Publication Etics

SOSIO-DIDAKTIKA: Social Science Education Journal is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. The journal expects all parties involved in the publication process—including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher—to adhere to ethical principles that ensure transparency, fairness, originality, and accountability in scholarly publishing.

1. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to SOSIO-DIDAKTIKA: Social Science Education Journal must ensure that:

  1. Originality: Submitted manuscripts are original works that have not been published previously, except where prior dissemination is explicitly permitted by the journal’s policy.

  2. Exclusive Submission: Manuscripts are not under consideration for publication by another journal at the same time.

  3. Accurate Reporting: Research findings are reported honestly and accurately. Data must not be fabricated, falsified, or misleadingly manipulated.

  4. Proper Citation: All sources, ideas, quotations, and materials from other works are appropriately acknowledged and cited.

  5. Authorship: Authorship is limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the research or manuscript. All listed authors must approve the final version and agree to its submission.

  6. Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, or personal relationships that could influence the research or its interpretation.

  7. Research Ethics: Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical standards, including informed consent, confidentiality, privacy protection, and ethics approval where required.

  8. Corrections and Retractions: Authors must cooperate with the editorial team in correcting significant errors or addressing concerns about the integrity of their published work.

2. Ethical Responsibilities of Editors

Editors are responsible for ensuring that editorial decisions are based on the manuscript’s scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and contribution to the journal’s scope.

Editors must:

  • Evaluate manuscripts fairly and objectively, without discrimination based on authors’ nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, religion, or other personal characteristics.

  • Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related communications.

  • Select appropriate and qualified reviewers.

  • Manage conflicts of interest and avoid handling manuscripts where impartiality may be compromised.

  • Take appropriate action when allegations of research misconduct or publication ethics violations arise.

  • Make publication decisions based on scholarly merit, peer-review reports, and the journal’s editorial policies.

3. Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers play an important role in maintaining the quality and integrity of the journal. Reviewers are expected to:

  • Provide objective, constructive, and evidence-based evaluations.

  • Treat manuscripts as confidential documents and not share or use unpublished information for personal advantage.

  • Identify relevant published work that has not been properly cited.

  • Inform the editor of potential plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or other ethical concerns.

  • Disclose potential conflicts of interest and decline reviews when they cannot provide an impartial assessment.

  • Complete reviews within the agreed timeframe or inform the editor if additional time is needed.

4. Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism that constitutes inappropriate reuse, duplicate publication, or other forms of publication misconduct.

All submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism-detection tools. Similarity reports are evaluated contextually by the editorial team; a similarity score alone does not determine whether plagiarism has occurred.

Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, substantial unattributed reuse, duplicate publication, or misleading attribution may be rejected. If such issues are identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction, depending on the seriousness of the case and the available evidence.

5. Data Fabrication and Falsification

Fabrication, falsification, selective misrepresentation of results, and other practices that undermine research integrity are unacceptable. Authors must retain appropriate research records and provide supporting information when reasonably requested by the editors to investigate concerns about a manuscript.

Suspected misconduct will be assessed fairly and confidentially, with appropriate opportunities for the parties involved to respond.

6. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, editors, and reviewers must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing their work or judgment.

The editorial team will take reasonable steps to manage disclosed conflicts, including assigning another editor or reviewer where necessary.

7. Research Involving Human Participants

Research involving human participants must respect their rights, dignity, privacy, and welfare. Authors should obtain informed consent where required, protect confidential information, and secure approval from an appropriate research ethics committee when applicable.

For research involving students, children, or other potentially vulnerable participants, authors must take additional care to ensure voluntary participation, appropriate consent or permission, and protection against harm. Identifying information should not be disclosed without valid authorization.

8. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors who use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support manuscript preparation, language editing, data analysis, or other research activities must ensure that the use of such tools does not compromise accuracy, originality, confidentiality, or research integrity.

AI tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the work. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy of all content, references, data, interpretations, and conclusions in their manuscripts.

Where required by the journal, authors must disclose the use of AI tools and explain their role. AI-generated references, quotations, and factual claims must be verified before submission. Authors must not upload confidential materials or personal data to AI services in ways that violate privacy, consent, or confidentiality obligations.

9. Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

The journal is committed to correcting the scholarly record when significant errors or ethical concerns are identified. Depending on the circumstances, the journal may publish a correction, an expression of concern, or a retraction.

Editorial actions will be based on an assessment of the evidence, the seriousness of the issue, and relevant publication ethics standards. Retraction notices, where issued, will explain the reason for the retraction and remain linked to the affected article to preserve the integrity of the scholarly record.

10. Handling Allegations of Misconduct

Allegations of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, inappropriate authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or other ethical violations will be assessed by the editorial team.

The journal may request explanations or supporting documents from the authors and, where appropriate, consult relevant institutions or other parties. Decisions will be made fairly, confidentially, and in accordance with the seriousness of the allegation and the available evidence.

11. Commitment to Publication Integrity

SOSIO-DIDAKTIKA: Social Science Education Journal is committed to promoting responsible research, transparent editorial practices, and the dissemination of reliable scholarly knowledge. All participants in the publication process are expected to uphold these principles and cooperate in addressing any concerns that may affect the integrity of the scholarly record.