Ethics and Malpractice Statements

These statements covers the ethical behaviour of all parties involved in publishing process (see also Roles and Responsibilities)of articles in the Journal of Modern Languages. 

1. Publication Ethics

The Journal of Modern Languages (JML) adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) standards on publications ethics.

For authors, submission of an article implies that:

  • the work described has not been published previously except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis.
  • it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • its submission and publication in the journal is known and approved by all authors.
  • the work is the author's own with no falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism including duplicate publication of the author's own work without proper citation.
  • the use of GenAI tools and/or LLMs as a whole or in part has been disclosed (see section of AI Policy)
  • potential conflicts of interest has been disclosed.

Peer reviewers must treat all manuscripts received for review as confidential. They must carry out the review objectively and declare any conflict of interest as well as adhere to the journal's AI policy.

The Chief Editor and Associate Editor must ensure:

  • the confidentiality of manuscript received.
  • that the evaluation of a manuscript is done objectively.
  • that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. 
  • that they declare any conflict of interest.

 

2. Research Ethics

Authors should include evidence of ethical approval in the manuscript, particularly if the study involved human subjects.

Additionally, the research reported in the manuscript must have been conducted in accordance with the ethical policies of the authors’ institutions and/ or funders as well as national and international laws.

For human subjects, informed consent must have been informed.

Authors should also indicate other forms of approvals and/ or consent obtained, where relevant (e.g., Ministry of Education, parents of child respondents)

 

3. Third-Party Content

Third party content refers to any form of content belonging to others.

If a work contains such content, authors must ensure that they have obtained written permission to use or reuse the content (e.g., images) from the rights holder.