Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Indian Journal of English Literature, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence (IJELIA) aims to uphold high publication ethics, academic honesty, research integrity and transparency. The journal seeks to fairly and objectively assess all manuscripts submitted and makes editorial decisions based on originality, scholarly quality, research relevance, methodology and ethical compliance.

The authors, reviewers and editors are expected to behave ethically during the manuscript submission and peer review, publication and post-publication. The importance of responsible research practices, accurate reporting of findings, proper referencing and transparency in the use of artificial intelligence and digital research tools are emphasised.

Responsibilities of Authors

The authors are expected to:

• Submit original and unpublished research work.
• Ensure that manuscripts are not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
• Communicate research results accurately, objectively and without misrepresentation.
• Properly acknowledge and cite all sources used in the manuscript.
• Do not plagiarize, plagiarize self, or use published materials without permission.
• Acquire copyrights for reproduced literary works, figures, tables, images, datasets, and other materials, as needed.
• Make sure that each of the authors listed has contributed to the research appropriately.
• Report on possible conflicts of interest.
• Recognize sources of funding and other forms of research support.
• Accurately describe research methods, literary interpretations, and textual analyses, computational procedures, and analytical processes.
• Identify whether AI tools, language models or automated systems have been used, following journal policies.
• Make sure that content created with AI is reviewed, verified, critically evaluated, and properly labeled.
• Ensure that the manuscripts submitted are accurate, original and of high integrity.
• Report important errors or inaccuracies that are discovered following the publication.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

The reviewers should:

• Give objective, fair and impartial manuscript reviews.
• Keep submitted manuscripts and information related to reviewing the manuscripts confidential.
• Give positive, meaningful, and educationally relevant feedback.
• Evaluate originality, scholarly relevance, research quality, research methodology, and contribution.
• Analyze the validity of research results, constructions, and analysis.
• Examine the use and ethics of appropriate and ethical use of AI tools and technologies, as applicable.
• Find and recognize published research that has not been cited.
• State conflicts of interest prior to taking an assignment for review.
• Perform manuscript reviews within agreed time.
• Report any possible concerns about ethics or research misconduct to the editor.
• Do not use unpublished manuscript information for personal, professional or academic uses.
• Avoid using external services (AI tools or platforms) for manuscript sharing without proper permission and confidentiality protection.

Responsibilities of Editors

The editor(s) should:

• Make objective, unbiased and impartial editorial decisions.
• Keep submitted manuscript confidential.
• Choose suitable reviewers who are expert in the area.
• Make sure that editorial decisions and communications are clear and correct.
• Handle ethically concerns and accusations of research misconduct properly.
• Preserve the authenticity and validity of published scholarly works.
• Abide by fair, transparent and responsible editorial practices.
• Recognize and avoid conflicts of interest in editorial and peer review.
• Critically assess manuscripts for their scholarly quality, originality, and integrity of research, and not based on the background, institution, or professional standing of the author.
• Disclose the use of an AI tool in submitted research (if applicable).
• Make sure of consistency, fairness and transparency in the editorial process.

Academic Honesty & Research Misconduct

IJELIA is against any unethical research or publication practices. All manuscripts submitted are considered original research, cite the work of others, and adhere with responsible scholarship.

These are unacceptable practices:

• Plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
• Multiple or duplicate, duplicate publication.
• Data fabrication or falsification.
• The deliberate or intentional alteration or misrepresentation of data, text, images, computation or research (literature or findings).
• Not disclosing or misusing AI-generated content.
• Unrepresenting content generated through AI as human-written content without proper attribution, as needed.
• Dropping AI-generated analysis, interpretation of literature or computational results as independently sourced research results.
• Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at a time.
• Misattribution of authorship or misuse of authorship.
• Manipulation or inappropriate referencing.
• Unmanaged or undisclosed COI.
• Misrepresentation of research methods, source materials, or conclusions of scholarly research.
• Unauthorized copying or use of copyrighted literary works, translations or other materials.
• Failure to include relevant research permissions and/or ethical approvals, as appropriate, in the report.
• Other types of research or publication misconduct.

In the event that unethical practice is suspected, the journal may reject the manuscript, seek clarification, request additional information or take appropriate editorial action. These include correction, expression of concern, or even retraction, depending on the nature and extent of the problem, for published articles.

IJELIA is dedicated to upholding the integrity of scholarly works by fostering responsible research, academic integrity, research transparency, ethical usage of AI and ethical publishing practices throughout the publishing process.