Focus and Scope

FOCUS AND SCOPE JELITA

The goal of the Journal of Education, Language Innovation, and Applied Linguistics (JELITA) is to encourage inquiry into the relationship between theoretical and practical studies to develop a principled approach to educational research on the English language, language innovation, and applied linguistics problems. The journal welcomes articles in the following areas of current analysis:

• Language in Education;
• English Education;
• English Language;
• Educational Sciences;
• Language Testing and Assessment;
• Language Innovation;
• Language Teaching and Learning;
• English Language Teaching (ELT) and Methodology;
• Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL);
• ICT for Language Learning;
• Language in Curriculum Design and Development;
• Literature and English Language Teaching; 
• Applied Linguistics;
• Sociolinguistics; and
• Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The journal uses a peer review system and encourages blind reviewing. The editorial boards will decide whether to accept or reject manuscripts based on the review results provided by the reviewers. There has been no communication between the writers and the editors regarding the rejection decision. Before proceeding to the review process, all manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism using "Turnitin" software. If there is any evidence of plagiarism, the manuscript will be rejected immediately. The reasons for the rejection will be communicated to the authors whose papers are rejected.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Education, Language Innovation and Applied Linguistics (JELITA) is published in online versions with a publication schedule in January and July every year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Publication Ethics

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The publishing of an article in a peer-reviewed journal, such as the Journal of Education, Language Innovation, and Applied Linguistics (JELITA), is a critical building block in the formation of a coherent and accepted network of knowledge. It reflects the level of quality of the authors' work as well as the institutions that support them. The scientific method is supported and embodied by peer-reviewed articles. As a result, it is critical to agree on ethical norms for all parties engaged in the publication process: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society of society-owned or sponsored journals.

Authors of original research papers should include an accurate overview of the work done as well as an objective discussion of its importance. The underlying data should be appropriately empirically demonstrated. A paper must include appropriate detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or purposefully inaccurate remarks are unethical and must be avoided.

DUTIES OF AUTHOR

Reporting standards

Authors of original research papers should include an accurate overview of the work done as well as an objective discussion of its importance. The underlying data should be appropriately empirically demonstrated. A paper must include appropriate detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or purposefully inaccurate remarks are unethical and must be avoided.

Data access and retention

Authors may be required to release raw data in connection with a manuscript for editorial review, and in any instance, authors should be prepared to keep such data for a reasonable time afterwards published.

Originality and plagiarism

The authors should ensure that their works are wholly unique and that if they have used the work and/or words of others, this has been properly cited or quoted. Plagiarism can take several forms, ranging from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing major parts of another's paper (without acknowledgement), to claiming results from other people's study. Plagiarism, in all of its manifestations, involves unethical publication conduct and must be avoided.

Acknowledgement of sources

It is always necessary to properly acknowledge the work of others. Authors should cite publications that had an impact on the nature of the reported work. Information received privately, such as through conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, shall not be utilized or reported without the source's clear, written permission.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

In general, an author should not submit articles detailing essentially the same research to a certain than one journal or primary published.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to individuals who figured prominently contribution to the study's conception, design, implementation, or interpretation. Co-authors should include everyone who made a substantial contribution. Others who have contributed to the substantive components of the study endeavour should be thanked or identified as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the work before submitting it for publication.

Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the study contains chemicals, techniques, or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should include a statement in the manuscript stating that all procedures were carried out in accordance with relevant laws and institutional norms and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) authorized them.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that could be considered to impact the results or interpretation of their paper should be disclosed by all authors in their manuscript. All sources of funding for the project should be mentioned.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a serious error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, it is the author's responsibility to contact the journal editor or publisher as soon as possible and to work with the editor to retract or fix the manuscript.

DUTIES OF EDITORS

Publication decisions

The editor of a peer-reviewed journal decides which of the manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published, often in collaboration with the relevant society (for society-owned or sponsored journals). Such decisions must always be driven by the validation of the work in question and its value to academics and readers. The editor may be led by the editorial board's policies and bound by any legal requirements that are in effect at the time involving libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. In making this judgment, the editor may consult with other editors or reviewers (or society officers).

Fair play

An editor should evaluate manuscripts based on their intellectual content, regardless of the writers' colour, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic background, citizenship, or political philosophy.

Peer review

The editor is responsible for ensuring that the peer-review process is fair, objective, and timely. Typically, research articles must be examined by at least two external and independent reviewers, with the editor seeking additional perspectives as needed.

Confidentiality

The editor must protect the confidentiality of all substantial submitted to the journal and all communications with reviewers unless otherwise agreed with the relevant authors and reviewers.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished substances disclosed in a submitted manuscript may not be used in an editor's personal research without the author's express written permission.

DUTIES OF REVIEWER

Contribution to Editorial Decision

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. 

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not share the review or information about the paper with anyone or contact the authors directly without permission from the editor.

Alertness to Ethical Issues

A reviewer should be alert to potential ethical issues in the paper and should bring these to the attention of the editor, including any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which the reviewer has personal knowledge. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation.

Standards of Objectivity & Competing Interests

Reviews should be conducted objectively.  Reviewers should be aware of any personal bias they may have and take this into account when reviewing a paper. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Reviewers should consult the Editor before agreeing to review a paper where they have potential conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

DUTIES OF PUBLISHER

Guardianship of the scholarly record

These guidelines have been written with all these requirements in attention but exclusively recognising that it is an important role of the publisher to support the huge efforts made by journal editors, and the often-unsung volunteer work undertaken by peer reviewers, in maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.

Safeguard editorial independence

We are committed to ensuring that the possibility of advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no consequence on editorial decisions.

Provide editors with technical, procedural & legal support

We facilitate editors in interactions with other journals and/or publishers when this is beneficial to the editors, and we are interested in providing specialized legal evaluation and counsel if necessary.

Educate researchers on publishing ethics

We also provide extensive education and advice on publishing ethics standards, particularly for early career researchers.

Peer Review Process

The journal uses a peer review system and encourages blind reviewing. The editorial boards will decide whether to accept or reject manuscripts based on the review results provided by the reviewers. There has been no communication between the writers and the editors regarding the rejection decision. Before proceeding to the review process, all manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism using "Turnitin" software. If there is any evidence of plagiarism, the manuscript will be rejected immediately. The reasons for the rejection will be communicated to the authors whose papers are rejected.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Fees

Journal of Education, Language Innovation, and Applied Linguistics (JELITA) does not charge any processing or publishing fees for every article published.

Journal Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...