The International Journal of English Language, Education and Literature Studies (IJEEL) is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity, originality, and responsible scholarly communication. The journal expects every submitted manuscript to represent original scholarly work and to provide appropriate acknowledgment of all sources, ideas, data, quotations, and other intellectual contributions used in the research.
Plagiarism in any form is considered a serious violation of publication ethics. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, properly cited, and free from unauthorized or unattributed use of previously published or unpublished material.
Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's words, ideas, arguments, concepts, data, findings, images, tables, or other intellectual material as one's own without appropriate acknowledgment. Plagiarism may occur through direct copying, inadequate paraphrasing, inappropriate translation, omission of citations, or unauthorized reuse of published material.
Manuscripts submitted to IJEEL may be subjected to plagiarism and similarity screening during the editorial assessment and peer-review process. Additional screening may be conducted whenever concerns regarding originality or attribution arise before or after publication.
A similarity score is not, by itself, evidence of plagiarism. The editorial team may examine the nature, source, extent, and context of identified similarities. Properly cited quotations, references, standard terminology, and commonly used academic expressions may contribute to similarity without constituting plagiarism.
Authors must ensure that all sources used in the manuscript are appropriately acknowledged. Direct quotations should be clearly identified and referenced, while ideas, arguments, findings, and information obtained from other sources must also be properly cited.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that figures, tables, images, datasets, and other third-party materials are appropriately attributed and used in accordance with applicable copyright and permission requirements.
Authors should not substantially reproduce their own previously published work without appropriate citation, disclosure, and justification. Reuse of substantial portions of previously published text, data, figures, tables, or findings without adequate acknowledgment may constitute self-plagiarism or redundant publication.
A manuscript submitted to IJEEL must not simultaneously be under consideration by another journal. Authors must disclose any previous publication, conference paper, preprint, dissertation, or related manuscript that substantially overlaps with the submitted work.
If plagiarism or significant unattributed similarity is identified before publication, IJEEL may request clarification, require appropriate revision, reject the manuscript, or take other editorial action depending on the nature and seriousness of the concern.
If plagiarism is identified after publication, the journal may investigate the matter and may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate editorial notice. Where necessary, the journal may also communicate with the relevant institution or authority.
By submitting a manuscript to IJEEL, authors confirm that the work is original, appropriately attributed, and prepared in accordance with accepted standards of academic integrity and publication ethics.
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