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- Do not use unpublished content for your own research or personal advantage.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.
Questions or concerns during review? Contact the handling editor via the journal system or email editorial@infedu.lt.