Publication Ethics for the Journal of Teacher Well-Being (JTW)
The Journal of Teacher Well-Being (JTW) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. All stakeholders—editors, authors, reviewers, and the publisher—must adhere to ethical standards to ensure the integrity and quality of published content. These ethics are based on the COPE guidelines.
- Duties of Authors
- Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. If authors have used the work or words of others, appropriate citations must be provided.
- Multiple Submissions: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical and unacceptable.
- Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the nature of their work.
- Authorship: Authorship should be limited to individuals who have significantly contributed to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors, while others who have participated in certain substantive aspects should be acknowledged.
- Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
- Duties of Editors
- Publication Decisions: Editors are responsible for deciding which of the submitted articles should be published based on the journal's editorial policies and legal requirements concerning defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.
- Fair Play: Editors will evaluate manuscripts based on their intellectual content, without regard to the authors’ race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, or citizenship.
- Confidentiality: The editor must ensure that all submitted manuscripts are treated confidentially. Editors and editorial staff will not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, or other editorial advisers.
- Conflict of Interest: Editors will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the author’s explicit written consent.
- Duties of Reviewers
- Confidentiality: Reviewers must treat manuscripts received for review as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
- Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.
- Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so authors can use them for improving the paper.
- Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must not have conflicts of interest with respect to the research, the authors, or the research funders. If such conflicts exist, they should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.
- Duties of Publisher
- Ethical Oversight: The publisher ensures that commercial interests do not affect editorial decisions. JTW will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers when necessary.
- Handling of Ethical Misconduct: The publisher, in collaboration with the editors, will take appropriate measures to address cases of ethical misconduct. Every report of unethical publishing behavior will be thoroughly investigated, and appropriate actions will be taken, including retraction of papers or correction of published articles, as necessary.
This outline covers essential aspects of publication ethics and can be expanded or customized as needed for the Journal of Teacher Well-Being. Would you like to make any adjustments to this?