Guide for Reviewers

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL) is committed in ensuring the highest standards of publication ethics whereas the publication malpractice is strictly prohibited by all possible measure. Our responsibility is to publish original work of value to the intellectual community in the best possible form and to the highest possible standards. We expect similar standards from our reviewers and editors.


EDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The Editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published;
  • The Editors may discuss with other editors or reviewers in making decision;
  • The Editors evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors;
  • The Editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate;
  • The Editors should ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process;
  • Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used by anyone who has a view of the manuscript in his or her own research without the express written consent of the author;
  • The Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.


EDITORIAL BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES

  • The Editorial Board must keep information pertaining to submitted manuscripts confidential.
  • The Editorial Board must disclose any conflicts of interest.
  • The Editorial Board must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.
  • The Editorial Board is responsible for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts.

 

REVIEWER’S RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information;
  • Reviews should be conducted objectively. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments;
  • Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that had been previously reported elsewhere should be accompanied by the relevant citation;
  • Reviewers should request to the Editors’ attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge;
  • In any case, if a reviewer feels that it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then the same must be communicated to the editors, so that the same could be sent to other reviewer;
  • Reviewers should not review manuscripts which have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.