Statement on Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice

Based on COPE's Best Practice Guidlines for Journal Editors, Author and Reviewers:

Please access the complete guidlines in the site: http://publicationethics.org

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. In order to publish high-quality scientific resources, public trust in findings, and credit for people's ideas, the ethical standards for publication are followed:

Duties of Editors

The chief role of an editor is to enhance the scholarship atmosphere in the field of research related the scope of the journal. Editors are responsible for the content of the journal and ensure that the submitted manuscripts are in line with the aim, scope and the related policies of the journal. The editors in any journal work closely with the journal’s publishing staff, reviewers, and even authors to promote the journal.

Article Publication Decision: Possible decisions based on the single blind peer review are: accept as is, minor revision, major revision, or reject.
Honesty and Fair Play: Editors will not give any consideration on authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political context, movements and rituals.
Confidentiality: They must not disclose any information about submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher.

Duties of Reviewers

Reviewers evaluate article, based on the previously defined criteria of the journal, provide feedback on the papers, and make a major contribution to the outcome. The above-mentioned responsibilities are summarized below:Reviewers express their comments and views clearly with supporting arguments and reviews.
Reviewer particularly focuses on substantial similarity or overlap between the submitted manuscript and other published resources.

Duties of Authors

Authors byline should precisely indicate those involved in the research, including the authors conducted the research and those who wrote the manuscript. Manuscript submission is accompanied by authors’ agreement on their involvement in three phases of designing the study as well as analyzing and interpreting the data, writing the manuscript, and approving the final version of the manuscript. By submitting the declaration form, the authors have agreed that the corresponding author is the one who can make final decisions on the manuscript submission and any related changes to the manuscript. 

Data Access and Retention: providing the raw data to editor if needed. Authorship of the Paper: The significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. Other contributors can be acknowledged. The corresponding author is solely responsible for communicating with the journal editors and with managing communication between coauthors. Before submission, the corresponding author ensures that all authors are included in the author list, its order has been agreed by co-authors, and that all authors are aware that the paper was submitted.

Plagiarism Detection

Peer review is at the heart of the processes and the success of not just journals but of all of science. It is the method by which grants are allocated, papers published, academics promoted, and Nobel prizes won (Richard Smith, 2006). As part of our commitment to the protection and enhancement of the peer review process, our journals have an obligation to assist the scientific community in all aspects of publishing ethics, especially in cases of (suspected) duplicate submission or plagiarism (including self-plagiarism). All manuscripts will be checked by ​iThenticate a plagiarism finding tool. The received papers with plagiarism rate of more than 40% are immediately rejected.

Checklist:

1. Publication and authorship:- list of references, financial support;- no plagiarism, no fraudulent data;- forbidden to publish same research in more than one journal.
2. Author'sresponsibilities:- authors are obliged to participate in peer review process;- all authors are obliged to have a significant contribution to the research;- statement that all data in article are real and authentic should be confirmed by the author(s);- all authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.
3. Peer review / responsibility for the reviewers:
   - Judgments should be objective;
   - reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders;
   - reviewers should point out relevant published work which is not yet cited;
   - reviewed articles should be treated confidentially.
4. Editorial responsibilities:
   - Editors have the full responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article;
   - editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept;- only accept a paper when reasonably certain;- when errors are found, promote publication of correction or retraction;- preserve anonymity of reviewers.
5. Publishing ethics issues:- Monitor publishing ethics by editorial board;- Guidelines for retracting articles;- Maintain the integrity of the academic record;- Preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;- Always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed;- no plagiarism, no fraudulent data.

      In any case, JSLLT adhers to Code of Conduct approved by COPE available at http://publicationethics.org