Publication Ethics, Policies and Processes and how to raise concerns

Publication Ethics

We hope all the work we publish will adhere to a high standard in terms of respect to those in the engineering education community, that the work is suitably original, that it has been carried out as described, that ethical processes are sound related to data protection and the use of volunteers and that credit is given to those who contributed to the work (and no credit is given to those who do not meaningfully contribute).

We follow COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines to support our approach to concerns related to publication ethics within the SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement.

If you have concerns in relation to specific papers please contact the Editor in Chief outlining your concerns. Please be specific in terms of your concerns and supply links to supporting evidence as appropriate. Approaches to handling these will follow the processes shown below.

 

Policies and processes

As mentioned above and summarised below, we will use COPE guidelines to inform our investigation and resolution process.

- We expect all named authors to have contributed to the work in a meaningful way - planning trials, gathering and analysing data, writing the paper, reviewing literature etc. COPE guidance will be used to help us handle concerns related to authorship and contributorship.
- See COPE spreadsheet on how we will handle general complaints and appeals.
- How we will handle allegations of research misconduct.
- We expect authors to declare conflicts of interest where their work could be perceived to have been influenced by institutional or personal conflict of interest most commonly in relation to the use of commercial products or software. We similarly request referees should declare a conflict if they believe they have personal connections to authors. COPE guidance will be used to help us handle concerns related to conflicts of interest.
- Our policies on data sharing and reproducibility.
- We expect authors to follow strong ethical approaches when carrying out and reporting their work. In particular we expect that there investigations or research involves others that appropriate ethical approval is sought, normally from the ethical committee of the lead author's institution.  COPE guidance will be used to help us handle concerns related to ethical oversight.
- Our policy on intellectual property.
- Our options for post-publication discussions.
- Our policies on corrections and retractions.