Publication Ethics

IJLRD follows the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

Authors must submit only original work, cite every source they rely on, and name as authors only those who contributed to the work. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism and the reuse of one’s own published text without citation, is not accepted. Fabricated or falsified sources or data are treated as serious misconduct.

Reviewers must keep the paper confidential, declare any conflict of interest and decline to review a paper they cannot judge fairly. They must not use a paper under review for their own work.

Editors judge papers on their content alone, keep submissions confidential and step aside from any paper where they have a conflict of interest.

Misconduct. If plagiarism, duplicate publication or other misconduct is suspected, before or after publication, the journal follows the relevant COPE flowchart. The authors are always told what has been found and given the chance to respond before any action is taken.

Corrections and retractions. Errors that affect the meaning of a published article are corrected by a dated correction notice linked to the article. An article found to be seriously unreliable, plagiarised or published in breach of these policies is retracted. A retracted article stays online, clearly marked as retracted, with a note giving the reason.

Complaints. Complaints about the journal’s conduct may be sent to . Every complaint is acknowledged within 5 working days.