The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is committed to protecting the rights, dignity, privacy, and welfare of individuals who participate in scholarly research. Authors are responsible for ensuring that all research involving human participants is conducted in accordance with recognized ethical principles, applicable laws, and institutional requirements. When manuscripts contain information, images, recordings, or other materials that may directly or indirectly identify individuals, appropriate informed consent must be obtained before submission and publication.

SFREMS recognizes that research published across education and multidisciplinary disciplines may involve students, educators, professionals, patients, community members, vulnerable populations, organizations, or other human participants. Authors are therefore expected to safeguard participant privacy while promoting ethical and responsible dissemination of scholarly knowledge.

Authors must protect the privacy and confidentiality of research participants by removing or anonymizing information that could reasonably identify an individual unless explicit written permission has been obtained.

Identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Authors should ensure that all text, tables, figures, appendices, supplementary materials, and datasets adequately protect participant confidentiality.

When identifiable participant information is included in a manuscript, authors must obtain written informed consent before submission.

The informed consent process should ensure that participants:

Consent should be obtained before manuscript submission whenever publication could reasonably expose participant identity.

Research involving vulnerable individuals requires additional ethical safeguards.

Examples include:

Where participants are legally incapable of providing consent, written permission must be obtained from a parent, legal guardian, or other legally authorized representative in accordance with applicable laws and institutional ethics requirements.

Authors should ensure that participation is voluntary and free from coercion or undue influence.

Because SFREMS publishes research in education, authors conducting studies involving students, teachers, school personnel, administrators, or educational institutions should ensure that:

Researchers should minimize any potential risks associated with participation in educational research.

Where applicable, manuscripts should include information regarding ethical review and approval.

Authors should provide:

If formal ethics review was not required, authors should explain the reason in the manuscript.

Authors are responsible for confirming during manuscript submission that:

Authors should retain documentation of informed consent and ethical approval and provide it to the Editorial Office if requested.

Authors should ensure that research participants cannot be identified unless publication of identifiable information has been explicitly authorized.

When anonymization is possible, authors are encouraged to:

The journal may request modifications to manuscripts if participant confidentiality is considered inadequate.

If concerns arise after publication regarding participant privacy or informed consent, SFREMS will investigate the matter in accordance with its Publication Ethics Policy.

Depending on the circumstances, the journal may:

All actions will prioritize participant welfare, legal obligations, and preservation of the scholarly record.

Certain research designs—such as systematic reviews, literature reviews, bibliometric analyses, theoretical papers, policy analyses, or studies using publicly available and fully anonymized datasets—may not require informed consent.

Where informed consent is not applicable, authors should clearly indicate this in the manuscript when appropriate.

The Sapientia Filipina: Review of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies (SFREMS) is committed to promoting ethical research that respects the dignity, autonomy, privacy, and rights of all research participants. By requiring appropriate informed consent, protecting confidential information, and supporting responsible research practices across diverse disciplines, the journal strengthens public trust in scholarly publishing and promotes the ethical dissemination of knowledge that benefits education, society, and the broader international research community.

This Informed Consent for Publication Policy has been developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles of research ethics, participant protection, publication ethics, and responsible scholarly publishing and is aligned with:

SFREMS periodically reviews and updates this Informed Consent for Publication Policy to ensure continued alignment with evolving international standards for publication ethics, research integrity, participant protection, and responsible open-access scholarly publishing.