For all parties involved in the process of publishing a paper in the Sociological Journal of Art and Literature (i.e. authors, editorial board, and reviewers), it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. To guarantee high ethical standards, all parties should commit to these standards.

  

a)      International Standards for Authors

All those submitting papers to SJAL are supposed to observe the international standards for authors voluntarily.

Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work. Plagiarism, duplication, data fabrication and falsification, and redundant publications are forbidden.

Authors must certify that their manuscript have not been published previously and are not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

If an author uses the work and/or words of others, s/he must ensure that the work and/or words of others are appropriately cited or quoted and identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscripts.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is his/her obligation to promptly notify editors of the Journal to retract or correct the paper.

Authors must notify the Journal of any conflicts of interest.

 

b)     International Standards for Editorial Board

Editors and Editorial Board members are required to follow the international standards for editorial boards.

They must keep information pertaining to all submitted manuscripts confidential.

They are responsible for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts.

They must strive to meet the needs of readers and authors.

They must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.

They must strive to constantly improve the Journal.

They must maintain academic integrity.

They must disclose any conflict of interest and ensure that intellectual and ethical standards are not compromised for any reason.

They must always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

 

c)      International Standards for Reviewers

Reviewers are also expected to meet the international standards for reviewers when they accept review invitations.

Reviewers must keep information pertaining to the manuscript confidential.

Reviewers must bring to the attention of the Editor-in-Chief any information that may be a reason to reject publication of a manuscript.

Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts only for their intellectual content.

Reviewers must objectively evaluate the manuscripts based only on their originality, significance, and relevance to the Journal.

Reviewers must notify the Editor-in-Chief of any conflict of interest.