Scope of the Journal

JADEP  invites a range of contributions on practices in art and design education and related fields, which emerge from teaching, studio, and other forms and contexts of creative inquiry. Moreover, it provides a forum for questioning and evaluating current and past art and design education in South Asia. JADEP’s scope includes policy, advocacy, formal and informal learning, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, assessment, aesthetics, art practice, art history and criticism, human development, educational administration, and the sociology of education within the broader context of arts education.

Particular emphasis is placed on educational contexts and issues across a diverse range of age, gender, and social backgrounds.

The upcoming issue of the Journal of Art and Design Education, Pakistan, JADEP is accepting submissions in the following categories: Visual Essays, Longform Essays, Visual Maps, Diagrams, and Guides, and Marginalia.

Who Can Apply?

Art and design practitioners and educators are welcome to apply.

Applications from writers rooted in the documentation of regional theater, instrumental music, visual arts, archives and museums, literary and cultural history, craft practices, art and design history, education and criticism, and folklore will also be considered for review.

Authors are expected to read our Editorial Guidelines for writing, structuring, and formatting their abstracts and full-texts across thematic areas and submission categories. Additionally, authors and reviewers are encouraged to recall the Peer-review Protocol, Image Guidelines, and Institutional Policy regarding the Use of AI within research contexts.

What to expect from the initial review?

Submissions to the Journal are preliminarily assessed for originality, adherence to author guidelines, relevance to journal scope, and grammatically accurate use of language. In this regard, please note that the suitability of manuscripts for peer-review requires that corrections and refinements be made to drafts, before they are sent forth for expert opinion. Therefore, once JADEP’s editorial screening is complete, authors will be notified of the necessary changes (if any) to be incorporated within their drafts within one to two months. When corrections have been made, drafts will be sent out for reviews, and authors will be informed about further proceedings.

Areas of Editorial Discretion:  The institutional review board will screen all submissions and shortlisted abstracts and essays through all stages of review, and has the sole discretion to edit, reject, or retract articles at any stage of the process if any submission is found to be inconsistent with the stated editorial standards and publication policies.

Please note that acceptance of the abstract does not constitute a guarantee of publication.

Each one of JADEP’s issues will contain limited articles. If upon the completion of the peer-review process, a peer-reviewed manuscript has been revised by the author and shortlisted for publication, there is no guarantee that it will qualify for the inaugural issue, until authors receive a formal acceptance email from JADEP. Editorial decisions will be regarded as final in this respect.

We intend that texts comprising the issue do not use dubious or offensive statements, which can potentially scandalize the personal, racial, ethnic, socio-cultural, political, and/or religious integrity of individuals, organizations or institutions.

During our reviews, we therefore pinpoint opinion-based statements in essays and manuscripts, which have not been substantiated using thorough citations. Furthermore, inefficient statements, inflated claims and exaggerated scenarios, contextually loose, and blanket statements when recalling a historical event, personality, or situation, and/or poorly cited material, which may compromise the academic quality of text may likewise be identified, edited for clarity, or in rare cases, removed altogether.

Structural Guidelines

Authors and reviewers are requested to be cognizant of the following structural and methodological concerns.

Study Corroborated by relevant literature: Essays/studies/inquiries that lack grounding in previously published and discoursed material within the same or similar disciplines will not be considered.

Writing/treatment of subject matter: Approaches that reflect lived and embodied experiences with the rigor of methodical questioning, demonstrating knowledge of local contexts and broader themes of teaching, learning, inquisiting, documenting, within Pakistan, broadly South Asia are invited.

Academic writing can take as many forms as one gives it. The baseline is a structure that is self-aware – knows yet also recognizes what it does not know.

We appreciate writing that constructs a line of reasoning that can be traced back to its sources – ethnographic, archival, textual (image or word), discursive, or otherwise.

Methodology: Can be covert and implied: we encourage designing a methodology rooted in regional contexts that may respond to either a particular or various issues and methodological faultlines within the discipline/area of study simultaneously.

Defining the area of work: Identify and explain the scope and level of intervention within an area that is an active field of contestation and emerging interpretations or one that can be reframed with shifting dimensions within the field.

Statement of Intent: A statement or set of statements that constitute a decisive remark, a definitive interpretation of the phenomenon at hand

Bibliography: A list of all sources (books, journals, magazine articles, films, documentaries, curricula and curricular resources, archives and databases, other textual references). Cite using Chicago 17th Edition.

Submission Format/Template

All full-text submissions, regardless of the category, will comprise the following components.

• Proposed Title (12 - 15 words)
• Manuscript Category Information
• Separate word file containing author/s bio (70 - 100words) and the corresponding author’s email address
• High resolution JPEG file of the author(s) headshot
• Separate cover page with proposed title, name of author and institutional affiliation (if any)
• Abstract (150 - 200 words), followed by 6 – 8 keywords
• Full Paper (Qualitative requirements for each category differ)
• Images (if any) as high resolution JPEGs, as separate files. Image title, image detail (if any) and image courtesy/ credits information to be attached with each image.
• Bibliography

Supplemental Materials, if any

Category Information

Submissions are invited in the following categories:

• Visual Essays and Longform Essays (1800 to 3500 words)
• Visual Maps, Diagrams, Guides, and Marginalia (2000 to 2500 words, Experimental)

Images (5 to 7) with each category be shared as high resolution JPEGs, as separate files. Image title, image detail (if any), and image courtesy/credits information may likewise be attached with each image. The format for image captions and citations should be consistent with Chicago 17th Edition. Kindly refer to our Image Guidelines for details.

Visual Essays and Longform Essays

Submissions in the categories Visual Essays and Longform essays can be accompanied by 5 to 7 high-resolution (300 dpi) images. Kindly refer to our Image Guidelines for further information.

Both Longform and Visual Essays must contain an introductory or foundational metatext and a well-crafted critique of ideas building towards a conclusion, through carefully considered sections or paragraphs. Kindly refer to our Structural Guidelines for details.

Essays may be written in the first person, depending on the stance of the author, whether theoretical or experiential. It may take a linear or nonlinear form (e.g. creative nonfiction, aphorisms, multivocal juxtapositional prose, dialogic etc.) Citation for any references to other authors' work, published/ unpublished sources will be required. 

A JADEP Longform Essay carries a concise, consolidated, yet comprehensive outlook on a particular topic or issue of interest and significance within the art and design academic discourse. In educational research, an essay uses a logical idea or set of ideas, based on a theoretical or experiential position to present a point of view, an argument, interpretation, or a critique of educational phenomena.

A JADEP Visual essay, rather than being merely illustrative, builds meaning through the intersection of images and text. Articles should engage elements of both visual and critical analysis with the same rigor as a research or critical textual piece, constructed through the image-textual relationships of photo essays, graphic narratives or comic book formats. This construction should demonstrate a solid grounding in theoretical issues relevant to the field. Authors should clearly indicate wherever images occur (along with numbers, citations and any descriptive labels or vignettes). Images should be of the highest possible quality, and be in JPEG format. Authors should adhere to fair use policy when considering images; send only those that are necessary. (Refer to our Image Guidelines).

While we, at JADEP, envision our essays as discursive interventions, describing art practices that may explicitly generate an impact on art education locally and globally, we accommodate essay contributions, which through particular interpretations of art practices allow the art pedagogy discourse to transcend regional and socio-political boundaries. In reviewing manuscripts categorized as visual essays, we request authors and reviewers to shed light on the essay as the literary genre that holds space for the articulation of poetic facets of experience, requiring the reader to think of its interwoven subjects as developing organically, as opposed to highly structured traditional research reports.

Visual Maps, Guides, and Diagrams

Visual Maps, Diagrams, Guides, and Marginalia are exercises in experimental writing. Based thoroughly in research-oriented works, these comprise visual representations of processes, pathways, reading schemas, curricular resources, etc.

A map can be a geography, history, route, trace or memory in effect. A JADEP Visual Map is envisioned as an illustration or set of illustrations carrying the sense of process, a navigational memory between meeting points, drawing references from art and design education settings.

A Visual Map moves across space and time, navigating a scene, situation, process within art and design educational settings, histories, and geographies of art and design education.

The illustration(s) can be accompanied with 2000 to 2500 words comprising a narrative form based on rigorous research. 

Marginalia

Marginalia is a lesser known, emerging genre within literary studies and research environments.

Marginalia constitutes the notes and reflections across reference materials and read paragraphs. When reading, the reader, who is also an art educator, often takes notes on the margins of the text. These notes comprise thoughts, insights, cross-reflections, intertextual references, or simply an oft-repeated pattern, recurring challenge, troublesome process, or anticipated question from the classroom or pedagogical setting. These notes and reflections, resting beside the reference text, if framed within a certain area of research, may weave into larger issues of the Global South pertaining to art education, art school archives, institutional archives, art educational administration, etc.

When contextualized as a curricular resource, Marginalia has immense potential to reflect on the ways in which readings and insights from texts have practically been used in teaching and learning environments. Marginalia can also potentially serve as a commentary on the broader art education, sociology, and art practice in the region.

Also, Marginalia may draw on teaching resources and instructional material, lesson plans and/or curriculum documents that have been implemented or are ones that authors wish to propose. For the purpose of an education research journal, Marginalia should be presented in a condensed, concise form using an interplay of textual and visual elements such as diagrams, infographics, mood/pin boards. Authors should be selective about the information they include and prioritize the essential parts rather than presenting the whole resource.

Readings sourced from local authors/South Asian scholarship

References and citations should also be provided, wherever sources other than the author’s own thinking or work have been used. Images may also be added, where necessary. Review our guidelines on the use of Supplemental Materials.

Composing Marginalia as Research Articles

Take a high-resolution snippet, diagram, page from an article, magazine or book that you have read and often think of as a learning resource. Pair these snippets with things you have thought and interpreted as an art educator in your immediate context. Connect the read and interpreted material across textual sources and readings, layer it with your interpretation, and construct an argument.

Manuscript Formatting and Journal Considerations

Duplicate Submission: Only those contributions not under consideration by another publication will be considered for review. Once accepted to JADEP, entries cannot be submitted to any other publication. An Author Declaration Form will be provided to authors at the time of submission, in this regard.

Word Limit for Abstract and Full-texts: Abstracts (150 - 200 words), summarizing the manuscript should accompany submissions. Kindly refer to our Abstract Guide for more information.

Length of manuscripts for all four categories is varied. Authors are requested not to exceed these limits. Blind peer-reviews require author names and affiliations to be excluded from submissions, therefore, a separate document containing manuscript title and author’s biography (70-100 words), and a headshot must be submitted for the Journal’s record. Manuscripts involving more than one author must have all relevant author information, organized similarly.

Originality: Authors are expected to apply with the understanding that their submissions will be checked for plagiarism and plagiarised material and the potential use of AI for drafting manuscripts, research creation, and data generation.

Authors are requested to familiarize themselves with other possible areas of misconduct within scholarship, including self-plagiarism, text-recycling, citation manipulation, over-citation, and miscitation. The ethics of citing one’s own work in a submission are also to be regarded.

Please note that the Journal uses Chicago (17th edition) Referencing and  Formatting Style. If guidelines have not been given due attention, the Journal reserves the right to return unaligned manuscripts to authors.

Supplemental materials can be made accessible either through a link in the manuscript or on a site. *Supplemental Materials are additional materials that are not an intrinsic part of the Article, including but not limited to experimental data, e-components, encodings and software, and enhanced graphical, illustrative, video and audio material.

Peer-review Framework
JADEP, Journal of Art and Design Education, Pakistan 

As the flag bearer of art and design education research in the region, JADEP believes in nurturing and sustaining scholarly dialogue across its networks of collaborators and contributors, within and beyond South Asia. The organizational tiers directing its course of academic production include thorough editorial screening beginning at the earliest stages of manuscript management, ensuring relevance, adherence to submission rules, and suitability for peer-review and subsequent publishing.

However, as core participants in the generation and dissemination of pedagogical discourse, the engagement of peer-reviewers remains indispensable to the overall integrity of the editorial process. JADEP has crafted some constellation points to facilitate reviewers in taking informed decisions at successive stages manuscript review.  

Before committing to carry out peer-review for JADEP, you are requested to glance through the following information and direct queries, if any, to jadep@nca.edu.pk.

Peer-review Model 

1. Following rounds of initial screening by the editorial team, during which manuscripts will be examined for their originality, relevance to journal scope, adherence to submission guidelines and formatting, grammatically correct use of language, and suitability for peer- review, email invitations will be sent to reviewers according to their interests and expertise. JADEP follows a double bind-peer review protocol, with slight alterations in the traditional two-fold model, wherein reviewers will examine manuscripts twice; once before and once after authors incorporate suggested changes made by the reviewer. However, considering limitations of time and resources, each member of the editorial team will rotationally receive only one manuscript for review, annually.

2. JADEP accommodates submission in the following categories:

• Visual Essays and Longform Essays (1800 to 3500 words)
• Visual Maps, Diagrams, Guides, and Marginalia (2000 to 2500 words, Experimental)

Please consider that these categories define only the format, flow, and organization of information contained therein.

The second volume of the Journal of Art and Design Education, Pakistan has been conceived as a trilogue amongst three broad swathes of inquiry: The Recital, chronicling spaces of educational exchange, making, learning, and teaching; The Algorithm, detailing the intersections of regional visual culture and curricula, and The Schema, wayfaring through architectures of institutional memory and archival remembering.

These thematic concerns may take shape as Longform Essays, Visual Essays, Maps, Marginalia, Visual Guides, and Diagrams.

Reviewer Considerations and Declarations  

1. Once invitations have been sent, reviewers are requested to agree to review only if they do not have concurrent commitments that substantially hinder the fixed timeline of returning their valuable feedback within 4-7 weeks, depending on the category of contribution. If unforeseen changes in the reviewers’ schedules occur once their commitment with a particular manuscript is in place, their revised plan of action would be requested by the journal editor(s) in due time. The acceptance of review invitations is taken to imply that the reviewer will remain available for the next few months to carry out a second assessment of manuscripts, after revisions have been made by authors in a set timeframe. 

2. Once reviewers agree to review, the responsibility of ensuring confidentiality of the manuscript contents partially falls on the reviewer. Reviewers are requested not to involve anyone else in the process, especially early career researchers they might be mentoring, as that can compromise the transparency and academic integrity of the review. However, if the reviewer deems such involvement inevitable, Journal permission must be sought beforehand. If the Journal agrees, due credit must be awarded to those who assist the process.  

3. Please note that JADEP ensures that no gender, racial, regional, political, institutional, academic or religious discriminations accrue during and after review proceedings get materialized. Reviewers are likewise requested to articulate any concerns experienced in this regard.  

4. Upon the conclusion of Peer-review Cycle 01, shortlisted manuscripts may be sent forth to reviewers for a second round of review, during which second opinions may be sought from different reviewers. The elicitation of second opinion is solely the Editor’s discretion and will be carried out in compliance to JADEP’s confidentiality policy. 

5. Reviewers are requested to refrain from using harsh phraseology while compiling observations and feedback when writing manuscript reports. Any coarse comments will be excised before notifying the concerned authors of their respective feedbacks. 

6. If suspicions of misconduct, plagiarism, and/or fraud arise, reviewers must promptly contact only the journal editor(s) and not attempt to investigate the matter on their own.

Finalizing Evaluation and Generating Reports  

Reviewers are requested to bear in mind the following criteria in framing relevant, concise, and constructive feedback and suggestions to authors. Please note that all mediation in this respect will be facilitated by JADEP, and direct contact between reviewers and authors is discouraged to ensure transparency and unbiased judgment. 

1. Kindly note that though the Journal will ensure the appropriateness of manuscripts for review before sending them forth, we expect reviewers not to alter the authors’ voice to their personal preferences of lexicon and style. Therefore, suggestions regarding stylistic choices can be articulated in Track Changes on word documents, pinpointing manuscript parts that require revision and rephrasing, bearing in mind the manuscript category and scope.  

2. While critiquing the manuscripts, consider reviewing the interpretive facets, questions, and areas of inquiry outlined by the author in relation to the clarity and coherence of written expression, the authenticity of materials and external sources cited, significance and depth of reviewed literature, relevance of theoretical methodologies, and the novelty of approach in envisioning and generating impact on art and design teaching paradigms, within and beyond South Asia.  

3. Once the first cycle of peer-review is completed and authors, based on their readiness and willingness, address the concerns raised by reviewers within the allotted time, the revised drafts will be sent ahead for a second round of review and reassessment, this time, however, requiring detailed attention towards only the refined aspects of the manuscript in relation to its entirety. 

Our connection with peer-reviewers is one that is based on mutual trust and reliability, a sense of easy negotiability, and scholarly decorum. With your assistance and guidance, we hope to establish long-lasting research networks for art and design pedagogy within and beyond regional boundaries

The "What", "Why", and "When"

"What" here refers to the area of research, "how" is rooted in theoretical framework and methodology. "Why" sheds light on the problem and weaves into the problem statement. It brings forth the interpretive and critical insight of the author.

The Statement of Problem: Are you aware of the seminal studies in your area of research?

If so, have you observed how discourses have evolved from the initial propositions in the field of study?

How do you layer your interpretations derived from this evolving body of knowledge with your lived experiences and broadly, teaching and learning practices?

Do you draw connections and identify overlooked, understudied, unsaid, oft-sidelined phenomena from your everyday contexts and articulate them as intent?

This intent that emerges at the intersection of what you read and contextualize as experience is the statement of the problem.

The Research Method: We are looking for writing that is self-aware; writing that understands the relations it establishes within its structure and composition. When authors express their preferred method for research, do they demonstrate a conscious choice for a way of practicing research that justifies their initial intent?

When you write an abstract, do you, within the space of a sentence, ably justify why your methods will yield the kind of knowledge you are looking for?

Literature Review: When you review literature, do you have a set of markers or break down the modi operandi of the texts you review?

Do you observe any methodological similarities or differences across these studies, and how do they inform your selection of insights from the sources?

Theoretical Frameworks: You build a framework for thoughts, ideas, and insights to operate in parallel.

This framework is not localized in one place within the article and cannot be contained under one particular head. It offers the conceptual infrastructure, theoretical scaffolding, and structural holding for the dynamics that run throughout the text.

Research Methodology: Woven viscerally into the text, methodology is how you design your study in tandem with the specifics of your niche.

It is like performing a surgical incision, you know your tools, you have demarcated your area, you have the diagnosis and the method, and you emplace the stitch once the intervention has been made.
Methodology is both position and positionality.

Think of it as being at the meeting point of method and theoretical framework.

The way your informed, studied, and well thought-about position on a subject becomes a way-farer for devising a technique and making it work, is your methodology in process.

JADEP Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Policy

JADEP acknowledges the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in scholarly research and writing. In line with established international publishing standards, the Journal permits limited and responsible use of such technologies while maintaining strict expectations regarding transparency, authorship, and academic integrity. This policy applies to all participants in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, and editors.

Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies may be used by authors in a supportive capacity, during manuscript preparation, such as for improving language, clarity, and organization of text. However, such tools must not replace the author’s voice, writing style, and original intellectual contribution or critical judgement. Any content produced with the assistance of AI must be carefully reviewed, verified, and edited by the author. Authors remain solely and fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity and originality of their work, regardless of any AI involvement. AI outputs should be treated as provisional material that requires rigorous human intervention.

JADEP requires full and transparent disclosure of any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of a manuscript. Authors will have to fill out a statement, as well as a table, outlining and specifying their use of AI. The rubric for this will be provided to shortlisted authors who progress beyond the abstract submission stage. This statement must clearly mention the name of the tool used, the purpose for which it was employed, and the extent of its use. A disclosure of the same will also appear in a dedicated section of the manuscript, typically placed prior to the reference list. Routine uses of basic software tools, such as spell-checkers, or reference management systems, do not require disclosure. Failure to disclose the use of AI tools as per the process outlined above may be treated as a breach of publication ethics and could result in withdrawal of the submission.

Where AI technologies are used as part of the research methodology itself - such as for data analysis, modelling, generation of research material - such use must be described in sufficient detail within the methods section of the manuscript. The distinction between AI as a methodological tool and AI as a writing aid is critical to maintaining scholarly clarity.

The use of AI in the creation or alteration of visual material is subject to strict limitations. AI generated or AI modified images are not permitted unless they are explicitly part of the research methodology and are fully disclosed and contextualized within the submission. Under no circumstances may AI be used to manipulate images in a way that it misrepresents or distorts evidentiary meaning or data. Authors, reviewers, and editors are encouraged to also refer to the complete Image Submission Guidelines.

Authors are required to ensure that the use of AI tools does not compromise data privacy, confidentiality, or intellectual property rights. Manuscripts, unpublished data, or any sensitive material must not be uploaded to AI systems where such information may be stored, reused, or accessed by third parties. Authors are solely responsible for understanding the terms of use of any AI tools they employ and for ensuring compliance with relevant ethical and legal standards.

The use of AI in the peer review and editorial processes is strictly prohibited. Reviewers must treat all manuscripts as confidential documents and must not upload any part of a submission to AI tools for analysis or summarization. Similarly, editors must not rely on AI systems in the evaluation of manuscripts or in making editorial decisions. These restrictions are necessary to protect confidentiality, safeguard intellectual property, and preserve the integrity of the peer-review process.

Across all uses, JADEP upholds the principles of transparency, accountability, and scholarly integrity. AI technologies are recognized as tools that may assist in certain aspects of academic work, but they do not diminish the responsibility of authors to produce original, accurate, and ethically sound research. The Journal reserves the right to request additional clarification regarding AI use and to reject submissions where such use is deemed inappropriate or insufficiently disclosed.

As AI technologies continue to evolve, JADEP will periodically review and update this policy to remain aligned with international best practices and emerging standards in academic publishing.

JADEP Image and Figure Guidelines

Visual material submitted to JADEP is considered an essential component of scholarly engagement. All figures must adhere to the highest standards of academic rigor, technical quality, and ethical integrity.

Scope and Definition of Figures

Figures include all non-textual visual material, including but not limited to:

• Photographs
• Illustrations and drawings
• Graphs and charts
• Maps and spatial diagrams
• Composite images

All figures must contribute directly to the central thesis of the paper, and must not be included for decorative purposes.

Conceptual Relevance and Integration

Authors are required to ensure that:

• Every figure is explicitly cited and discussed in the main text
• The relationship between the text and the image is analytically clear
• Figures support, extend, or evidence the argument

Redundant visuals or repetition of data presented elsewhere (e.g., tables) should be avoided.

Numbering and Captioning

All figures must be:

• Numbered sequentially in the order of appearance: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
• Referred to in-text using their assigned number

Each figure must include a caption containing:

• A concise title
• A brief descriptive explanation of the content
• Source and credit line, where applicable

Captions should be sufficiently detailed to allow interpretation without reference to the main text. See the Chicago 17th Edition Guidelines for citing images and writing image captions.

File Format and Submission Requirements

Figures must be submitted as separate, high-quality files and not embedded within the manuscript.

Accepted formats:

• JPEG or TIFF (for raster images)
• PDF or EPS (for vector graphics)

Authors must ensure:

• Correct file naming (Figure 1.tif, Figure 2.jpg, etc.)
• Final publication size is considered when preparing images
• All text within figures is legible at reproduction size

Resolution and Quality of Visuals

To ensure print and digital clarity, the following minimum resolutions apply:

• 300 dpi for photographs and halftones
• 600 dpi for combination images (text + image)
• 1000 dpi for line art

Images that do not meet these standards may be rejected or returned for revision.

Design, Clarity, and Readability

Figures must be designed for clarity and accessibility:

• Use clear visual hierarchy and avoid overcrowding
• Ensure consistent typography and labeling across all figures
• Avoid excessive annotation or unnecessary visual complexity

All labels, symbols, and legends must be clearly readable.

Colour and Accessibility

Authors should ensure that figures are accessible to a broad readership:

• Use high-contrast visuals
• Avoid reliance on colour alone to convey meaning
• Where possible, use patterns, textures, or labels to differentiate elements

Figures should remain interpretable in grayscale.

Ethical Standards and Image Integrity

All visual material must comply with ethical publishing standards:

• Images must accurately represent original data or subject matter
• Manipulation is limited to minimal adjustments and correction (brightness, contrast) that do not alter meaning
• Selective editing, addition, or removal of elements is strictly prohibited

Any enhancement or modification must be disclosed and justified where relevant.

Consistency and Placement

Authors must:

• Indicate approximate placement of figures within the manuscript
• Ensure consistency in style, formatting, and terminology across all visuals

Final placement will be determined during the print/production process.

Copyright and Permissions

Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for reproduced material. Requirements include:

• Written permission for any copyrighted images or figure not owned by the author
• Full and accurate attribution in captions
• Confirmation that rights cover both print and digital publication

Failure to secure permissions may result in removal of the figure.

Use of AI-Generated or Digitally Produced Images

Where applicable, authors must:

• Clearly disclose the use of AI-generated or machine-assisted imagery
• Ensure that such images do not misrepresent data or authorship
• Provide sufficient transparency regarding their production

JADEP reserves the right to reject images that compromise scholarly integrity. Authors are also encouraged to refer to the full JADEP AI Use Policy.

In case visual material explicitly references, bears resemblance or alludes to individuals or institutions, necessary permissions are to be sought from the said individuals or institutions.
In case permissions can not be obtained

Image Making and Image Generation

Authors must ensure that all submitted images are produced through transparent, verifiable processes:

• Clearly indicate the method of image production, including photography, drawing, digital rendering
• Disclose the use of AI tools or generative systems, where applicable, and in adherence to the JADEP AI Use Policy
• Disclose any software or processes that significantly shape the final image
• Ensure full traceability of the image-making process
• Avoid submission of images with unverifiable production methods and use of generated visuals that may misrepresent data, context, or reality

All image-making practices must be in compliance with the journal’s standards of accuracy, transparency, and scholarly integrity.

Image use and Infringement of Intellectual Property

Authors are fully responsible for ensuring that all images comply with copyright and property laws:

• Authors may only use images they own or have permission to use/reproduce
• Ensure that all third-party material is properly credits (see above)
• Use of copyrighted images without permission is prohibited (see above)
• Unauthorised reproduction, modification or distribution of protected materials is prohibited
• Ensure compliance with fair use/fair dealing provisions where applicable

Failure to comply may result in rejection or withdrawal of the submission.

License Types

Licensing status of all submitted images must be clearly specified. Accepted licensing types include:

• Original author-owned work (default full rights retained by author unless stated otherwise.
• Creative Commons licenses (e.g., CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC)
• Licensed third-party content with permission (see above)

Authors must:

• Indicate the exact license type in the image caption or credit line
• Ensure that the selected license permits academic publication and distribution

All licensing information must be accurate, complete, and verifiable at time of submission.