Publication Ethics

Research in Arabic Curriculum & Assessment is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractice. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Duties of Authors:

• Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original and that any work/words of others have been appropriately cited.

• Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently.

• Authors must list all those who have made significant contributions as co-authors.

Duties of Editors:

• The editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published based on intellectual content without regard to race, gender, religious belief, etc.

• The editors must ensure the confidentiality of the submitted manuscripts.

Duties of Reviewers:

• Reviewers must assist the editor in making editorial decisions and treat received manuscripts as confidential documents.

• Reviewers must alert the editor to any published or submitted content that is substantially similar to that under review.