JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH (SOUTH EAST ASIA) - JIRSEA

JIRSEA (Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia) is sponsored by SEAAIR (South East Asian Association for Institutional Research) as an international affiliated organization of AIR (Association for Institutional Research) and has been publishing its journal since 2002.

EDITORIAL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, and PUBLICATION ETHICS

JIRSEA: AIM and PURPOSE

JIRSEA aims to provide an intellectual and academic research platform in Institutional Research and Higher Education teaching, learning & research, teaching technologies and pedagogies, quality assurance and governance practices & protocols for practitioners and academics. It also aims to provide the platform for its ASEAN and Asian + partners to learn, share and strengthen academic exchanges that is boundaryless.

JIRSEA: SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Authors and contributors to the Journal should prepare manuscripts in accordance with these general and COPE Publications Ethics guidelines. These guidelines are designed to standardize the process of preparing the journal for publication. Failure to follow them may result in papers being delayed, and/or rejected.

JIRSEA considers all manuscripts on the condition that

They are original, use non-discriminatory language and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere or published already;
If the manuscript is accepted for publication, copyright is transferred to the Journal.

JIRSEA: PUBLISHING POLICY

JIRSEA is published electronically on a biannual basis with the first issue (No. 1) within a given volume being released in May/June and the second issue (No. 2) in September/October annually. Original research papers about institutional research and tertiary education are invited for publication.

All papers undergo two stages of review with (a) The preliminary review (PR) stage to strengthen or address missing research components, and once it passes this stage, it goes to; (b) The Double-blind (DB) reviews as refereed by two independent persons and evaluated. The manuscript is checked for plagiarism in the PR stage using the Copyleaks. The authors receive a copy of the "Similarity Report" together with the Editor's comments to address the paper requirements before consideration for the DB review. The reviewers' DB review identifies the following:

Significance in contributing new knowledge.
Research Technical Quality with in-depth adequacy addressing key research components of Literature reviews synthesis & analysis, Research model with identified variables/constructs and measures & methodology; statistical analysis & discussions; implications, recommendations & conclusions based on findings and references.
Appropriateness for the Journal with presentation clarity.

More information about JIRSEA EDITORIAL POLICIES & PROCEDURES and PUBLICATION ETHICS

JIRSEA: REPOSITORY POLICY

JIRSEA has a policy allowing authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice.

JIRSEA: PUBLICATION FEES

JIRSEA does not charge any processing and publication fees for all submitted and published manuscripts.

JIRSEA: COPYRIGHTS and LICENSING

All copyrights and licensing of contents published in JIRSEA operate under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Third-party re(usage) is defined by CC BY 4.0. JIRSEA, which has the copyright transferred from authors to JIRSEA, with granted publishing and distribution rights, allows open access and usage rights and sharing of the published article to third parties under the relevant user license (CC BY) to be used for scholarly works without prejudice.

JIRSEA: OPEN ACCESS POLICY

JIRSEA is committed to its Open Access Practices to all parties who wishes to download any of the published papers for academic or scholastics use. All downloads must subscribe to JIRSEA's commitment to intellectual proprietary citations and referencing as per COPE Publication Ethics.

JIRSEA: PUBLICATION ETHICS PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS

JIRSEA has always upheld publishing and reviewing ethics that promotes and practices integrity in scholarly research and its publication. In line with this ethical direction, JIRSEA subscribe to the international COPE Committee on Publication Ethics. To achieve a high-level publication ethics, JIRSEA espouses the 10 COPE Core Practices. When faced with cases of misconduct, the COPE Publication Ethics FLOWCHARTS systematically guides the mitigation processes addressed. JIRSEA Publication Ethics is also guided by the Council of Scientific Editors (2018). Basic Publication Ethics guiding principles that authors/researchers, peer reviewers and editor/editorial board must adhere:

Authors/Researchers

Originality and unpublished manuscripts submissions in partiality or totality.
Unethical submission of same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently and to avoid all types of plagiarism.
Stating conflict of interest clearly and acknowledging data sources, data availability & reproducibility, citations and references used in the manuscript development.
Modifications to manuscript after submission is swiftly communicated to the Editor.

Peer Reviewers

Reviewing and providing constructive comment to all submissions in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of author(s).
Observing policy of non-conflict or competing interest during the review process and maintaining full confidentiality of manuscript and reviewer's status.
Ensuring that manuscript publication acceptance or rejection reasons be clearly and constructively justified and communicated to the Editor.
COPE Code of practices for PEER Reviews as practiced by JIRSEA.

Editor

Fair and unbiased evaluation based on the intellectual context, and content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry nor political values of authors.
Confidentiality of manuscripts and reviewers' status and identity.
Observation of non-conflict of interest and intellectual properties as standard protocol that must be disclosed.
Taking responsibility and accountability for publication decisions for: (a) submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer's evaluation of the manuscript, (b) ethical oversights by editorial board of ethics policies, legal restraints acting against plagiarism, libel, intellectual properties & copyright infringements, complaints & appeals, (c) peer review process and journal management, and (d) post publication discussions & corrections.
COPE Codes of Conduct and Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors as practiced by JIRSEA.

JIRSEA: CONFLICT OF INTEREST

JIRSEA strives to maintain the highest standards of integrity. This is to ensure that the contributors, reviewers, and JIRSEA Editorial Board, and SEAAIR administrators are highly confident of our commitment to JIRSEA publication ethics and avoidance of potential conflicts of interest. In upholding the non-conflict of interest principles, all authors' and reviewers' names & affiliations are kept confidential during submission and reviews processes. All submissions by all potential authors and assignments of reviewers in double-blind reviews are scrutinized by the Editor to avoid country, gender, institutions or disciplines bias and discriminatory practices that are completely avoided. While JIRSEA does not request for "The Author(s) or Reviewer (s) declaration (s) of non-conflict of interest", if there are potential conflicts of interest, we highly encourage each author or reviewer to identify and declare such in their submission(s) or review(s) to avoid any future investigations by JIRSEA. JIRSEA considers that the potential or actual conflict of interest exists when commitments and obligations are likely to be compromised by the nominator(s)' other material interests, or relationships (especially economic), particularly if those interests or commitments are not disclosed. Any conflict of interest issues is dealt with according to JIRSEA subscription to COPE guidelines and practices, and reported to JIRSEA Editorial Board and SEAAIR Executive Committee.

JIRSEA: COMPLAINT PROCESS

All complaints are submitted to the Editor who will address these complaints according to international journal publication practices and according to JIRSEA subscription to COPE guidelines and practices. All major complaints are reported to the JIRSEA Editorial Board and SEAAIR Executive Committee when resolved. The actions and decisions of the Editor about complaints are guided by the JIRSEA Editorial Board and SEAAIR Executive Committee and as publicized on the JIRSEA website.

JIRSEA: ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT

All allegations of misconduct or actual misconduct are submitted or reported to the Editor who will address these allegations or actual misconduct according to international journal publication practices and according to JIRSEA subscription to COPE guidelines and practices. All such allegations or actual misconduct are reported to the JIRSEA Editorial Board and SEAAIR Executive Committee. The actions and decisions of the Editor concerning misconduct are guided by the JIRSEA Editorial Board and SEAAIR Executive Committee and as publicized on the JIRSEA website.

JIRSEA: EDITORIAL TEAM

JIRSEA, being a completely non-funded journal does not maintain an Editorial team. The day-to-day management of JIRSEA like submissions, Preliminary Reviews (PR), Double-Blind (DB) reviews, relationship & communication management with authors and reviewers, context and content updating of the journal website, formatting, and publishing of final JIRSEA Issues are by the voluntary services of the Editor. For the reviews, the reviewers are appointed and assigned by the Editor to the JIRSEA Editorial Team from across the ASEAN, Asia, and Australiasian and US, regions, and are considered the voluntary Editorial Team.

JIRSEA: SUBMISSION OF TYPESCRIPTS

Please ensure that the all submissions follow the JIRSEA guidelines of: (a) paper guidelines; (b) forms and formatting; and (c) citations and referencs. Papers that do not follow the JIRSEA guidelines will not be considered.

SUBMISSIONS

All journal submissions should be made to:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teay Shawyun, Editor of JIRSEA
Email: jerry182122@yahoo.com

Contact Information

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teay Shawyun
C/O Suan Dusit Rajaphat University
295 Nakhon Ratchasima Rd, Dusit, Dusit District,
Bangkok 10300, THAILAND
Email: jerry182122@yahoo.com