Ethical Issues

In the educational sciences and other fields, such as medicine, researchers must comply with ethical rules while using human subjects, working with vulnerable populations, or handling confidential data.  The moral principles and standards that will guide the authors submitting their manuscripts to SCIS are detailed in the Research and Publication Ethics Policy. Please carefully read and strictly comply with these principles and standards and the explanations below. 

Informed Consent of Participants
Informed consent refers to the ethical principle that participation should be voluntary, with a clear understanding of the study's purpose and procedures. Researchers should provide participants with clear, understandable and sufficiently comprehensive information about the purpose and scope of the research, how the data will be used, the dissemination of results, and the potential risks and benefits. Participants have the right to withdraw at any stage of the research. Participants should be clearly informed about this. In studies involving children, informed consent should be obtained from a parent or a legally authorised guardian. 

Informed consent can be obtained in written or oral form. However, written permission is mandatory if the study involves personally identifiable information such as photographs or names. In necessary cases, the participants ' informed consent forms may be requested by the SCIS editors. 

In the manuscript submitted to the SCIS, the authors should provide clear information on how the informed consent of participants was obtained. For detailed information about informed consent, please look at the Publication Ethics Policy.

Confidentiality and Anonymity of Participants 
Maintaining the anonymity of research participants during the dissemination of findings must be the standard practice. Researchers should not reveal any confidential and personally identifiable information about participants in the manuscripts submitted to JCRS unless necessary. In the case of using photographs, names or other identifiable information required in the manuscript, researchers must have clearly informed the participants about this and obtained written consent.

Any personally identifiable information about child participants (individuals under the age of 18) should not be revealed in any way. If child participant photos are used in manuscripts submitted to SCIS, their faces must be properly blurred to ensure anonymity. For detailed information about the confidentiality and anonymity of participants, please take a look at the Publication Ethics Policy.