Publication Ethics and Malpractice Policy
Editorial Policy
LLIDS only publishes previously unpublished work. All submissions are thoroughly checked for similarity index and plagiarism. The submissions which do not meet the basic criteria are given a desk rejection. Else, they are sent for two or more peer reviews. Our Editorial process is elaborated in detail here. The publication decision for each submission is based on the collated reviews of the Editorial Team, the Advisory Editorial Board, and the peer reviews received for the submission. The decision of the editorial team, in regard to publication, is final and binding. The selection of articles for publication is solely on the basis of the merit of the work submitted.
Peer Review Policy
LLIDS follows a double-blind peer review policy. The identity of the reviewers as well as the authors are kept confidential from each other. To ensure the same, we enforce that the reviewers are chosen from different institutions than the authors. Reviewers are selected keeping in mind that their subject area as well as their level of educational qualifications match with that of the author. Authors are encouraged to participate in the peer review process. Please read further details on the Peer Review Policy and Guidelines here.
Similarity Index and Plagiarism Policy
The similarity index of all submissions is checked by calculating the percentage of quotes in order to maintain the level of original content in the paper. The accepted percentage may vary according to the discipline or the subjective requirement of the submission as seen fit by the editorial team.
LLIDS follows a Zero Plagiarism Policy. Although the responsibility to submit plagiarism free works belongs to the author, all selected papers are thoroughly checked for plagiarism. LLIDS strongly advocates against self-plagiarism as well.
License
LLIDS publishes under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors agree to publish their work under the same CC-BY 4.0 International License.
Open-Access
The full text of all articles published in LLIDS is available free of cost to readers in PDF format from the time of publication without any embargo time. Please read our Open Access Statement here.
Archiving and Self-Archiving
LLIDS archives all the published articles on its website and puts all its articles on archive.org as well. The journal does not allow pre-print archiving but authors are free to archive the Final Publisher’s PDF of the published work as they see fit. LLIDS encourages authors to self-archive their articles in open access repositories.
Copyright
The authors retain the copyright of their work and can re-publish their work wherever they see fit provided they acknowledge LLIDS as the original publisher and provide the URL of the work in the re-publication.
Copyright Infringement
In case of any third-party copyright infringement issues, LLIDS encourages the authors to adhere to the guidelines of Columbia University Libraries’ Fair Use Policy by evaluating their usage of any copyrighted material against their Fair Use Checklist. The authors are responsible for ensuring that they are not violating any copyright laws and have taken permission for any copyrighted material used in their work when required. They are to provide the said permissions to LLIDS before publication. The responsibility for the same lies solely with the author and LLIDS is in no case liable for any copyright infringement issues in the published papers.
Policy to deal with Publication Malpractices
– The decision of publication can be revoked at any point before publication and the work can even be retracted after publication if it is found to violate the plagiarism policy, be engaged in any copyright dispute, be short of any publication criteria, or found unsuitable for publication due to any reason by the editorial team.
– The authors may be blacklisted from participation in future Issues as per the discretion of the Editorial team.
– LLIDS will always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
Submission of a work to LLIDS implicates that the author(s) –
– Takes responsibility that work belongs to him/her/them, is completely free of plagiarism, and has never been published before in any form.
– Has particularly specified in the cover letter if work has been uploaded online for any purpose including but not exclusive to institutional archiving, pre-publication archiving, or self archiving.
– Has not submitted the work elsewhere and will not do so while the paper is under consideration in LLIDS.
– Has written permission to use any diagrams/charts/figures/images the work may contain from the original copyright holder and will be able to furnish the same if the paper is selected for publication.
Funding
LLIDS is fueled by the voluntary efforts of its Editorial Team and is published under the aegis of its head organisation, E.L.A. Project. LLIDS accepts voluntary donations – Support Us.
Optional APC (Article Processing Charges) Policy
LLIDS started its Optional APC Policy from its Issue 4.4. The Optional APC Policy allows for scholars from disparate economic and geographical backgrounds to participate in creation and dissemination of ideas without any financial barriers. The policy—created with the aim to attempt to create sustenance and long-term viability of LLIDS and its publishing processes—ensures and emphasizes that scholars who are unable to pay the APCs are in no way bound to them and will always remain exempted from them.
The Optional APC policy does not affect the publication decision in any way, whatsoever. The selection of articles for publication is solely on the basis of the merit of the work submitted. In order to ensure the above, the editorial team does not have access to the information regarding the APC choice filed by the submitters.
The Optional APCs are applicable for:
1. Institutionally funded authors.
2. Non-funded authors who choose to pay them if they want to contribute to our sustenance and long-term viability.
3. APCs are only to be paid once a submission has been accepted for publication.
APC Amount: $100
All communication regarding the ‘Optional APC Policy‘ will be send from our organizational email ID – admin@elaproject.org.