global readers.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Ideal Journal of Education and Policy Studies (IJEPS) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. It is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors who submit papers to IJEPS attest that their work is original and unpublished, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In addition, authors confirm that their paper is their own; that it has not been copied or plagiarized, in whole or in part, from other works; and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.

Duties of Editors:

Decision on the Publication of Articles

The Managing Editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the editorial Policy of the journal and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may confer with the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play

Manuscripts shall be evaluated solely on their intellectual merit without regard to authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. 

Confidentiality

The editors 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. IJEPS adapted Open Journal System (OJS) a well known system for scholarly open access journal that prevents unauthorized access to its unpublished contents. In the case of a misconduct investigation, IJEPS may disclose material to third parties (e.g., an institutional investigation committee or other editors).

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author.  

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. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

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

Acknowledgement of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

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.

Reviewer misconduct

Editors will take reviewer misconduct seriously and pursue any allegation of breach of confidentiality, non-declaration of conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), inappropriate use of confidential material, or delay of peer review for competitive advantage. Allegations of serious reviewer misconduct, such as plagiarism, will be taken to the institutional level.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

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.

Data Access and Retention

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 and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarized, and has not been published elsewhere – fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. If an author has used the

work and/or words of others, that this original is been appropriately cited or quoted and accurately reflects individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting.

Multiple or Redundant Publication

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.

Acknowledgement of Sources

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.

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. 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.

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. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

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.

Disclaimer

Neither the editors nor the Editorial Board are responsible for authors’ expressed opinions, views, and the contents of the published manuscripts in the journal. The originality, proofreading of manuscripts and errors are the sole responsibility of the individual authors.

All manuscripts submitted for review and publication in the journal go under double-blind reviews for authenticity, ethical issues, and useful contributions. Decisions of the reviewers are the only tool for publication in the journal and will be final

Managing Editor, IJEPS
ISSN: 2067-7723