Copyright Policy

All the articles published in the Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (JEBS) are open access and the copyright for the articles are retained by the authors. The Copyright Policy elucidates the rights related to publication and circulation of an article. It exemplifies the rules related to the publishing, distributing and using the articles or eBooks by the publisher, authors and the general public/readers. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (JEBS) right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC-BY) 4.0 International, allowing others to share the

Withdrawal Policy

General principle of scholarly communication that the editor of JEBS is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal shall be published according to the journal’s aims & scopes. In making this decision the editor is guided by policies of the journal’s editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. An outcome of this principle is the importance of the scholarly archive as a permanent, historic record of the transactions of scholarship. Articles that have been published shall remain extant, exact and unaltered as far as is possible.

General Instructions

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (JEBS) is a semi-annual international peer-reviewed journal having ISSN: 2346-82 46 (Print) – 2449-2426 (Online). It has been published in the months of December and June every year since 2015. Papers for the regular issues of the journal can be submitted year-round electronically through an online submission system. The paper is published online and printed version after the final acceptance of the paper, based upon the detailed review process. Specific Volume / Issue and Doi number of the paper to will be taken up by the Editorial Board, and the author will be

Guidelines of Ethics

The Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (JEBS) is committed to the highest ethics standards. All authors, reviewers, and editors are required to follow the following ethical principles. In case of any doubts do not hesitate to contact the editors of the JEBS (jebs@ibsu.edu.ge). The editors have the following responsibilities: The editor(s) should acknowledge receipt of submitted manuscripts within two working days of receipt and ensure an efficient, fair, and timely review process. The editor(s) clearly identify manuscripts that are fully with the scope and aim of JEBS. The editor(s) should treat all submissions fairly without any favour of

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards: Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Data Access and Retention: Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data and should in any event be prepared to retain such

Review Process

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region (JEBS) shall not accept or publish manuscripts without prior peer review. There shall be a review process of manuscripts by two independent referees who are conversant in the relevant subject area. Authors should strive for maximum clarity of expression, bearing in mind that the purpose of publication is the disclosure of technical knowledge and that an excessively complex or poorly written presentation can only obscure the significance of the work presented. Material which is not essential to the continuity of the text (e.g., proofs, derivations, or calculations) be placed in Appendices. The editor(s)

Plagiarism Policy

Up to this moment; 15% from the articles/papers submitted to the JEBS journal will be checked using the iThenticate or IBSU plagiarism checking program plagiarism detection software. Plagiarism if detected or reported at any stage will be investigated and will be treated based on the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts that can be downloaded from the following link (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The JEBS journal follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts that can be downloaded from the following link (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). Kindly pay attention to the following charts within the COPE link: What to do if you