Publication Ethics

Ethical Framework & Scope

Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to conduct themselves ethically throughout the submission, peer review, production, and post-publication stages of every manuscript.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting to IJADLSN are expected to:

• Submit original, unplagiarized, and previously unpublished research.
• Ensure that the manuscript is not concurrently under review with any other journal or conference.
• Accurately, objectively, and truthfully present research findings without distortion.
• Properly acknowledge, document, and cite all referenced literature, datasets, codebases, and critical sources.
• Avoid plagiarism, text recycling, self-plagiarism, and unauthorized reproduction of published work.
• Secure necessary copyright permissions for quoted literary texts, images, figures, datasets, and proprietary materials.
• Verify that all listed co-authors made substantial scholarly contributions and approved the final manuscript.
• Disclose all real or potential financial and non-financial conflicts of interest.
• Acknowledge all financial support, sponsor grants, institutional funding, and technical assistance.
• Describe research methodologies, textual analyses, computational processes, and statistical outputs with complete accuracy.
• Transparently disclose the use of AI tools, LLMs, or automated writing assistants in accordance with the journal's AI policy.
• Review, critically verify, and take ultimate scholarly responsibility for all AI-assisted materials and outputs.
• Guarantee the accuracy, originality, and moral integrity of the submitted work.
• Comply with ethical protocols involving human participants, qualitative interviews, or personal data where applicable.
• Refrain from manipulating or fabricating figures, images, corpora, textual excerpts, or analytical results.
• Promptly notify the journal editor if significant errors or inaccuracies are discovered post-publication.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Peer reviewers evaluating manuscripts for IJADLSN are required to:

• Provide objective, fair, constructive, and rigorously justified academic evaluations.
• Treat all submitted manuscripts and peer review communications as strictly confidential documents.
• Provide constructive, clear, and actionable feedback aimed at improving scholarly quality.
• Assess originality, literary relevance, methodological validity, and value added to the field.
• Critically examine the credibility of interpretations, stylistic calculations, and computational claims.
• Evaluate the responsible and ethical application of AI technologies and machine learning tools, where used.
• Identify relevant, peer-reviewed literature or critical works that have not been cited by the authors.
• Declare any conflict of interest (financial, institutional, or personal) immediately upon invitation to review.
• Complete evaluations conscientiously within the agreed review timeline.
• Promptly report suspected ethical violations, plagiarism, or research misconduct to the editor.
• Never utilize unpublished data, arguments, or insights from manuscripts for personal or professional gain.
• Never upload unpublished manuscript files to public generative AI tools or platforms without explicit authorization.

Responsibilities of Editors

The editorial board is committed to:

• Rendering objective, fair, and unbiased editorial decisions based purely on academic merit.
• Upholding strict confidentiality regarding all submitted papers and author/reviewer details.
• Selecting qualified, independent reviewers with proven expertise in literary studies, AI, and digital humanities.
• Ensuring that all editorial decisions and author communications are clear, courteous, and transparent.
• Investigating all allegations of research misconduct or ethical concerns in a prompt and thorough manner.
• Safeguarding the integrity, credibility, and high quality of the published scientific and literary record.
• Practicing fair, transparent, and accountable editorial governance across all submission tracks.
• Actively identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest among editors, reviewers, and authors.
• Evaluating manuscripts solely on academic value, without regard to author nationality, gender, seniority, or affiliation.
• Enforcing responsible AI guidelines and requiring transparent disclosure for all computational workflows.
• Maintaining consistency, impartiality, and procedural fairness throughout the editorial lifecycle.

Academic Honesty & Unacceptable Misconduct

IJADLSN maintains zero tolerance for unethical research and publishing malpractice. The following violations are strictly prohibited: