Publisher & Who We Are

PUBLISHER & WHO WE ARE

Pedagogical Perspective (PedPer)

ISSN: 2822-4841 | DOI Prefix: 10.29329

Quick Summary

Pedagogical Perspective (PedPer) (eISSN: 2822-4841) is an international, Türkiye-based, scholar-led academic journal in the field of education. Founded in 2022, the journal is committed to transparent, ethical, and inclusive scholarly publishing and aims to disseminate rigorous educational research to a global readership.

1) Journal Identity

Journal name: Pedagogical Perspective (PedPer)

Online ISSN: 2822-4841

DOI prefix: 10.29329 (via Crossref)

Founded: 2022

Publication frequency: Biannual (March and October)

Language: English

Country: Türkiye

Access model: Diamond Open Access — no APCs, no subscription fees (CC BY 4.0)

Platform: Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Website: pedagogicalperspective.com

2) Diamond Open Access (No Fees)

PedPer follows a Diamond Open Access model: all published content is immediately and permanently available online free of charge to readers. No Article Processing Charges (APCs) or submission fees are requested from authors. The journal’s open access and licensing terms are publicly stated on the journal website to ensure transparency. For full details, see the Open Access Policy and Article Processing Charges (APCs) / Fees pages.

3) Governance: Separation of Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Roles

To strengthen editorial integrity, accountability, and independence, PedPer maintains a clear separation between the Publisher (or Publisher Representative) and the Editor-in-Chief. These roles are held by different, independent individuals with distinct responsibilities:

Publisher / Publisher Representative

Erhan Yaylak, Ordu University, Türkiye

E-mail: erhanyaylak@pedagogicalperspective.com

Responsible for the journal’s administrative and operational functions (e.g., platform management, archiving, workflow support, and sustainability). The Publisher does not participate in editorial decisions regarding acceptance, rejection, or content selection.

Academic profiles: Institutional CV · Google Scholar · ResearchGate

Editor-in-Chief

Emrah Akman, Ordu University, Türkiye

E-mail: editor@pedagogicalperspective.com

Holds full responsibility for the journal’s editorial policy, peer review process, and publication decisions. Editorial decisions are made solely on academic merit, relevance to the journal’s aims and scope, and compliance with publication ethics.

Editorial independence safeguards

This governance structure helps prevent conflicts of interest and provides an additional safeguard for editorial independence, consistent with COPE guidelines and international best practices in scholarly publishing. Specifically:

The Publisher has no authority to influence, override, or reverse editorial decisions;
The Editor-in-Chief operates with full autonomy in all matters relating to manuscript evaluation, peer review, and publication;
Any potential conflict of interest involving either the Publisher or the Editor-in-Chief is managed transparently, in accordance with PedPer’s Conflicts of Interest (COI) Statement;
This separation is publicly documented to ensure accountability and transparency for authors, reviewers, and indexing bodies.

4) Editorial Board

PedPer’s editorial board comprises scholars from multiple countries and institutions, reflecting the journal’s commitment to international and institutional diversity — a key criterion valued by international indexing bodies. The editorial board is responsible for maintaining the journal’s academic standards, guiding scope development, and supporting the peer review process.

The full editorial board, including international advisory board members, section editors, and their institutional affiliations, is publicly listed on the Editorial Team page.

5) Publication Ethics Framework

PedPer’s editorial and publishing practices are guided by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines. The journal maintains publicly documented policies on all aspects of the editorial and publication process, including:

Peer Review Policy (double-blind, ≥2 independent reviewers)
Publication Ethics & Malpractice
Conflicts of Interest (COI) Statement
Open Access Policy and Copyright & License (CC BY 4.0)
Archiving / Preservation Policy (LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, PKP PN)

All policies are freely accessible on the journal website.

6) Signatory Commitments

PedPer is a signatory to the following international initiatives, demonstrating its commitment to ethical and responsible research practices:

Ethical Research Involving Children (ERIC) — Commitment to protecting the rights, welfare, and safety of children in research.
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) — Commitment to fair and responsible research evaluation, avoiding reliance on journal-based metrics as a proxy for research quality.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Publishers Compact — Commitment to promoting the Sustainable Development Goals through publishing practices.

7) Technical Infrastructure

PedPer’s publishing operations are supported by the following infrastructure:

Open Journal Systems (OJS) — the journal’s submission, peer review, and publishing platform, developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP).
Crossref — DOI registration for all published articles, ensuring persistent identification and metadata interoperability (org).
LOCKSS & CLOCKSS — distributed digital preservation networks ensuring long-term access to published content (org, clockss.org).
OAI-PMH — metadata harvesting protocol for libraries and aggregators (OAI endpoint).
Paperpal by Editage — complimentary language proofreading for accepted manuscripts.
iThenticate — plagiarism and similarity screening for all submissions.