The Journal of English Language and Literature (JELL) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of research integrity and publication ethics. Authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members are expected to follow internationally recognized standards of scholarly publishing, including transparency, accountability, originality, fairness in peer review, and respect for intellectual property. Allegations of research or publication misconduct will be handled in accordance with the journal’s ethics policies and, where applicable, relevant guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors must submit only original work that has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration by another journal or publisher. Plagiarism, including the unattributed use of another person’s words, ideas, arguments, data, images, or distinctive expressions, is strictly prohibited. This includes direct plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, inadequate paraphrase, self-plagiarism, redundant publication, data fabrication or falsification, citation manipulation, and any other practice that misrepresents the originality or integrity of the submitted work.

All manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism or textual overlap before or during peer review. When suspected misconduct is identified before publication, the Editorial Board may reject the manuscript, request an explanation, or refer the matter to the Research Ethics Committee. When misconduct is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate notice.

Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal or publisher at the same time. Authors must also not submit or publish work that substantially overlaps with previously published work without proper citation, disclosure, and justification. If a submitted manuscript is based on a thesis, dissertation, conference paper, working paper, or previously circulated version, the author must clearly disclose this at the time of submission and explain how the submitted manuscript differs substantially from the earlier version.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the conception, design, research, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the manuscript. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for its content. Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged with their permission.

Gift authorship, guest authorship, honorary authorship, and ghost authorship are not permitted. Any change in authorship after submission, including addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors, must be approved by all authors and justified in writing to the editorial office.

Authors must disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies, including large language models, chatbots, image generators, translation tools, or other generative systems, when such tools have been used in the production of the submitted work. The disclosure should specify the name of the tool, the version if available, the date of use where relevant, and the purpose for which it was used.

AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship requires responsibility, accountability, and the ability to approve the final version of the work, which AI tools cannot provide. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and citation of all content in the manuscript, including any text, translation, images, data, or references produced or assisted by AI.

The use of AI for language editing, grammar correction, formatting, or translation assistance may be permitted if properly disclosed. The use of AI to generate substantive arguments, fabricate sources, produce unverifiable citations, manipulate images, or replace the author’s own scholarly analysis is not permitted. Failure to disclose substantial AI use may be treated as a breach of publication ethics.

Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, professional, or intellectual interests that could be perceived to influence the research, interpretation, review, or publication of the manuscript. Such interests may include, but are not limited to, funding, employment, consultancies, paid lectures, editorial relationships, close personal or professional relationships, academic competition, institutional affiliation, or involvement in a related dispute.

All submissions to JELL undergo double-blind peer review. Reviewers are expected to evaluate manuscripts fairly, objectively, constructively, and confidentially. Reviewers must not use unpublished materials, arguments, or information obtained through peer review for their own research or advantage. Reviewers should decline a review request if they lack the relevant expertise, cannot complete the review within the requested time, or have a conflict of interest.

Editors are responsible for ensuring the fairness, confidentiality, and integrity of the peer-review process. Editorial decisions shall be based on scholarly merit, originality, relevance to the journal’s aims and scope, and the quality of argument and evidence, without discrimination based on nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, race, religion, political view, or personal identity.

Authors are expected to respond in good faith to reasonable requests from the editorial office, editors, and reviewers during the review and revision process. When a manuscript is returned for revision, authors must submit the revised manuscript within the deadline specified by the editorial office. If authors need additional time for specific and reasonable reasons, they may request an extension before the deadline expires.

If authors fail to respond to two or more requests from the editorial office without a valid reason, or fail to submit the revised manuscript by the specified deadline, the editorial office may regard the manuscript as withdrawn or publication as abandoned, and may close the publication process.

JELL is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. When errors or ethical concerns are identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other editorial notice, depending on the nature and seriousness of the case.

If authors discover a significant error in their published work, they must promptly notify the review process manager and cooperate in issuing a correction or retraction. For detailed procedures, see the journal’s Research Ethics policy.