About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Pedagogická orientace is a peer reviewed scholarly journal which aims to support the development of pedagogical thinking. It comprises articles on current issues in theory and practice in education, curriculum and instruction, educational psychology, educational research, educational policy and teacher education. The Journal provides a forum for distinguished authors as well as young researchers from within the Czech Pedagogical Society as well as from outside.

Peer Review Process

Prior to publication, each paper (excluding letters/discussion papers, reports and book reviews) is judged by the Editor and peer-reviewed by two anonymous experts. 

Pedagogická orientace aims at being perceived as a journal with demanding review proceedings. Double-blind peer review is conducted in order to ensure that only papers which meet the formal and content requirements specified by both the Journal and the reviewers are published. These requirements are influenced informally by other authors publishing in the Journal as well as its readers.

After consulting the rest of the editorial team, the editor-in-chief chooses two reviewers, experts in the area tackled by the manuscript, to review the paper. The editorial team purposefully avoid sending papers for reviews to experts who are bound to the author/s of the paper personally or work-wise.  

In case the reviewers do not see eye to eye over a paper, either a third reviewer is approached, or a final conclusion to the review proceedings is made based on the editors’ discussion within the Journal.

In accordance with the views of the peer-reviewers and the editor-in-chief, the final outcome of the review proceedings takes the form of one of the following alternatives:

(a) The paper will be published without alterations.

(b) The paper will be altered prior to publication in compliance with peer-reviewers’ recommendations.

(c) The paper will not be published (in case it is rewritten fundamentally by the author, it will be submitted to another peer review).

 

The review proceedings usually take 8 weeks, starting on the day the author is informed about the commencement of the review proceedings.

 

The author is provided with the (peer) review report. In case the author alters their paper according to the peer review reports, they can respond to the reviews in a covering letter (they can highlight/ explain which observations were accepted, which were not incorporated or which they do not agree with). The formal requirements for the revised manuscripts (i.e. those incorporating reviewers’ observations) remain the same as for the first versions of the submitted manuscripts (e.g. the recommended length of the text).

 

Open Access Policy

Pedagogická orientace is an open-access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.



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Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice

Pedagogická orientace adheres to the Code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors recommended by the Committee for Publication Ethics (COPE), the Ethical Code of the Czech Pedagogical Society and the Ethical Code of the Czech Educational Research Association.

 

The publication ethics are binding to all parties mentioned below. The Editorial Board does not tolerate plagiarism or other unethical behaviour. No manuscript that does not meet the standards will be accepted for publication.

1. Publication and authorship

  • No plagiarism and no fraudulent data will be tolerated by the Journal.
  • The articles must conform to the rules of reports of scientific work. They must include a list of references used and an acknowledgement of any financial support.
  • Only original articles will be published. If any part of the article has been published elsewhere, it must be duly acknowledged.
  • See below for more details.


2. Authors' responsibilities

  • Authors must ensure that they have written an entirely original manuscript. All co-authors of the manuscript must significantly contribute to the reported research.
  • Authors must ensure that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere, is not under consideration, or accepted for publication elsewhere.
  • If authors use previously published materials, they must cite them appropriately. They must present all sources used while working on their manuscripts (list of references, financial support acknowledgement). Where portions of the content overlap with published or submitted content, the authors must acknowledge and cite those sources. They must obtain permission to reproduce any content from other sources.
  • Authors must notify the Editorial Board if they are aware of any conflicts of interest.
  • Authors must maintain accurate records of data associated with their submitted manuscript and supply or provide access to these data on reasonable request. They must confirm that all data in the manuscript is real and authentic.
  • Authors must notify immediately the journal editor if a significant error in their publication is identified and cooperate with the editor to publish an erratum, corrigendum or addendum or to retract the paper if necessary.
  • Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process if they are asked by the journal editor.
  • Authors must notify immediately the journal editor if a significant error or inaccuracy in their publication is identified. It is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to publish an erratum, corrigendum or addendum or to retract the paper if necessary.


3. Peer review / responsibilities of the reviewers

  • Reviewers shall contribute to the decision-making process and assist in improving the quality of the published paper by reviewing the manuscript objectively, in a timely manner.
  • Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of any information supplied by the editor or author and must not retain or copy the manuscript.
  • Reviewers should point out relevant published work which is not yet cited and alert the editor to any published or submitted content that is substantially similar to that under review.
  • Reviewers should be aware of any potential conflicts of interest (financial, institutional, collaborative or other relationships between the reviewer and author) and alert the editor to these, if necessary, withdrawing their services for the manuscript.


4. Editorial responsibilities

  • Editors should strive to ensure that peer review is fair, unbiased and timely.
  • Editors must act in a balanced, objective and fair way, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors. They must not have any conflict of interest with respect to articles they are responsible for.
  • Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article on objective grounds, that is, on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the remit of the journal.
  • Editors must ensure that all published reports and reviews of research have been reviewed by suitably qualified reviewers
  • Editors must handle submissions in such a way that articles are considered and accepted solely on their academic merit and without commercial influence.
  • Editors must adopt and follow reasonable procedures in the event of complaints of an ethical or conflict nature. They must give authors a reasonable opportunity to respond to any complaints. All complaints should be investigated, no matter when the original publication was approved. Documentation associated with any such complaints should be retained.
  • Editors must preserve the anonymity of reviewers.
  • Editors promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found.


5. Publishing ethics issues

  • The Editorial Board ensure that good practice is maintained to the standards outlined above. They guard the content of the journal against any plagiarism or fraudulent data.
  • They strive to maintain the integrity of the academic record.
  • They always put intellectual and ethical standards above any business needs.
  • They are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.


 

Dealing with unethical behaviour:
 

Misconduct and unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time by anyone who is to provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations should be taken seriously and treated in the same way until a successful decision is reached. Evidence should be gathered while avoiding spreading any allegations beyond those who need to know.
Minor misconduct might be dealt with without the need to consult more widely. In any event, the author should be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

Editors will follow the COPE flowcharts where applicable.
 

Outcomes (in increasing order of severity; may be applied separately or in conjunction):

  • Informing or educating the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards.
  • A more strongly worded letter to the author or reviewer covering the misconduct and as a warning to future behaviour.
  • Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct.
  • Publication of an editorial detailing the misconduct.
  • A formal letter to the head of the author’s or reviewer’s department or funding agency.
  • Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal, in conjunction with informing the head of the author's or reviewer’s department, Abstracting & Indexing services and the readership of the publication.
  • The imposition of a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.
  • Reporting the case and outcome to a professional organisation or higher authority for further investigation and action.



Sources of this document:
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics): Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors

Elsevier’s Publishing Ethics Resource Kit

Cambridge Journals Ethical Standards

 

 

 

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The price of an advertisement is 8 000 CZK per printed page. By agreement, it is possible to print an advertisement to a greater or smaller extent. In such cases, the price corresponds to the extent of the advertisement.  

 

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Publication fees

Pedagogická orientace does not charge any handling fees, publication fees or similar from the authors' or authors' institutions. 

 

Sponsors

Pedagogicka orientace/Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society is published by the Czech Pedagogical Society in cooperation with Masaryk University.

Journal History

In May 1967, the first issue of the Journal was published by a group of predominantly Moravian pedagogues aiming at contributing to the free development of pedagogical thinking as well as an opportunity for friendly exchanges of ideas without censorship or conformance to official mainstream while yet backed up by distinguished experts. Five issues were published before communist Normalisation censorship was reinstated, and established “truths” were conformably reiterated again.

In 1991, Pedagogická orientace was revived and Issue 1 was published again with Stanislava Kučerová as its editor-in-chief. The period between 1991–2005 was surveyed in a study by Jiří Zounek and Petr Jedlička in a monothematic issue dedicated to the history of CPS (Czech Pedagogical Society).

In 1996, the Journal was assigned an ISSN (1211-4669) and was published quarterly with Zdeňka Veselá as editor-in-chief.

In 2001, an editorial board was established in addition to an existing editorial team with Vlastimil Švec as its director. In 2006, Tomáš Janík became the editor-in-chief while Petr Franiok was the director of the editorial board. He was replaced by Petr Byčkovský (2009) and Tomáš Čech (2010).

In 2011, the positions of an editor-in-chief and a director of the editorial board were consolidated into one. 

Editors-in-chief:

In 2013-2015, Pedagogická orientace was published bimonthly with the sixth issue of each year in English.

Since 2016, Pedagogická orientace has been published quarterly.