Editorial ethics

Editorial ethics of the scientific-pedagogical periodical «History of Education Journal» are based on the Code of ethics of scientific publications drafted by Committee on ethics of scientific publications as well as the experience of the reputable international journals and publishing houses.

Authors are required:

  • to provide relevance, scientific novelty, accuracy of the materials submitted to editorial board;
  • to consider works of other researchers to ensure accuracy at execution of references to sources and correctness of citation;
  • to guarantee the originality of the research, not allowing plagiarism in all its forms (excessive citation, hidden citation, retelling, rephrasing, etc.);
  • to include in the list of coauthors all the persons who have contributed to conducting research and presentation of its results;
  • to guarantee the exclusivity of the materials provided (article can’t be published before or offered to other editions);
  • to be ready to cooperate with the editorial board to correct errors or defects at any stage of work with materials;
  • to indicate information on financial sources of support of the research results reflected in the materials.
Reviewers are required:
  • to comply with regulatory deadlines for reviewing established by the editorial board;
  • to treat the manuscript received for reviewing as the confidential document, not submit it to other persons and not use the unpublished data contained therein; written reviews should also be confidential;
  • to give the reasoned and correct assessment of the stated research results;
  • in case of insufficient scientific or professional competence for an objective assessment of the materials, to report about these circumstances;
  • to guarantee no conflict of interest in relation to the material under review and its author / authors.
The chief editor and the deputy chief editor are required:
  • to exclude motive of preference to authors depending on gender, race, religious beliefs, citizenship, ethnicity, political beliefs and other conditions that are not related to the scientific value of the work;
  • to be responsible for accepting or rejecting an article;
  • not to allow for publication materials that have no scientific value, do not correspond to the profile of the journal, contrary to its editorial policy and ethics;
  • to guarantee no conflict of interest in relation to the articles that they reject or accept;
  • to ensure the involvement of competent reviewers, use the practice of anonymous review;
  • to respect the copyright, guarantee respectful and correct attitude to the author and his scientific competence, coordinate with the authors editorial changes;
  • to cooperate with authors and readers, publishing if necessary corrections, explanations, refutations and apologies;
  • to keep editorial secrets, do not disclose information about the submitted manuscript to anyone else, except for the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, members of the editorial council and the editorial board.