Conference Proceedings

General Guidelines

The following guidelines outline the standards and procedures applied to all manuscripts included in these conference proceedings. These principles ensure the quality, consistency, and integrity of scholarly work published under the International Journal of Educational Contemporary Explorations (IJECE).

  1. Submission Requirements
  • All papers must be original, unpublished, and not under review in other journals or conferences.
  • Manuscripts must follow the conference template and adhere to the required formatting, citation style, and structural guidelines.
  • Submissions must be written in clear academic English and checked for grammatical accuracy.
  1. Review Process
  • All papers undergo an initial editorial screening for relevance, quality, and compliance with submission guidelines.
  • Papers that pass screening undergo a peer review process, which may be single-blind or double-blind depending on the event’s review protocol.
  • Review outcomes include: Accept, Minor Revision, Major Revision, or Reject.
  1. Ethical Standards
  • Authors must ensure that their work complies with recognized research ethics.
  • Studies involving human participants must include ethics approval and informed consent statements when applicable.
  • Plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or any form of academic misconduct is strictly prohibited.
  • All papers are checked for similarity using plagiarism detection tools prior to acceptance.
  1. Formatting and Structure
  • Manuscripts must follow the prescribed conference format, including title, authorship information, abstract, keywords, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and references.
  • Citations and references must conform to APA 7th Edition or the specified citation style for the conference.
  • Tables and figures must be clearly labeled, numbered, and placed within the body of the text.
  1. Presentation Guidelines
  • Accepted papers may be scheduled for oral, poster, or virtual presentation during the conference.
  • Presenters must adhere to the time limits and technical specifications provided in the conference program.
  • At least one author must register and present the paper to ensure inclusion in the official proceedings.
  1. Copyright and Licensing
  • Authors retain copyright to their work.
  • By submitting, authors grant the conference organizers and IJECE the right to publish and distribute the paper as part of the proceedings.
  • Proceedings are published under an open-access license, typically CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, unless otherwise stated.
  1. Archiving and Indexing
  • Proceedings are archived through reputable repositories such as the Internet Archive, ResearchBib, and Harvard Dataverse.
  • DOI registration (via Crossref) ensures long-term discoverability and stable citation links.
  • Published papers may be indexed by databases aligned with the conference’s indexing agreements.
  1. Correspondence
  • All communication regarding submission, review, and publication will be conducted via the email address provided by the Corresponding Author.
  • Authors are responsible for keeping their contact details up to date.