Peer Review Process

Indian Journal of English Literature, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence (IJELIA) aims to make sure that the peer review process is fair, unbiased and transparent. Manuscripts are assessed for novelty, scholarly interest, research value, methodological soundness, ethics and contribution to the research of English literature.

Peer Review Process

  • IJELIA is a double blind peer-review journal, where authors' and reviewers' identities remain unknown during the reviewing process.
  • IJELIA editorial team performs the initial screening of submitted manuscripts to check for their relevance to the aims and scope of the journal, originality, academic standard, ethical issues, and adherence to the submission guidelines.
  • The manuscripts that fit the first criteria are submitted to relevant external reviewers with specialization in English literature, literary scholarship, artificial intelligence, digital humanities and related interdisciplinary fields.

The purpose of peer review is to:

  • Keep up academic and scholarly standards.
  • Encourage research ethics and research integrity.
  • Critically assess research writing.
  • Evaluate scholarly significance and methodological soundness.
  • Discuss the validity of research results and conclusions.
  • Consider the suitability of literary, theoretical or computational techniques.
  • Critically review and make suggestions to authors.
  • Facilitate fair and non-partisan journalistic decisions.
  • Enhance the clarity, presentation and quality of manuscripts.
  • Promote the development of English literary studies.

Review Criteria

Manuscripts are judged on the following:

  • Originality and novelty of the research.
  • The relevance to the aims and scope of the journal.
  • Appropriateness of background and references.
  • Research Objectives and Questions that are clear.
  • Appropriateness of research design and method.
  • Research results and the accuracy and reliability of the results.
  • Appropriateness in literary, theoretical or computational methods.
  • The principles of ethical compliance and responsible use of AI.
  • Quality of results, discussion and conclusions.
  • Literary merit and contribution.
  • Quality of academic writing and organization.
  • Adherence to the rules of research and publication ethics.
  • Ensuring appropriate disclosure of AI content (as applicable).
  • Appropriate citations of research and literature.
  • An understanding of research limitations and implications.

Editorial Decisions

The following decisions may be made in the light of reviewers comments and editor's assessment:

  • Accept without revision.
  • Accept subject to minor revisions.
  • Ask for significant changes; resubmission.
  • Reject the manuscript.

Manuscripts that are requested for revision must be revised within a reasonable time frame, and the author(s) must respond to the reviewers' comments in detail explaining how they have revised the manuscript or why they have not done so.

Scholarly merit, originality, relevance, methodological