Journal Policies

AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA

All authors must meet the following criteria:

1. Have made a significant contribution to the design of the research, relevant data collection, analysis, and/or interpretation of the results;
2. Have contributed substantially to the writing and/or critical review of the publication;
3. Have approved the final version of the publication;
4. Have accepted responsibility for the content of the publication, unless otherwise stated in the publication.

Those who do not meet these criteria but have nevertheless made a substantial contribution to the final manuscript should be included in the Acknowledgements section. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written consent from those mentioned in this section.

These authorship criteria are based on the Vancouver Recommendations (or ICMJE Recommendations) regarding authorship and contributorship. They align with the principles outlined in the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and the guidelines described in the Swedish Research Council’s Good Research Practice (2024, p. 79, in Swedish).

POLICY ON THE USE OF AI TOOLS

In alignment with COPE's position on the use of AI tools, the Journal of Praxis in Higher Education (JPHE) does not attribute authorship to AI tools, including Large Language Models, chatbots, or image generators. Authors must disclose the use of AI tools in the creation of written content, images, graphical elements, or data analysis within their manuscript, specifying the tools and versions used. AI tools for spelling and grammar correction need not be acknowledged. Authors are fully responsible for the integrity and accuracy of their manuscript, ensuring proper attribution of all referenced material.

POLICY FOR REVIEWERS

The policy for peer reviewers outlines the expectations, responsibilities, and ethical standards for all peer reviewers contributing to JPHE. Reviewers are expected to respect the double-blind review process and should avoid trying to identify the authors. Authors of manuscripts and reviewers of the same manuscript must not be close colleagues, family members, work on the same research project, or otherwise have a close collaboration. Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could influence their review and decline the invitation to review.

Reviewers should respond to invitations without delay and submit completed reviews within the agreed timeline. If circumstances arise that prevent timely completion, reviewers should inform the editor immediately.

Reviewers should only accept to assess manuscripts that fall within their own subject area and should focus on the scientific merit of the manuscript. Reviewers are expected to provide objective and constructive reviews focusing on the manuscript’s scholarly merit, originality, and contribution to the field. Reviewers’ promotion of their own work in review comments is discouraged.

Reviewers are expected to adhere to high standards of confidentiality and professionalism. Manuscripts under review should be treated as confidential documents, hence the reviewers are not allowed to share or discuss any parts of the manuscript with anyone. Reviewers are not allowed to use any insights, information, or data gained through the review process for personal, professional, or research advantage until the article is formally published. In case of suspicion of plagiarism or unethical research practices, the reviewers should report to the editor.

Reviewers' comments must be free of personal or biased remarks, and of discrimination based on nationality, religious or political beliefs, gender or commercial interests. Reviewers should provide constructive, objective, and timely evaluations of manuscripts. Reviewers' comments must not contain hostile or provocative language and must not include personal attacks, slander or other derogatory comments.

Reviewers are expected to respect the integrity of the review process and carefully follow this policy. The editorial team reserves the right to withdraw invitations or future opportunities to review if the peer reviewer policy is not followed.

POLICY FOR PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF ARTICLES

The journal's editors allow authors to make available earlier drafts of manuscripts/articles on the condition that authors agree to the following:

Authors retain all rights to any previously published version and are permitted to submit their updated manuscript to the journal.

Authors accept that the journal's editors cannot guarantee full anonymity in the review process, even if the author anonymizes his manuscript when earlier versions of the manuscript are made available.

If the manuscript is published in the journal, the author is expected to cross-link, with DOI link, the different versions of the manuscript/article.

ORCID

The journal's editors strongly recommend that authors submitting manuscripts register an “Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier ”or ORCiD. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one here https://orcid.org.

This registration provides a unique and stable digital author identity that ensures that the article is attributed to the correct person and improves the searchability of all the author's publications. This helps to ensure that the author receives recognition for their work. As a person's ORCiD remains the same as long as the account exists, any name changes, change of employment, department affiliation or research field do not affect the searchability of previous publications. This facilitates correspondence between research colleagues.

The Journal's editors encourage all authors to include ORCiD along with other author information when the manuscript is registered in the system. If the article is accepted, this will be published with the article.

POLICY FOR SELF-ARCHIVING AND PREPRINTS

Article authors have the right to self-archive the submitted ("preprint") version of the manuscript and the published version without any embargo period.

Submitted manuscripts and published versions of articles can, for example, be archived on:

• the author's personal website
• the author's company website and/or institutional repository or archive
• non-profit preprint servers or subject-based archives

OPEN DATA

As open research data requirements from research funders and universities become increasingly common, some authors may be required to make their empirical material open and publicly available.

Where this applies to the journal's authors, the journal's editors encourage making the data available according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

Authors should, in these cases, link from the submitted manuscript to the material made available. Research data should then be made public when the article is published. Empirical material obtained from other researchers must be cited in the same way as other scientific sources. For questions regarding guidelines for open data and handling and publishing of data, please contact your university.

CORRECTION AND RETRACTION POLICIES

The conditions of publication with persistent identifiers such as DOIs include that the object published is final and not changed without readers being clearly informed of such changes.

Articles published in the Journal cannot therefore be changed without a) an erratum or b) a change notice being published and linked to the original article.

If a factual error in an article is discovered, this should be reported to the Editor-in-Chief, who decides on possible actions and corrections.

COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS POLICY

In the case of formal complaints, disputes, or appeals, authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief, who is responsible for ensuring that a fair, deliberative, and thorough investigation is conducted.

ARCHIVING POLICY

Beginning when the journal joins Publicera, its current and future content is made available via Publicera and stored long-term on a secure and central server at the National Library of Sweden (KB).

The journal's owner and KB aim for the journal's archive to be transferred and made available via Publicera, and thus the archive will also be stored long-term on a secure and central server at KB. In the event that the journal ceases publishing, the journal's content on Publicera will remain archived at KB.

POLICY FOR ETHICAL OVERSIGHT

The journal follows the ethical guidelines and best practices set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All cases of ethical misconduct will be dealt with in accordance with COPE's recommendations and guidelines.

PUBLICATION FEES

There are no fees for publishing in the journal.