Ethics policy
Ethics policy for authors
The authors guarantee that the submitted work is original and unpublished, and that it does not contain extracts or fragments from works published by other authors. Furthermore, they affirm the accuracy of the empirical data, confirming that it has not been altered to validate the hypothesis.
Additionally, the authors ensure that the results will not be published in more than one scientific journal. The simultaneous submission of the same contribution to multiple journals is considered ethically inappropriate.
Regarding authorship, the authors have been organized according to their level of responsibility and respective roles in the work. All authors assume full responsibility for what they have written and for the content expressed in the published text.
Finally, the authors guarantee that they have not engaged in inappropriate authorship, data falsification, or manipulation. They are also obliged to explicitly declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to the presented results.
Ethics policy for evaluators
Reviewers of each issue are expected to:
- Act in accordance with the principles of competence, confidentiality, impartiality and honesty, diligence, respect, and courtesy.
- Commit to conducting a critical, honest, constructive, and objective review of both the scientific and literary quality of the work.
- Adhere to the established deadline for the review process.
- Accept to review articles only if they possess the necessary expertise in the subject matter and if no conflict of interest exists.
- Inform the editors if the submitted manuscript has been previously published or if they are aware of it through means other than the Caribbean Journal of Educational Research.
- Refrain from using information obtained during the review process for personal gain or to benefit third parties.
To ensure transparency, the journal publishes real-time statistics on the reviewers who contribute to each issue.
Editorial Team Code of Ethics
The editorial team is committed to selecting the most qualified and expert reviewers in the research area of the manuscript under review. It also guarantees the confidentiality of contributions from both authors and reviewers, ensuring that anonymity preserves the intellectual integrity of the entire editorial process.
Editors are responsible for adhering to the established deadlines for the review and publication of accepted manuscripts to ensure the prompt dissemination of research findings.
Moreover, the editorial team ensures that publication decisions are based solely on academic and scientific criteria, free from any commercial or personal influence. Any form of favoritism in the selection and evaluation of manuscripts is strictly prohibited.
The editorial team is also responsible for verifying that accepted articles are free from plagiarism and data manipulation.
The Caribbean Journal of Educational Research adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). For more information, please visit: https://publicationethics.org/.
Procedure on allegations of misconduct
When scientific misconduct is identified, or concerns are raised regarding the integrity of a submitted or published article, the following procedure will be followed:
- Any allegation of potential scientific misconduct must be reported to the journal's official email: [email protected].
- The editor will notify the corresponding author in writing about the allegation of misconduct, providing details of the accusation while maintaining the confidentiality of the source.
- If the corresponding author cannot be contacted, the editor will reach out to the co-authors. If there is no response from the co-authors, the institutional authorities will be contacted. If no response is received from any of the parties, the editorial team will consider it an unsatisfactory response.
- The author has ten days to respond in writing to the allegation.
- If the author's response is satisfactory, an apology will be issued to the author.
- If the response is unsatisfactory and misconduct is confirmed, a retraction of the article will be published on the journal's website. If the article has not yet been published, it will be withdrawn from the editorial process.
Cases of misconduct include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, data falsification or manipulation, inappropriate authorship, duplicate publication, and manipulation of the peer review process.
Conflict of Interests
Authors are required to provide a written declaration if there is any potential conflict of interest related to their article.
Reviewers are entrusted with the critical assessment of contributions and are expected to act with impartiality, objectivity, promptness, confidentiality, respect, and acknowledgment of uncited sources. They must align with the journal's editorial guidelines and declare any potential conflicts of interest.
Expert reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest through a written declaration for each case.
Editors must also declare any potential conflicts of interest that may influence their decision-making process.
Ethics in Research Involving Human Subjects
For articles involving research with human subjects, authors must ensure that their study complies with both international and national ethical standards.
Authors are required to provide evidence of approval from an ethics review committee when applicable. Additionally, they must obtain informed consent from participants and ensure the anonymity and privacy of their data.
In accordance with the journal's policy, personal data must be handled in compliance with current data protection regulations.
Corrections and Retractions
The journal is committed to ensuring transparency in the publication of errata and corrected versions. If a published article contains significant errors that affect its validity, an official correction will be issued.
In cases where there is evidence of scientific misconduct or serious errors that invalidate the findings, the article will be retracted. Corrections and retractions will be publicly announced on the journal's website and linked to the original article.