Post-publication

The International Journal of Science Education and Cultural Studies encourages constructive scholarly discussion after publication to support research transparency, scientific progress, and the continued evaluation of engineering and technology research.

Purpose and Scope. Post-publication discussion allows readers, researchers, and practitioners to raise substantive questions, provide additional evidence, clarify interpretations, or discuss the methods and conclusions of articles published in International Journal of Science Education and Cultural Studies.

Submission of Comments. Readers wishing to comment on a published article should identify the article concerned and provide a clear, evidence-based explanation of their observations. Comments must be relevant to the research, professionally written, and supported by appropriate references or data where necessary.

Editorial Assessment. The editorial team will assess submitted comments for relevance, scholarly value, factual basis, clarity, and compliance with publication ethics. International Journal of Science Education and Cultural Studies may request revisions, seek independent expert advice, or decline comments that are unsupported, irrelevant, defamatory, or otherwise inconsistent with scholarly standards.

Author Responses. Where appropriate, the original authors may be invited to respond to substantive comments. Authors should address the scientific issues raised in a respectful and evidence-based manner. The journal may publish the comment and response together or provide another appropriate form of scholarly discussion.

Publication and Transparency. Accepted comments and responses may be published as separate contributions or linked to the original article, subject to editorial assessment and the journal's publication procedures. Publication of a comment does not automatically imply that the original article is incorrect.

Research Integrity. Concerns involving possible errors, unreliable findings, research misconduct, or ethical violations will be assessed separately under the journal's relevant publication ethics and correction or retraction procedures. Post-publication discussion must not be used to harass authors or make unsupported allegations. The International Journal of Science Education and Cultural Studies seeks to ensure that post-publication discussion remains constructive, fair, transparent, and focused on improving the scholarly record.