Author License Policy
Authors grant the National Association of Special Education (Malaysia) an exclusive license to publish their original research papers, and to reproduce, recreate, extract and distribute worldwide in various languages, forms, formats and media. However, the authors can make certain uses of their work for educational purposes (such as presentations, dissertations, lecture notes, etc.) and/or for further dissemination (such as authors’ personal and institution websites and databases, etc.), so long as not for commercial purposes, without first requiring permission from the association. 

Research Misconduct
Copying, stealing, or manipulating intellectual properties of another person constitute acts of plagiarism whereas fabrication and falsification are considered fraud or research misconduct. It is incumbent on all authors to refrain from acts of plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification associated with the submitted manuscript.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publications
In the case of authors using published figures, data and/or copyrighted materials in the submitted manuscript, it is the responsibility of authors and corresponding authors to:
a) acknowledge the sources in the manuscript;
b) obtain permission from the original publisher; and
c) cite the original article and acknowledge the duplication in the figure/table caption.

Upon submission of the manuscript, the author(s) must confirm and agree that no similar work has been or will be submitted or published elsewhere in any language.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors are expected to disclose any conflict of interest during submission of their manuscripts. 

Article Retraction or Correction
It is the responsibility of the authors to promptly report to the Chief Editors if significant errors or inaccuracy have been identified in their published articles. The Chief Editors will decide to retract or to notify the authors to make necessary correction of the article in the form of an erratum (see Section 4.0 for details).

Confidential process
All the communication between the authors and the journal must be treated as confidential, including email communication, reviewers’ reports, etc. Authors is restricted from posting any confidential materials on any website or published materials, without prior permission from the journal, regardless if the submission is published or rejected.

References:
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (2016). Code of Conduct. Available at: https://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct