Plagiarism & AI Checking

Plagiarism Policy

IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) intends to ensure that all authors are careful and comply with international standards for academic and scholarship integrity, particularly on the issue of plagiarism. They should ensure that they have written and submitted only entirely original works. If they have used the work and/or words of others, those should be appropriately cited or quoted. Manuscripts submitted to IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) will be screened for plagiarism using TURNITIN and website-based search engines before deciding whether an article passes the desk evaluation or not. The similarity of the paper submitted for journal publication must not be more than 20%.

AI Policy

The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, Bard, or similar systems) is permitted in manuscript preparation only to a limited extent, and subject to the following conditions:

Any use of AI tools must be clearly stated in the manuscript. Authors must provide a transparent statement in the Acknowledgments or Methodology section detailing which AI tools were used, and for what purpose.

AI tools must not be used to generate research data, manipulate results, produce entire paragraphs or sections of the manuscript, or fabricate references. Authors are responsible for ensuring the academic integrity of all content.

AI tools cannot be credited as authors. The submitting authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and ethical standards of the work, regardless of any AI assistance used.

All submissions will be screened for plagiarism and AI-generated content. Manuscripts with more than 20% AI-generated material will be rejected.

Retraction

The articles published in IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics) will be considered to retract in the publication if:
1. They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabrication) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error)
2. The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper crossreferencing, permission or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication)
3. It constitutes plagiarism
4. It reports unethical research

The mechanism of retraction follows the Retraction Guidelines of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which can be accessed at https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf