Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
Last updated: 2026-01-04
Peer review is essential to INFEDU’s publishing process. Reviewers are expected to provide fair, constructive, confidential, and timely reviews.
1) Confidentiality
- Manuscripts and review materials are confidential documents.
- Do not share the manuscript with others or contact the authors directly without permission from the editor.
- Do not use unpublished content for your own research or personal advantage.
2) Conflicts of interest
- Decline the review if you have a conflict of interest that could affect impartiality (or be reasonably perceived to).
- Inform the editor immediately if a conflict becomes apparent after you accept the invitation.
3) Objectivity and professionalism
- Provide evidence-based critique of the work, not personal criticism of the authors.
- Be respectful and constructive: aim to improve the manuscript.
- Review within the agreed timeframe or notify the editor promptly if you cannot.
4) Integrity checks reviewers should flag
Alert the editor (confidentially) if you suspect:
- Plagiarism or substantial overlap with published work
- Fabrication/falsification, suspicious statistics, or inconsistent results
- Unethical research practices or missing ethics safeguards (especially with minors/schools)
- Undisclosed conflicts of interest
- Citation manipulation or inappropriate self-citation requests
5) Use of AI tools
- Do not upload manuscripts or your review to public generative AI tools or third-party services that may retain and reuse content, unless explicitly authorised and confidentiality is protected.
- If you use any permitted tools for language support, disclose this to the handling editor if requested.
See the INFEDU AI-assisted editorial screening policy .
Questions or concerns during review? Contact the handling editor via the journal system or email editorial@infedu.lt.