Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

Roles of Editorial Team

  • Advisory Boards: Advisory boards of JARI journal have the responsibility of giving any views about the criteria and principles of the article and book publications to concern with the quality, relevance, and originality of submitted manuscripts with ethical standards and publication policies.
  • Editor-in-chief: Editor-in-chief of JARI journal has the responsibility of making decisions about the acceptance for the articles/books publication with quality, relevance, and originality, which reach the ethical standards and publication policies. Editor-in-chief has the roles to receive and assess the submission of original articles, article/book reviews, and/or books. Editor-in-chief, further, has the responsibility to send the original articles or books to the reviewers and assess the reviews of reviewers in order to accept the original article or book submission for publication.
  • Editors: Editors of JARI journal have the responsibility to edit the accepted original articles or books for publication with the ethical standard and quality.
  • Reviewers: Reviewers of JARI journal have the responsibility to review the original articles, books, and/or article or book reviews, sent by the editor-in-chief, to check the plagiarism, bias, quality, and consistence, with the review form.
  • Journal Assistants: Assistants of JARI journal have the responsibility to help the editor-in-chief in preparing the accepted articles, books, and/or article of book reviews for publication.

 

General Guidelines

  • Publication Office adheres to the guidelines of the Publication Ethics (PE).
  • Submitting an original manuscript to JARI journal signifies that all authors have reviewed and approved its content and that the manuscript complies with the journal’s policies.
  • JARI journal takes publication ethics seriously for everyone involved in the publishing process.
  • Intending authors should submit only original manuscripts that are free of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, and are not under consideration elsewhere. Once submitted to JARI journal, a manuscript cannot be sent to other publications unless JARI journal cannot accept after desk or peer review.
  • Editor-in-chief reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted material.
  • There are no fees for processing, but fees for publishing work.
  • Works in JARI journal do not reflect the views of the editors.
  • JARI journal will retract works that breach research and publication ethics after publication.

 

Affiliation

  • The author and co-authors must list all relevant affiliations where the research was approved, supported, or conducted.
  • For non-research articles, list author’s and/or co-authors’ current institutional affiliation.
  • If author moves to a different institution before publication, list the affiliation where the work was done and note author’s current affiliation.
  • If author does not have a current relevant institutional affiliation, state the author’s independent status.

 

Appeals and Complaints

JARI journal managed by JARI Publisher-Publication Office adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines for appeals and peer-review management. The JARI journal welcomes genuine appeals and post-publication concerns, which should be directed to the editor-in-chief. Editor-in-chief will investigate by gathering information from all involved parties and proposing a solution based upon academic ethics. Review or publication processes can be paused until the issue is resolved. If the editor-in-chief is involved in the complaint, the Editorial Board, led by the senior member, will investigate and propose a solution.

 

Authorship 

Listing authors’ names on an article is crucial for giving credit to those who have significantly contributed to the work. It also ensures transparency regarding who is responsible for the integrity of the content:

  • Contributed significantly to the reported work, whether in conception, study design, execution, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation or across all these areas.
  • Drafted or wrote the article or substantially revised or critically reviewed it.
  • Agreed on the journal to which the article will be submitted.
  • Reviewed and agreed on all versions of the article before submission, during revision, the final version accepted for publication, and any significant changes made during the proofing stage.
  • Agreed to take responsibility and be accountable for the article's content, sharing the responsibility to resolve any questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the published work.

 

Citations   

This section details citations of sources in original article or book, applicable to JARI journal-Publication Office.

  • All articles, whether research or non-research, must cite relevant, recent, and verified literature (preferably peer-reviewed) to support their claims.
  • Avoid excessive self-citation or agreements to cite each other's work, as this is considered citation manipulation. Refer to COPE (citation manipulation) guidance on this issue.
  • For non-research articles (e.g., Reviews), ensure article’s references are relevant and offer a fair, balanced view of the current research. Do not show unfair bias towards specific research groups, organizations, or journal.

 

Competing Interests   

All authors must declare any competing interests related to their article or book, whether financial or non-financial, that could influence their research and interpretation of results. This includes conflicts of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. If unsure whether to disclose a competing interest, authors should consult their institution. Authors may also check detailed information on competing interest followed by the JARI journal – Publication Office.

 

Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest is also called a competing interest, which occurs when the author(s), their employer, or sponsor have financial, commercial, legal, or professional relationships with other organizations or people that could affect their research.  When submitting paper or book, authors must fully disclose any conflicts of interest. The JARI journal editor-in-chief will use this information to make editorial decisions and may publish the disclosures to help readers assess the article or book. The editor-in-chief might also choose not to publish the article or book based upon the declared conflict of interest. Authors can declare conflicts of interest in their cover letter and in the manuscript submission form in the journal's online system. Conflicts of interest can be financial or non-financial. To maintain transparency, any associations that others might perceive as a conflict of interest must also be declared. The following are examples of financial conflicts of interests:

  • Employment or voluntary involvement
  • Collaborations with advocacy groups relating to the content of the article or book
  • Grants from an entity, paid to the author or organization
  • Personal fees received by the authors as honoraria, royalties, consulting fees, lecture fees, or testimonies
  • Patents held or pending by the authors, their institutions, funding organizations, or licensed to an entity, whether earning royalties or not
  • Royalties being received by the authors or their institutions
  • Stock or share ownership
  • Benefits related to the development of products as an outcome of the work

 

The following are examples of non-financial conflicts of interests:

  • Receipt of specialized equipment, tools, computer programs, or digital applications
  • Access to data repositories, archival resources, museum collections, by an entity that might benefit, or be at a disadvantage financially or reputationally from the published findings
  • Holding a position on the boards of industry bodies or private companies that might benefit, or be at a disadvantage financially or reputationally from the published findings
  • Writing assistance or administrative support from a person or organization that might benefit, or be at a disadvantage from the published findings
  • Personal, political, religious, ideological, academic and intellectual competing interests which are perceived to be relevant to the published content
  • Involvement in legal action related to the work

 

Important

If there are no competing interests, authors should include a statement in the article or book confirming that there are no relevant financial or non-financial conflicts to report. Please check the Instructions to Authors for sample disclosure of conflict of interest.

 

Corrections, Expressions of Concerns, and Retractions

Corrections to a published article or book require the editor-in-chief’s approval. Minor corrections are made directly to the original article or book, with a post-publication notice (erratum) added to the journal issue. For major corrections, the original article or book remains unchanged, and a corrected version is published. Both versions will be linked, and a statement explaining the major change will be included. A correction notice should be written and approved by all the original article’s or book’s authors whenever possible. In rare cases, JARI journal might need to issue a correction without the authors’ direct input. If this happens, JARI journal will try to notify the authors. Articles may be retracted following COPE retraction guidelines if necessary. These corrections ensure the journal’s integrity.

 

Editor-in-chief Code of Conduct

The editor-in-chief of JEILT journal managed by the JARI Publisher-Publication Office is responsible for choosing which submitted articles should be published. The editor-in-chief’s decision is based on the importance and validity of the submitted work, adherence to the journal policies, and peer review results. Please read the JARI journal-Publication Ethics for more information on the duties and responsibilities of the editors.

 

Funding of Article or Book Publication

JEILT journal managed by the JARI Publisher-Publication Office require authors to disclose all financial support received for their research. This includes:

  • Internal funds, grants, and financial support from institutions, employers, or affiliated organizations.
  • External funds from the charities, private foundations, for-profit companies, think-tanks, political groups, trade associations, research organizations, and government agencies.

 

Misconduct 

JARI Publisher-Publication Office takes misconduct seriously and will act according to COPE guidelines to protect the integrity of scholarly work. Examples of misconduct include (but are not limited to):

  • Affiliation misrepresentation
  • Breaches in copyright/use of third-party material without appropriate permissions
  • Citation manipulation
  • Duplicate submission/publication
  • Ethics dumping
  • Image or data manipulation/fabrication
  • Peer review manipulation
  • Plagiarism
  • Text-recycling/self-plagiarism
  • Undisclosed competing interests
  • Unethical research

 

Publication Process 

The decision to publish is based upon a manuscript’s originality, scholarly contribution to education and teacher-professional training, language acquisition, psycho-pedagogical practice, writing clarity, validity of information, and overall significance, not on the author's personal attributes or institutional affiliation.

Once an original manuscript is accepted, the author must agree to the copyediting process. Manuscripts in copyediting cannot be withdrawn. Authors should respond promptly to queries during copyediting. Major changes to the manuscript require the author's consent. Authors have the right to review the page proofs before publication. Editors do not share manuscript details before publication except with those involved in the editorial and publishing process.

 

Peer Review

Articles submitted to the JARI Publisher-Publication Office journal go through a thorough peer review process, and JARI journal follows COPE guidelines for reviewers. JARI Journal managed by the JARI Publisher-Publication Office follows a double-blind and peer review. A minimum of two independent reviewers is normally required for every research article or book. The editor-in-chief will consider peer reviewers’ comments and recommendations when deciding whether to accept or reject a manuscript, but the final decision is the editor-in-chief's responsibility. The JARI journal-Publication Office requests recommendations from authors. However, they will be invited to review other article submissions or book submissions. For complete information on peer review, please check the Peer Review Process in the Instructions to Authors. Details on the duties of reviewers are spelled out in the Publication Ethics.

 

Plagiarism

JARI Journal-Publication Office follows a developmental approach to plagiarism. Submitted works with a high similarity index (more than 10%) are returned to the authors for appropriate revisions. This is essentially part of the technical review phase of the publication process. Authors are given three to four revisions until their submission reaches the acceptable similarity index.

 

Using third-party Material 

Authors must obtain permission to reuse third-party material in their articles. Short extracts of text and some other types of material are usually permitted, on a limited basis, for criticism and review without securing formal permission. Suppose the author wishes to include any material in their paper for which they do not hold copyright and which is not covered by this informal agreement. In that case, they must obtain written permission from the copyright owner before submission to JARI journal.