Publication Ethics

Journal of Teaching and Learning Physics is peer-review journal which upholds the standards of academic publication ethics and against publication malpractices including plagiarism. It is, therefore, important to agree on the proper ethical behavior for scientific journals publication of all parties including the publishers, authors, editors, and peer reviewers to develop a conductive scientific environment and to avoid certain problems that may arise due to some conflict of interests.

Authorship of Research Paper.

Authorship of the research paper should be included to those who have performed a contribution to the concept of the research, research design, data acquisition, and analysis, or interpretation of the reported study. Co-authors should be listed as to the entire persons who have made significant contributions to the manuscript. The corresponding author has to responsible for the paper authorship. The corresponding author should make sure that all the co-authors are listed in the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the paper and have agreed to the submission for publication.

Duties of Authors.

Authors are responsible for providing original data without plagiarism and fraudulent data. Many forms of plagiarisms such as copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, passing off researchers are prohibited. The author should ensure that they have written entirely original works concerning the manuscript submitted to Journal of Teaching and Learning Physics. Authors are obliged to follow in peer review process set by Journal of Teaching and Learning Physics. The submitted manuscript should not be under consideration or accepted for other journals. Where parts of the data have been published elsewhere, the sources have to be acknowledged or cited properly. Proper citation and permission are required when the authors reproduce data from other sources.

Duties of Editors.

Journal of Teaching and Learning Physics editors are responsible for deciding which submitted articles should be published and which one to be rejected. They have to evaluate the submitted manuscript for their intellectual and academic content without discrimination on race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, the political or geographical origin of the authors. Scientia Educatia editors must not spread any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in editors own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers.

Reviewers are requested to assist in improving the quality of the submitted manuscript through an objective review process within a scheduled period of time and to contribute to the decision-making process on the manuscript. The editors have to inform reviewers if find any published or submitted content similar to that under their review. Reviewers should avoid conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Any confidentially of information supplied by the editor or author should be maintained.