CAET Journal
Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (CAET) is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity, transparency, accountability, and ethical responsibility in scholarly publishing.
The journal follows internationally recognized principles of publication ethics, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
CAET expects authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher to uphold ethical standards appropriate to their responsibilities and the nature of the work.
The journal recognizes the methodological and cultural diversity of research and scholarship in creative arts therapies, arts education, arts in health, embodied inquiry, artistic practice, and community engagement. Ethical standards must be applied with sensitivity to disciplinary, cultural, and methodological contexts without compromising research integrity or participant protection.
For detailed guidance, please refer to:
Authorship must accurately reflect substantial intellectual, scholarly, artistic, methodological, or practice-based contributions to the submitted work.
All listed authors must:
Individuals who contribute to a project but do not meet these criteria should be appropriately acknowledged, with their permission.
The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that:
The corresponding author serves as the primary contact with CAET throughout the submission, review, publication, and post-publication processes.
Any addition, removal, or reordering of authors after submission must be justified and approved in writing by all affected authors.
Such changes require editorial approval. Changes after publication will be considered in accordance with the journal's post-publication policies.
CAET does not permit honorary, guest, gift, or ghost authorship.
Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Their use must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI Usage Policy.
Authorship disputes should ordinarily be resolved among the contributors or through their institutions.
CAET may request supporting documentation and suspend editorial consideration until the matter is satisfactorily resolved. The journal may consult relevant COPE guidance when addressing such disputes.
CAET encourages authors of multi-author manuscripts to provide a statement describing individual contributions. The journal may request such a statement where clarification is necessary.
CAET recognizes that many submissions involve work with individuals, groups, or communities in therapeutic, educational, artistic, community-based, or participatory contexts.
Authors must ensure that all work involving human participants is conducted in accordance with appropriate ethical standards, applicable regulations, and professional responsibilities.
Where applicable, authors must:
CAET recognizes that some forms of scholarship, including reflective practice, autoethnography, arts-based inquiry, embodied research, and community-based work, may not require formal ethical review.
Where formal approval is not required, authors must explain the basis for this determination and demonstrate appropriate ethical safeguards. Researchers should not assume that arts-based or practice-based research is automatically exempt from ethical review.
Manuscripts involving human participants must report relevant ethical considerations, consent procedures, ethical approval information, and publication permissions.
CAET recognizes that arts-based, embodied, participatory, and community-engaged methodologies may involve ethical considerations extending beyond conventional research frameworks.
Authors should address, where relevant:
Research methods and dissemination practices must respect the dignity, rights, and creative contributions of participants.
Authors are responsible for obtaining appropriate permissions for the publication of artworks, photographs, illustrations, video stills, movement documentation, performances, recordings, and other creative materials.
All creative materials must be appropriately credited, including relevant information about their creators, copyright holders, and sources.
Where individuals may be identifiable, appropriate consent for publication must be obtained.
Consent to participate in research does not automatically constitute consent to publish identifiable information or creative materials.
Authors must ensure compliance with applicable copyright, intellectual property, privacy, and ethical requirements.
CAET encourages respectful and culturally responsive engagement with individuals, groups, and communities.
Authors should consider representation, reciprocity, power dynamics, cultural ownership, community participation, and responsible dissemination of knowledge and creative outputs.
Where relevant, researchers should explain how community perspectives, cultural practices, and participant interests have informed the research process and presentation of findings.
CAET is committed to protecting the rights, dignity, safety, privacy, and well-being of all research participants, particularly children and individuals who may experience increased vulnerability due to age, health conditions, disability, trauma, social circumstances, or unequal power relationships.
Vulnerability must be assessed in relation to the research context rather than assumed solely on the basis of membership in a particular population.
Research involving children or vulnerable populations must undergo appropriate ethical review and approval where required by applicable regulations and institutional policies.
Where formal ethical approval is not required or is unavailable, authors must provide a clear explanation of the applicable requirements, the basis for proceeding, and the safeguards implemented.
The journal may request supporting documentation.
Participation must be voluntary and based on appropriate informed consent procedures.
For children, consent must be obtained from a parent or legally authorized guardian where required, together with age-appropriate assent from the child whenever possible.
For participants with limited decision-making capacity, consent must be obtained in accordance with applicable legal and ethical requirements while respecting the individual's preferences and ability to participate in decisions.
Researchers must ensure that participants are not subjected to coercion or undue influence and understand their right to withdraw without penalty, subject to any clearly explained limitations.
Researchers must take reasonable measures to minimize physical, psychological, emotional, social, and cultural risks.
Particular attention must be given to:
Authors must protect participants' identities and personal information, particularly when presenting photographs, videos, movement recordings, artwork, personal narratives, or other potentially identifiable materials.
Explicit permission for publication must be obtained where individuals or their creative works may be identifiable.
For minors, appropriate permission from parents or legally authorized representatives and age-appropriate assent should be obtained in accordance with applicable requirements.
Research involving creative arts therapies, arts education, arts in health, and community-based artistic practice may raise additional ethical considerations concerning embodied expression, emotional disclosure, artistic ownership, cultural representation, and professional boundaries.
Authors must demonstrate sensitivity to these considerations and respect participants' autonomy, dignity, cultural contexts, and creative contributions.
Manuscripts involving children or vulnerable populations must include an ethics statement specifying, as applicable:
CAET may request additional ethical documentation or clarification and may reject manuscripts that do not demonstrate adequate protection of participants' rights and well-being.
CAET requires all submitted work to be original, accurately represented, and appropriately attributed.
The journal does not tolerate:
Manuscripts must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal or substantially duplicate previously published scholarly work without appropriate disclosure and editorial consideration.
Preprints, theses, dissertations, conference materials, and related prior outputs must be disclosed where relevant.
Manuscripts derived from theses or dissertations must be substantially adapted to meet CAET's scholarly publication standards and comply with the journal's Author Guidelines.
Where credible concerns arise, CAET may request explanations or supporting documentation, consult relevant institutions or independent experts, and follow applicable COPE guidance.
Depending on the circumstances, editorial action may include rejection, suspension of review, correction, expression of concern, or retraction.
All participants in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, and editors, must disclose potential conflicts of interest that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, their work or decisions.
Authors must disclose relevant financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships, including:
All sources of financial and material support must be acknowledged. Where relevant, authors should describe the role of funders in the research and publication process.
Reviewers must declare potential conflicts before accepting a review invitation and decline or withdraw where impartiality could reasonably be compromised.
Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists.
An alternative qualified editor should be assigned where necessary.
Disclosed conflicts will be assessed and managed appropriately. Failure to disclose relevant conflicts may result in editorial action, including correction or retraction where warranted.
Authors must disclose substantive use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in manuscript preparation, data analysis, image generation, or other aspects of the research and publication process.
Disclosures should identify the tools used and explain their purpose where relevant.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for scholarly work.
Human authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, confidentiality, and ethical compliance of all submitted content.
AI-generated or AI-modified materials must not misrepresent research evidence or findings.
Editors and reviewers must protect manuscript confidentiality and must not disclose unpublished or confidential material through AI systems in ways that compromise confidentiality, intellectual property, or data protection.
CAET is committed to protecting confidential information throughout the research and publication process.
Authors must ensure that personal information, clinical materials, research records, and creative works are handled in accordance with applicable ethical, legal, and professional requirements.
Particular care is required when publishing clinical case material, personal narratives, photographs, videos, movement documentation, artworks, or recordings.
Identifiable information must not be published without appropriate permission or another valid ethical and legal basis.
All third-party copyrighted materials must be properly acknowledged and accompanied by the necessary permissions.
For further information, please consult CAET's Copyright & Permissions Policy.
Editors are responsible for:
Editorial decisions must not be improperly influenced by commercial, institutional, or personal interests.
Reviewers are expected to:
CAET operates a double-blind peer review process as described in its published editorial procedures.
Manipulation of peer review, including fabricated reviewer identities, fraudulent reviews, or inappropriate interference with editorial decisions, is prohibited.
For further information, consult the CAET Peer Review Process.
CAET is committed to maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and transparency of the scholarly record.
The journal has established procedures for addressing post-publication issues, including corrections (errata and corrigenda), expressions of concern, retractions, article withdrawal or removal, and the preservation of published records.
These procedures follow relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and aim to ensure that post-publication concerns are handled fairly, transparently, and responsibly.
For detailed procedures, please refer to CAET's Post-Publication Policies.
CAET welcomes legitimate concerns regarding publication ethics, editorial conduct, peer review, authorship, research integrity, and published content.
Complaints should be submitted to the CAET Editorial Office with sufficient information and supporting documentation.
Complaints will be assessed fairly, impartially, confidentially where appropriate, and without unnecessary delay.
Where a complaint involves an editor or another individual responsible for handling the matter, it should be referred to an appropriate independent editorial or publishing representative.
Authors may appeal editorial decisions by providing a reasoned explanation of the grounds for reconsideration.
Appeals will be reviewed according to the journal's editorial procedures and do not guarantee a change in decision.
Where appropriate, CAET may request supporting information, consult relevant institutions or independent experts, and follow COPE guidance.
Concerns involving already published articles will be addressed in accordance with the journal's Post-Publication Policies.
All authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts comply with this policy and applicable ethical, legal, institutional, and professional requirements.
CAET reserves the right to request ethical approval documentation, consent records, authorship confirmations, research data, or other supporting information where reasonably necessary to assess compliance, subject to confidentiality and data protection requirements.
Failure to comply may result in rejection, suspension of editorial consideration, or appropriate post-publication action.
These policies apply to all relevant submissions, including research articles, practice-based contributions, arts-based scholarship, clinical perspectives, and other published scholarly works.
For inquiries, complaints, or concerns regarding publication ethics and research integrity, please contact:
CAET Editorial Office
Email: caet.journal@inspirees.com
Publisher: Inspirees Publishing | Inspirees International B.V.
ISSN 2451-876X
Creative Arts in Education and Therapy
