Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Preparing Original, Rigorous and Ethically Responsible Research in Teacher Education and Pedagogy

GUIDANCE FOR AUTHORS

MANUSCRIPT JOURNEY

Teacher Education as the Primary Scholarly Identity

Before submission, authors should ensure that their manuscript is consistent with the aims and research priorities of TEIJPR. The journal's principal academic identity is centred on Teacher Education, supported by pedagogical research and emerging or future-oriented approaches to teaching and learning.

Manuscripts may address areas such as teacher preparation, teacher professional development, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational technology, artificial intelligence, inclusive education, assessment, educational psychology, subject-specific pedagogy, leadership, educational policy, Indian Knowledge Systems and related research.

A manuscript may be returned without external review where it is clearly outside the journal's scholarly scope or does not demonstrate sufficient relevance to teacher education, pedagogy or connected educational research.

A submitted manuscript should represent original scholarly work and should not contain substantial unattributed material taken from another source or from the authors' own previously published work.

The manuscript should not ordinarily be under active consideration by another journal or publisher at the same time. Authors are responsible for informing the editorial office of relevant earlier versions, related publications or other circumstances that could affect evaluation of originality or duplicate publication.

All quotations, ideas, data, figures, tables, instruments and other material obtained from external sources should be properly acknowledged and, where legally required, reproduced with appropriate permission.

SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS

Original Research Articles Theoretical Papers Conceptual Papers Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses Action Research Design-Based Research Mixed-Method Studies Case Studies Comparative Studies

Recommended Structure of a Research Article

The exact organisation may vary according to the nature of the manuscript and research methodology. A conventional empirical research paper will normally contain the following elements:

Conceptual, theoretical, review and critical manuscripts need not follow the same structure as empirical studies. Their organisation should instead reflect the logic of the scholarly argument and the conventions appropriate to the type of contribution.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should describe their search, selection, inclusion, exclusion and analytical procedures with sufficient transparency for readers and reviewers to understand how the evidence base was constructed.

Conceptual and theoretical papers should offer more than a summary of existing literature; they should provide a clear intellectual contribution, such as a new framework, interpretation, synthesis, critique or direction for research and practice.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Improving Discoverability and Scholarly Clarity

The title should accurately communicate the central topic of the manuscript and should avoid unnecessary complexity or exaggerated claims.

The abstract should function as an accurate summary of the manuscript rather than as a general introduction to the topic. For empirical research, it should ordinarily indicate the research purpose, methodology, principal findings and key implications.

Keywords should be specific enough to represent the manuscript's principal themes and may include terms relating to teacher education, pedagogy, research population, subject area, methodology or educational context.

Responsible Attribution of Authorship

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research, analysis, interpretation or preparation of the manuscript.

All listed authors should approve the final manuscript, agree to its submission and accept appropriate responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the work.

Gift authorship, honorary authorship, guest authorship and ghost authorship are inappropriate. Individuals who provided limited administrative, technical, financial or general assistance may be acknowledged where appropriate instead of being listed as authors.

Any request to add, remove or rearrange authors after submission should be explained transparently and may be subject to editorial review and agreement from relevant contributors.

Plagiarism, including direct copying, inappropriate paraphrasing, unattributed translation, data plagiarism, image plagiarism and substantial intellectual appropriation without acknowledgement, is inconsistent with responsible scholarly publication.

Authors should also avoid substantial undisclosed reuse of their own previously published material. Relevant previous publications should be acknowledged where appropriate.

Submitted manuscripts may be examined using similarity-detection tools together with editorial review. A numerical similarity score alone does not establish plagiarism; the context and nature of matched material require academic assessment.

Authors remain responsible for checking originality, attribution and references before submission rather than relying solely on software-generated reports.

Responsible Human Oversight

Artificial-intelligence tools may support limited scholarly tasks under appropriate human supervision, but they must not replace original intellectual contribution, critical reasoning, independent interpretation, methodological judgement or author responsibility.

Artificial-intelligence systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because authorship requires responsibility and accountability for the published work.

Where generative artificial intelligence has been materially used in preparing or substantially revising manuscript text, analysis, code, translation, images or other scholarly content, authors should disclose the nature and purpose of such use.

Authors must independently verify AI-assisted content, including references, quotations, factual statements, calculations and interpretations. Fabricated references, invented data and misleading AI-generated evidence are unacceptable.

SUGGESTED DISCLOSURE

“The authors used [name of AI tool] for [specific purpose]. All AI-assisted material was independently reviewed, verified and revised by the authors, who accept full responsibility for the originality, accuracy and integrity of the final manuscript.”

Educational research may involve teachers, student teachers, school students, college students, educational administrators, parents or other human participants. Authors should conduct such research in accordance with relevant ethical, institutional and legal requirements.

Ethical approval, informed consent or other permissions should be obtained where required, and relevant information should be reported in the manuscript when appropriate.

Particular care should be taken to protect children, vulnerable participants and individuals whose personal or educational information could make them identifiable.

Privacy, confidentiality, dignity, voluntary participation and appropriate data protection should be respected throughout the research and publication process.

Research data, survey responses, interview material, classroom observations, experimental findings, statistical results and other evidence should be collected, analysed and reported honestly.

Fabrication of participants, responses, observations, findings or other research material is unacceptable. Data or results should not be manipulated, omitted or selectively represented in a manner that materially misleads readers.

Authors may be asked to provide reasonable clarification or supporting documentation where significant questions regarding research integrity arise.

Tables and figures should contribute meaningfully to the manuscript and should not unnecessarily duplicate information already explained clearly in the text.

Each table and figure should be numbered consistently, provided with an informative title or caption and referred to appropriately within the manuscript.

The source of adapted or reproduced material should be acknowledged. Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permission where such permission is required.

Images or visual evidence should not be altered in a manner that misrepresents research findings or creates misleading scholarly evidence.

Authors should disclose financial, professional, institutional, personal or other relationships that could reasonably influence, or appear to influence, the conduct, interpretation or presentation of the research.

The existence of a competing interest does not necessarily prevent publication; transparent disclosure enables editors and readers to evaluate the research with appropriate context.

Authors are responsible for ensuring lawful and appropriate use of copyrighted, proprietary or third-party material included in a manuscript.

Where permission is required to reproduce figures, photographs, instruments, tables, substantial quotations or other protected content, authors should secure the necessary permission before publication.

Citation of a source does not automatically substitute for obtaining copyright permission where permission is legally required.

Submitting through the Journal System

Authors should submit manuscripts through the journal's prescribed online submission system and provide the metadata and information requested during the submission process.

The submission should include the complete manuscript file and any supplementary files, declarations, figures or supporting documents required for appropriate editorial assessment.

Authors should verify carefully that names, affiliations, email addresses, manuscript title, abstract, keywords and other submission metadata correspond accurately with the manuscript.

Manuscripts considered suitable after preliminary editorial screening may be forwarded for independent scholarly peer review by reviewers with relevant academic or methodological expertise.

Reviewers may assess originality, relevance, theoretical foundations, methodology, findings, analysis, ethical integrity, clarity and contribution to teacher education or pedagogical scholarship.

Reviewer recommendations provide important scholarly advice but remain advisory. The final editorial decision is made by the responsible editor or authorised editorial team after consideration of the manuscript and relevant review reports.

Responding to Reviewer and Editorial Comments

Where revision is requested, authors should carefully consider the comments provided by reviewers and editors and revise the manuscript accordingly.

Authors should normally provide a clear point-by-point response explaining how substantive comments were addressed and identifying relevant changes in the revised manuscript.

Authors may respectfully disagree with a particular recommendation where they provide an academically reasoned explanation. Revision does not automatically guarantee acceptance.

A revised manuscript may be returned for further peer review where additional expert evaluation is considered necessary.

EDITORIAL OUTCOMES

Following acceptance, authors may be asked to provide a final corrected manuscript and complete relevant publication declarations or documentation required by the journal.

The accepted manuscript may undergo editorial preparation, formatting, metadata checks and proofreading before publication.

Authors should review proofs carefully and identify production errors or necessary corrections. Substantial changes affecting the scholarly content after acceptance may require additional editorial consideration.

Authors who discover a significant error, inaccuracy or ethical concern in their submitted or published article should inform the journal promptly and cooperate with reasonable steps required to maintain the accuracy of the scholarly record.

Depending upon the nature of a post-publication issue, appropriate action may include clarification, correction, an editorial notice or other action consistent with the seriousness and evidence of the matter.

AUTHOR SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

AUTHOR DECLARATION

TEIJPR SCHOLARLY PRIORITY

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Teacher Education

International Journal of Pedagogical Research

TEIJPR

ORIGINALITY  •  TEACHER EDUCATION  •  PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH  •  ACADEMIC INTEGRITY