Publication Ethics

The Indian Journal of Computational Literature and Language Innovation (IJCLLI) aims to uphold the highest publication ethics, academic integrity, research integrity and transparency. This journal strives to fairly and objectively assess all manuscripts on the basis of originality, scholarly merit, research relevance, methodology and ethical considerations.

The author, reviewers and editors should behave ethically in the manuscript submissions, peer reviewing, publication, and post-publication processes. Responsible research practices, proper reporting of results, accurate citation of sources, and transparency with respect to AI tools and computational research methods are highlighted.

Responsibilities of Authors

The authors should:

• Present original and unpublished studies.
• Ensure that manuscripts are not simultaneously submitted to another journal.
• Report research results with accuracy, objectivity, and without misrepresentation.
• Correctly cite and quote all sources used in the manuscript.
• Do not plagiarize, self-plagiarize or use published items without permission.
• Obtain copyright permissions for reproduced literary texts, figures, tables, images, datasets and other materials, if required.
• Make sure that all the authors mentioned have contributed appropriately to the research.
• Report any possible conflict of interest.
• Recognize sources of funding and other research support.
• Describe research methods, linguistic analyses, literary interpretations, computational procedures and analytical processes accurately.
• Clearly state the use of AI tools, language models or automated systems, following the journal's guidelines.
• Ensure that AI-generated content is reviewed, verified, critically assessed and appropriately disclosed.
• Ensure that submitted manuscripts are accurate, original and of high integrity.
• Let the journal know of important errors or inaccuracies found following publication.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

The reviewers must:

• Make impartial, fair, objective manuscript evaluations.
• Keep submitted manuscripts and information related to the manuscripts confidential.
• Make encouraging, relevant, and educational observations.
• Evaluate originality, scholarly relevance, quality of research, methodology, and contribution.
• Critically assess the validity of research results, interpretations and analysis.
• Evaluate appropriate and ethical use of AI tools and technologies, as applicable.
• Recognise pertinent published work that is not cited.
• Inform of conflict of interest prior to accepting an assignment for review.
• Complete manuscript reviews within the agreed timeframe.
• Report any suspected ethical violation or any research misconduct to the editor.
• Avoid using unpublished manuscript information for personal, professional, or academic benefit.
• Refrain from sharing manuscripts with external AI tools or platforms without appropriate authorization and .confiditenly safeguard.

Responsibilities of Editors

Editors should:

• Make decisions about editorial content that reflect objectivity, impartiality and fairness.
• Maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts.
• Identify competent reviewers and ensure that they have the required subject area expertise.
• Be sure to make decisions and communicate them accurately in writing.
• Respond to ethics issues and accusations of misconduct in research effectively.
• Respect the integrity and quality of published scholarly work.
• Engage in responsible, fair, and responsible editorial practices.
• Recognize and deal with conflicts of interest in editorial and peer review.
• Critically assess manuscripts on the basis of their scholarship, originality and research integrity, not on the basis of the author's background, institution, or professional status.
• Where applicable, provide proper disclosures of the use of AI tools in research.
• Be consistent, fair and transparent with edit process.

IJCLLI is against any unethical research or publication practices. All work submitted must be considered original research, properly cite the work of others, and follow responsible scholarly practices.

The following practices are not acceptable:

• Plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
• Duplicate, redundant or multiple publication.
• Inventing or falsifying research data.
• Deliberate or intentional alterations, distortion, or falsification of the text, language, literature, computation or research.
• Not disclosing or using AI-generated content.
• Failing to disclose AI-generated content as such, when required.
• Providing misinformation about the results of analysis or literal interpretation of an AI system or about computation results that were generated by an AI system.
• Submission of a manuscript to more than one journal at a time.
• Misrepresentation of authorship or contribution of the authors.
• Manipulation of citations, inappropriate referencing practices.
• Unmanaged or undisclosed conflict of interests.
• Alteration of the process of research, sources of research materials, or scholarly conclusions to misrepresent them.
• Unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted literary work, translation, or other material.
• Lack of reporting of relevant research permissions/ethical approvals (if applicable).
• Other types of research or publication misconduct.

In the event of the suspected unethical practice, the editor of the journal may reject the manuscript, request clarification, request additional information, or take up the appropriate editorial action. Where an article is published, actions could range from correction, an expression of concern or retraction depending on the nature and severity of the problem.

IJCLLI is dedicated to upholding the integrity of scholarly publications by promoting responsible research, academic honesty, research transparency, ethical use of AI, and responsible publishing processes throughout the publication process.