The Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature, and Applied Linguistics (JELA) is committed to ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in authorship and research contributions. This policy follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
All listed authors must meet the following four criteria:
Make substantial contributions to the study's conception, design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation.
Draft the manuscript or critically revise its intellectual content.
Approve the final version for publication.
Accept accountability for the integrity and accuracy of the work.
Individuals who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged appropriately rather than listed as authors.
Authors are encouraged to provide an Author Contributions Statement using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) framework.
The order of authors must be agreed upon by all co-authors. The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal, ensuring authorship eligibility, obtaining co-author approval, and maintaining accurate author information.
All authors must disclose relevant conflicts of interest and comply with applicable research ethics requirements.
Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature, and Applied Linguistics (JELA) prohibits gift, guest, honorary, and ghost authorship, as well as the intentional exclusion of eligible contributors.
Funding acquisition, general supervision, administrative assistance, or language editing alone does not qualify an individual for authorship.
Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. Any substantive use of AI-assisted technologies must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's AI policy.
Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be submitted in writing to the Editor-in-Chief, accompanied by a clear justification and written consent from all affected authors.
Authorship changes after acceptance are generally discouraged and will be considered only under exceptional circumstances.
Authorship disputes should initially be resolved among the authors or through their affiliated institutions. Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature, and Applied Linguistics (JELA) may suspend manuscript processing until unresolved disputes are addressed.
Suspected authorship misconduct identified after publication will be evaluated in accordance with COPE guidelines and may require corrections or other appropriate editorial actions.
