Editorial Policy

Journal of Educational Research and Review (abbreviated as JEER) complies with the following guidelines and standards:

Where a journal is owned by and published on behalf of a learned society or association, you should refer to any additional requirements set out by that journal.

Please read these policies in full before submitting your article, to ensure you’ve correctly followed all the requirements.

All manuscripts should be submitted to JEER only if the authors have read and agreed to the content, and the manuscript complies with the policies of the journal.

  1. Affiliations
  2. Authorship
  3. Citations
  4. Competing interests
  5. Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions
  6. Editor Code of Conduct
  7. Funding
  8. Commercial Issues, Supplements, and Other Funded Publications
  9. Appeals and Complaints
  10. Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness within JERR

1. Affiliations

You and your co-authors must list all relevant affiliations to attribute where the research or scholarly work was approved and/or supported and/or conducted.

⋄ For non-research articles, you must list your current institutional affiliation.

⋄ If you have moved to a different institution before the article has been published, you should list the affiliation where the work was conducted, and include a note to state your current affiliation.

⋄ If you do not have a current relevant institutional affiliation you should state your independent status.

2. Authorship

It is the collective responsibility of all the individuals who have conducted the work to determine who should be listed as authors, and the order in which authors should be listed.

The journal editor will not decide on order of authorship and cannot arbitrate authorship disputes. Where unresolved disputes between the authors arise, the institution(s) where the work was performed will be asked to investigate.

3. Citations

Research and non-research articles must cite relevant, timely, and verified literature (peer-reviewed, where appropriate) to support any claims made in the article.

You must avoid excessive and inappropriate self-citation or prearrangements among author groups to inappropriately cite each other’s work, as this can be considered a form of citation manipulation.

If you’re the author of a non-research article (e.g. a Review or Opinion) you should ensure the references you cite are relevant and provide a fair and balanced overview of the current state of research or scholarly work on the topic. Your references should not be unfairly biased towards a particular research group, organization or journal.

If you are unsure about whether to cite a source you should contact the journal editorial office for advice.

4. Competing interests

You and all of your co-authors must declare any competing interests relevant to, or which can be perceived to be relevant to the article.

⋄ A competing interest can occur where you (or your employer, sponsor or family/friends) have a financial, commercial, legal, or professional relationship with other organizations, or with the people working with them which could influence the research or interpretation of the results.

⋄ Competing interests can be financial or non-financial in nature. To ensure transparency, you must also declare any associations which can be perceived by others as a competing interest.

5. Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions

Sometimes after an article has been published it may be necessary to make a change to the Version of Record (VoR). This will be done after careful consideration by the Editor who is also supported by Journal staff to ensure any necessary changes are done in accordance with guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Any necessary changes will be accompanied with a post-publication notice which will be permanently linked to the original article. This can be in the form of a Correction notice, an Expression of Concern, a Retraction and in rare circumstances a Removal. The purpose of this mechanism of making changes which are permanent and transparent is to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record.

6. Editor Code of Conduct

JERR program provides a home for validated, trusted research from the world’s brightest and best minds. The editor of a journal plays a vital role in advancing knowledge within fields of research. They do this by:

⋄ Maintaining and improving the quality of work the journal publishes and the integrity of its peer review process.

⋄ Supporting the journal’s authors and reviewers.

⋄ Maintaining and improving the journal’s reputation in collaboration with the journal’s wider editorial team.

7. Funding

Taylor & Francis journals require authors to declare all sources of financial support that helped to cover the expenses associated with the research reported in their article. Examples of these funding sources include:

⋄ Internal funds, grants, and other types of financial support, such as those provided by the authors’ institutions, employers or the organizations authors are affiliated with.

⋄ External funds, such as those obtained from charities/non-profit organizations, private foundations, for-profit companies (e.g. technological or pharmaceutical companies), think tanks, political advocacy groups, trade associations, research associations, and government bodies.

8. Commercial Issues, Supplements, and Other Funded Publications

Supplements, commercial issues, or similar publications funded by third parties (e.g., companies, societies, or charities), may be selected for publication. The journal should provide readers with the name of the funding agency, as well as any conflicts of interest statements.

Journals do not allow funding agencies to decide which publications they choose to fund.

Editorial oversight of all publications is protected from the influence of sponsors or advertisers, including the selection and appointment of Guest Editors for these supplements. Sponsors or advertisers, including their roles, will be prominently disclosed in the publication. 

All supplements published by JERR will transparently disclose the source of content, the role of editors, authors, sponsors and advertisers, and any conflicts of interest related to the supplement.

9. Appeals and Complaints

JERR follows COPE guidelines for appeals and complaints against editorial decisions. Authors may appeal a decision of rejecting their manuscript that they believe to be incorrect. The appeal letter should clearly state why the decision is believed to be incorrect, and respond in detail and specifically to any comments related to the rejection of review. Further advice from the journal’s Editorial Advisory Panel and external experts will be taken into account for eventual re-reviewability.

10. Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness within JERR

To maintain the diversity of expert team in Editorial Board, Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors in JERR are encouraged to recruit assorted experts in specific areas. With regard to the recruitment of experts, there is no specific restriction on the gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, or socio-economic status. Everyone is equal in the workplace of JERR, which is deemed as the first principle of editorial work.