Peer Review Process
All Research articles in JIES go through an initial editor screening followed by a rigorous peer review by three referees two local +one foreigner to determine suitability of paper for publication. The process of submission, editing, referring, review and correspondence with authors is through email. JIES adopted and strictly followed the HEC ethical policy of publications.

Ownership and Management
Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Department of Secondary Education.

Governing Body
Dr. Huma Lodhi, Assistant Professor, STEM, Division of Education, Lahore.
• Dr. Fakhra Aziz, Associate Professor, STEM, Faculty of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
• Dr. Muhammad Saeed, Professor & Director QEC, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
• Dr. Muhammad Ayaz, Associate Professor, Director, Division of Education, UE.
• Prof. Dr. Rizwan Akram Rana, Department of Education, University of Lahore.
• Dr. Rob Sumowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, The John H. Lounsbury, College of Education.
• Dr. Sumreen Asim, Assistant Professor, Elementary Science and Technology Education, Indiana University Southeast.
• Dr. Jamini Kant Mahato, SLADS, Jamini Kant Satellite Educational Group.
• Yi Huang, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, and Education, Coppin State University.
• Dr. Ayaz Naseem, Professor and Director, Department of Education, Concordia University, Canada.
• Donatille Mujawamariya, Professor, Director and Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.
• Dr. Sharifah Norul Akmar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Jill D. Shedd, Assistant Professor, Indiana University, School of Education.
• Prof. Dr. Farkhanda Manzoor, Chairperson, Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
• Dr. Muhammad Azeem, Punjab Examination Commission (PEC), Lahore.
• Dr. Subha Malik, Chairperson, Department of Gender and Development Studies, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
• Prof. Dr. Abid Hussain Ch, Dean, Faculty of Education, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
• Dr. Dr. Muhammad Shahid Farooq, Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
• Dr. Muhammad Sarwar, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Sargodha.

Plagiarism Policy
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Plagiarism is defined as "taking and using the thoughts, writings, and interventions of another person as one's own". As per HEC policy, plagiarism will not be accepted in JIES. Authors must not use the words, figures, or ideas of others without attribution. All sources must be cited at the point they are used, and reuse of wording must be limited and be attributed or quotes in the text. With the submission, the authors must declare the originality of their work, properly citing or copying previous publications. If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected. If the plagiarism is detected after publication, the publisher has the right to issue a correction or retract the paper. Authors are required to submit a report for an index of similarity generated by 'turnitin or any other software according to the guidelines of the Higher Education Commission. All articles submitted to the journal will be subject to plagiarism similarity checking using the Turnitin software. A maximum of 19% similarity index is allowed excluding references. No individual source of similarity should exceed more than 5%.

Originality of Manuscript
JIES accepts original manuscripts with the understanding that:
• The manuscript is not under consideration for publication or published elsewhere.
• The manuscript has not been published previously in whole or part
• JIES discourages the double publication of same conference published paper: however, if extensive improvements are made in theoretical and empirical parts to provide extended findings, implications, and future directions, it may be considered for publication. Conference published abstracts are not regarded as previous work. Extended abstracts to articles are considered for publication in JIES.
• Those who contributed in various capacities are either included as authors or have been duly acknowledged.
• Author(s) will be solely responsible for any plagiarism
• It is highly recommended that author(s) should follow the publication ethics and malpractice policies laid down by American Psychological Association (APA) and Committee on Publication Ethic (COPE).
• In case of any breach of policy and rules are found, the editorial team reserves the right to take legal action/ penalty as decided accordingly.

Author Guidelines
Authors are required to provide an understanding/ declaration stating that the manuscript under consideration contains solely their original work that is not under consideration for publishing in any other journal in any form.
Authors should not submit manuscripts describing essentially the same research to more than one journal or publication. Except it is a re-submission of a rejected or withdrawal manuscript.
Errors and accidental duplicates of other published article(s) or are determined to violate our journal publishing ethics, guidelines in the view of the editors (such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like), maybe “Withdrawal” from JIES.
Redundant publication refers to the situation that one study is split into several parts and submitted to two or more journals. Or the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification. Suspected redundancy will result in rejection of publication. Transparency by the author on the use of previously published work usually provides the necessary information to make an assessment on whether it is deliberate or unintentional.
It authors want to withdraw the article; they should request it from the editor. Request cannot be entertained after completion of the review.

Permission Requirements
As a general rule, permission should be sought from the rights holder to reproduce any substantial part of a copyrighted work. This includes any text, illustrations, charts, tables, photographs, or other material from previously published sources.

Requirement of Consent
The authors would have to declare that informed consent was taken from the participants at the time of data collection.

Copyright and licensing
For Authors
All manuscripts for articles, original research reports, editorials, comments, reviews, book reviews, and letters submitted to the journal must be accompanied by a conflict-of-interest disclosure statement or a declaration by the authors that they do not have any conflicts of interest to declare. All articles published in the journal must be accompanied by this conflict-of-interest disclosure statement that the authors have replied that they have no conflicts of interest to declare. If a journal prints unsigned editorials, it should not have been written by anyone with a conflict of interest. To facilitate this policy, all authors must privately disclose ‘ALL their potential conflicts of interest to the editors of the journal at the time of submission. These include all financial and non-financial interests and relationships with other organizations. Authors should disclose any conflict of interest that may have influenced either the conduct or the presentation of the research to the editors, including but not limited to close relationships with those who might be helped or hurt by the publication, academic interests, and rivalries, and any personal, religious or political convictions relevant to the topic at hand. The authors must include a draft statement that discloses all relevant conflicts of interest and affiliations in the article. The authors may reject reviewer(s) at the time of submission due to any conflict of interest.

For Editors and Reviewers

Editors and reviewers must reject/decline to be involved with a submission when they have a recent/current publication or submission with the author. Share or recently shared affiliations with the author, collaborate, or to have close relations with the author or financial interest/gain, or feel unable to be objective. Editorial staff must not use information gained through working with manuscripts for private gain. Reviewers must declare any remaining interests in the ‘Confidential’ section of the review form, which the editor will consider. Reviewer(s) must declare any conflict of interest which may affect their review work. In cases of conflict of interest, the reviewer(s) are requested to notify the editorial team of their inability to review a particular research paper. Editors and peer reviewers should disclose interests that might appear to affect their ability to present or review work objectively. These might include relevant financial interests or personal, political, or religious interests, detailed descriptions about tasks, and responsibilities of all parties on avoiding and managing COIs.

Authors Fee
Publication charges are 10,000/- as per University Policy after getting category.

Publishing Schedule
Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies (JIES) is a biannual journal that publishes one volume with two issues per annum. The Publication Schedule is
1st issue: October-March
2nd issue: March-October

Decision Regarding Publication

If a submission’s manuscript is considered fit for the journal’s mandate, it will be sent for peer review. After receiving review’s feedback, it will be decided to either accept or reject the manuscript for further process, and the editorial board is under no obligation to justify its decision. This whole process usually takes 2-3 months.

Revenue Sources & Advertising

These will be after getting category.
General Instructions and Formatting

Length of Paper
The paper should not exceed 6000 words (including footnotes and references). aaPaper containing more than 6000 will be returned to the author(s) to abridge.

Language
The manuscript's language must be in English (either American or British standard, but not the mixture of both).

Title Page
The title page is a separate page before the text, It should include the following information.

· Title:
o The title should be concise and informative. Try to avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

• Author(s) name and Affiliation(s)
o Author(s) should indicate the given name and family name. Present the authors affiliations addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in ffront of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliations, including the country name and, if available, the email address and telephone number of each author.
o Author(s) should not mention names and affiliation in the main text of the manuscript

• Corresponding Author
Indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication and also post-publication, ensure that telephone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the email address and the complete postal address.

• Sponsoring Information
o If the research is sponsored or supported by an organization, please indicate it. Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions briefly.

Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, separated by a comma. Author(s) should avoid general and plural terms and multiple concept (avoid, for example, and”, of).

Subdivision of the Articles
Author(s) should subdivide their article into various sections. They may use heading style from APA heading style.

Table and Figures
Author(s) may present tables and figures in line with the text, please note that the article will be published in black and white.

References
References should be up to date. The latest references mean within five years.
Author(s) should fallow the latest edifion of APA style in referencing. Please visit www.apastyle.org to learn more about APA style.

• Citations in the text
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in t list (and vice versa). Avoid citation in the abstract. Unpublished personal communications should not be in the reference list.

Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions briefly.

Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, separated by a comma. Author(s) should avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and, 'of).

Subdivision of the Articles
Author(s) should subdivide their article into various sections. They may use heading style from APA heading style.

Table and Figures
Author(s) may present tables and figures in line with the text. Please note that the article will be published in black and white.

References
References should be up to date. The latest references mean within five years.
Author(s) should follow the latest edition of APA style in referencing. Please visit www.apastyle.org to learn more about APA style.

• Citations in the text

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Avoid citation in the abstract. Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

• Reference List
o References should be arranged according to APA 6 style of referencing.

Examples

Reference to a Journal Publication:

Cheung, J. M. Y. Bartlett. D. J. Armour. C. L. Laba. T. L. & Saini, B. [2018). To drug or not to drug: A qualitative study of patients decision-making processes for managing insomnia. Behavioural Sleep Medicine. 16(1). 1-26. doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1163702

Reference to a Book:

De Vaus, D. A. (2014). Surveys in social research, Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Reference to a Chapter in an Edited Book:

McKenzie. H., Boughton, M., Hayes. L, & Forsyth, 5. (2008), Explaining the complexities and value of nursing practice and knowledge. In I. Morley & M. Crouch (Eds.). Knowledge as value: Illumination through critical prisms (pp. 209-224), Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi. Reference to a Web Source:

• Webpage with author-name

Health Times. (2015). The future of aged care nursing in Australia. Retrieved from https://healthtimes.com.cu/hub/aget-core/2/news/nc1/the-future-of-agged-care-nursing-in-australia/495/ 73

• Webpage without author-name

$250m funding boost for malaria vaccine. (2003), Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-22/250m-funding-boost-for-maio vaccine/1482220