Publication ethics

Members of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Pedagogical Journal of Kazakhstan" in their professional activities adhere to the principles and norms of the "Publication Ethics for the scientific journal "Pedagogical Journal of Kazakhstan". Publication ethics has been developed in accordance with the international publication ethics standard of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the ethical principles of publishing Scopus (Elsevier) journals, the Code of Academic Integrity of Pavlodar Pedagogical University.

Publication ethics defines norms, principles and standards of ethical behavior of editors, reviewers and authors, measures to identify conflicts of interest, unethical behavior, instructions for withdrawal (retraction), correction and retraction of an article.

All participants of the publication process, observe the principles, norms and standards of publication ethics.

The quality of the scientific journal is ensured by the fulfilment of the principles of the participants of the publication process: equality of all authors, the principle of confidentiality, single publication, authorship of the manuscript, the principle of originality, the principle of confirmation of sources, the principle of objectivity and timeliness of reviewing.

Rights and duties of the editor-in-chief and executive secretary. The duties and rights of the Editor-in-Chief and the responsible secretary of the Pedagogical Bulletin of Kazakhstan are defined by the respective approved job descriptions.

Rights and obligations of reviewers

Reviewers of the journal "Pedagogical Bulletin of Kazakhstan" are obliged to be guided by the principle of objectivity.

Personal criticism of the author(s) of the manuscript is inadmissible. The reviewer should argue his/her remarks and justify his/her decision to accept or reject the manuscript.

Nationality, religious affiliation, political or other views of the author(s) should not be taken into account and should not be taken into account in the process of manuscript review by the reviewer(s).

The reviewer's expertise should contribute to the editorial decision on publication and help the author to improve the manuscript.

The decision to accept the manuscript for publication, to return the work to the author for revision or revision, or to reject it from publication is made by the editorial board based on the results of reviewing.

Principle of timeliness of reviewing. The reviewer is obliged to provide the review within the period determined by the Editorial Board, but not later than 2 weeks from the moment of receipt of the manuscript for review. If it is impossible to review the article and prepare the review within the appointed terms, the reviewer should immediately notify the scientific editor.

The reviewer, who considers that his/her qualification does not correspond or is insufficient to make a decision when reviewing the submitted manuscript, should immediately inform the scientific editor and refuse to review the manuscript.

Principle of confidentiality on the part of the reviewer. The manuscript submitted to the reviewer for review should be treated as confidential material. The reviewer has the right to display it and/or discuss it with others only after obtaining written permission from the scientific editor of the journal and/or the author(s).

The information and ideas of the scientific work obtained during the review and ensuring the publication process should not be used by the reviewer(s) for personal gain.

Principle of acknowledgement of sources. The reviewer should identify scientific papers that would have influenced the research results of the manuscript under review but were not cited by the author(s). The reviewer should also draw the attention of the scientific editor to significant similarities or overlaps between the manuscript under review and previously published work of which he or she is aware.

If the reviewer has sufficient grounds to believe that the manuscript contains plagiarism, incorrect borrowings, false and fabricated materials or research results, he/she should not allow the manuscript for publication and inform the scientific editor of the journal about the identified violations of principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

Rights and obligations of authors

Publication ethics is based on the observance of principles:

Single publication. The author(s) guarantee that the manuscript submitted to the editorial office has not been submitted for consideration to other publications. Submission of a manuscript to several journals/editions at the same time is unacceptable and is a gross violation of the principles, standards and norms of publication ethics.

Authorship of the manuscript. The person who made the greatest intellectual contribution to the preparation of the manuscript (with two or more co-authors) is the corresponding author and is listed first in the list of authors.

Each article should have a corresponding author who is responsible for the preparation of the final version of the article, communication with the editorial board, should ensure that all participants of the study (if the number of authors is more than one) who have made sufficient contribution to it are included in the list of authors, and should obtain approval of the final version of the manuscript from all authors for submission to the editorial board for publication. All authors named in the manuscript/article are responsible for the content of the paper.

Principle of originality. The author(s) guarantees that the research results stated in the manuscript represent original independent work and do not contain incorrect borrowings and plagiarism, which can be revealed in the process.

Authors are responsible for publishing articles with signs of unethical behaviour, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, self-citation, falsification, fabrication, misrepresentation, false authorship, duplication, conflict of interest and deception.

Principle of acknowledgement of sources. The author(s) undertakes to correctly cite the scientific and other sources that he/she used in the course of the research. In case of using any parts of other people's work and/or borrowing statements of another author(s), the manuscript should contain bibliographic references with the author(s) of the original source. Information obtained from questionable sources should not be used in the manuscript.

In case the reviewers, scientific editor, member(s) of the editorial board of the journal have doubts about the authenticity and reliability of the research results, the author(s) should provide additional materials to confirm the results or facts presented in the manuscript.

Correction of errors during the publication process. In case of errors and inaccuracies in the work at any stage of the publication process, the authors are obliged to promptly inform the scientific editor and provide assistance in eliminating or correcting the error for publication on the journal's website of the corresponding correction with comments. In case of gross errors that cannot be corrected, the author(s) should withdraw the manuscript/article.

Principle of adherence to publication ethics. Authors are obliged to observe ethical standards related to criticism or comments on research, as well as in relation to interaction with the editorial board regarding review and publication. Failure to comply with ethical principles by authors is considered as a gross violation of publication ethics and provides grounds for withdrawal of the manuscript from review and/or publication.

Conflict of interests

Conflict of interest, as defined by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE), is a conflict situation in which authors, reviewers, or editorial board members have an implicit interest that could influence their judgement regarding the published material. A conflict of interest arises when there are financial, personal, or professional conditions that may influence the scientific judgement of the reviewer and editorial board members and, as a result, the editorial board's decision regarding the publication of the manuscript.

The Editor-in-Chief, editorial board member, and reviewers should notify the Editor-in-Chief of any potential conflict of interest that may somehow influence the editorial board's decision. Members of the Editorial Board should recuse themselves from reviewing the manuscript if they have any competitive relationships related to the research results of the author(s) of the manuscript or if there is any other conflict of interest.

When submitting a manuscript for consideration to the journal, the author(s) declare that the content of the manuscript identifies all sources of funding for the research; also indicate any commercial, financial, personal, or professional factors that would create a conflict of interest with respect to the submitted manuscript. The author(s), in the cover letter, if a conflict of interest exists, may identify scientists who they feel would not be able to objectively evaluate their manuscript.

The reviewer should not review manuscripts that may give rise to a conflict of interest arising from competition, collaboration, or other relationships with any of the authors involved with the manuscript.

If there is a conflict of interest with the content of the manuscript, the executive secretary should notify the Editor-in-Chief, after which the manuscript is transferred to another reviewer.

The existence of a conflict of interest between the participants in the review process does not mean that the manuscript will be rejected.

All interested parties should, as far as possible, avoid conflicts of interest in any variation at all stages of publication. If any conflict of interest arises, the person who detects the conflict should immediately notify the editorial office. The same applies to any other violation of the principles, standards and norms of publication and scientific ethics.

Unethical behavior

Unethical behavior is considered to be the actions of authors, editors or publisher, in the case of independent review of their own articles, in the case of contractual and false reviewing, in the conditions of using agency services to publish the results of scientific research, false authorship, falsification and fabrication of research results, publication of unreliable pseudo-scientific texts, transfer of manuscripts of articles to other publications without the permission of the authors, transfer of authors' materials to third parties, conditions when copyrights are infringed