Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

As scheduled to be a member of The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), publication ethics and publication malpractice statement of Contemporary Research in Education and English Language Teaching (CREEL) is completely based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011). 

Journal of Contemporary Research in Social Sciences strongly asks that all manuscripts comply with the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Committee on Publication Ethics, 2011)

Reference

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2011, March). Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Retrieved from
http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

Also, the file can be downloaded locally here.

Responsibilities at a glance:

Editors:

Publication decision
Fair play
Confidentiality
Disclosure and Conflicts of interest
Involvement and cooperation in investigations

Reviewers: 

Contribution to Editorial Decision
Promptness
Confidentiality
Standards of Objectivity
Acknowledgement of Source
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors:

Reporting standards
Data Access and Retention
Originality and Plagiarism
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
Acknowledgement of Sources
Authorship of the Paper
Hazards and Human or Animal Subjects
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Fundamental errors in published works

Learning Gate as Publisher:

We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, Learning Gate  will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors. Finally, we are working closely with other publishers and industry associations to set standards for best practices on ethical matters, errors and retractions--and are prepared to provide specialized legal review and counsel if necessary.

Plagiarism Detection 

As a CrossRef member, CREEL uses Similarity Check tool that CrossRef provides for the members. Indeed, it is a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality. The engine of this powerful tool is iThenticate software which checks all the submissions with a broad published works. 

For further information about Similarity check tool, you can visit Crossresf's Similarity Check & Researchers page.