Editor in Chief: The Editor-in-chief of
a journal has the responsibility to maintain guidelines for selecting and
accepting papers submitted to IJPES. We believe that most of the guidelines
offered are already understood and subscribed to by experienced researchers and
academics.
When a manuscript is submitted to the International Journal of Psychology and Education Studies (IJPES),
it first undergoes a preliminary check known as a desk review. The
Administrative Editor first evaluates all manuscripts submitted to journal. It
is rare, but an exceptional manuscript or an invited paper can be accepted at
this stage by Editor-in-Chief.
The manuscript that do not follow the format specified by the IJPES will be
rejected at this stage.
ü
Inappropriate
to IJPES Guidelines (i.e. Manuscript format is not appropriate),
ü
Lack of
originality, novelty, or significance (i.e. Results that are not generalizable,
ü
Mismatch
with the aims and scope of the journal (i.e. Topics that are not of interest to
the journal’s readership)
ü
Have poor
grammar or English language
ü
Flaws in
study design (i.e. Choice of a weak or unreliable method)
ü
Poor
Writing and Organization (i.e. insufficient explanation of the rationale for
the study, inadequate description of methods).
During the evaluation stage, please check
for these qualifications for maintaining the quality of the manuscript:
ü
Early
introduction of the general problem
ü
Precisely
stated questions that are to be answered
ü
Presentation
ü
The merit
of the study
ü
Significance
of the problem discussed
ü
Justification
of the research
ü
A brief
summary of relevant literature and its implications for the research problem
under study
ü
The
relevance of the citation and its pertinence to the research problem including
the time factor.
ü
Citations
must provide the rationale for research and should also be a primary source.
ü
Relationship
of the problem to previous research should also be made clear.
ü
Introduction
to manuscript
ü
Methodology
ü
Results
ü
Relevance
& Significance
ü
Discussion
and Conclusion.
ü
References
ü
Supplementary
Materials
Ethical Obligations for Editor:
1. An editor should give unbiased consideration to all
manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its merits without regard
to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of
the author(s).
2. An editor should consider manuscripts submitted for
publication with all reasonable speed and attention. The sole responsibility
for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript rests with the editor. Manuscripts
may be rejected without review if considered inappropriate for the journal.
3. The editor and members of the editorial team should
not disclose information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other
than those from whom professional advice is sought. After a decision, the
editor may disclose manuscript titles and authors’ names of papers that have
been accepted for publication.
4. An editor should respect the intellectual independence
of authors.
Section Editors
The Section Editors of IJPES have an
obligation to judge the merit of the manuscripts, including;
ü Find
appropriate reviews for the manuscript.
ü Comprehend
reviews' comments, and make a primary decision.
ü If the
manuscript needs revision, send it back to the author with the comments from
the reviewers. The section editor could add some revision advise as well. After
the revised manuscript is returned by the Author(s), look over the revised
version and make sure the Author(s) has done the revision as request.
ü After
adequate revision, the manuscript could be accepted as the preprint version
which is waiting for the layout edit scheduling.
Ethical Obligations for Section Editors:
ü The Section editors should give unbiased consideration
to all manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its merits without
regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional
affiliation of the author(s).
ü The Section editor should consider manuscripts
submitted for publication with all reasonable speed and attention. The sole
responsibility for acceptance or rejection of a manuscript rests with the
editor. Manuscripts may be rejected without review if considered inappropriate
for the journal.
ü The Editor and members of the editorial team should
not disclose information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other
than those from whom professional advice is sought. After a decision, the
editor may disclose manuscript titles and authors’ names of papers that have
been accepted for publication.
ü An editor should respect the intellectual independence
of authors.