Publication Ethics
ETAGTSU - the online academic Journal of ETAG and Department of English Philology, Faculty of Humanities at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, is committed to high standards of critical scholarly review and professional publication assessment. It adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) regarding study design and ethical approval, data analysis, authorship, conflicts of interest, peer review, redundant publication, plagiarism, duties of editors, advertising, dealing with misconduct. see more at COPE guidelines link.
PLAGIARISM CHECKER
Online Journal of Humanities ETAGTSU uses Turnitin Similarity Check to screen for unoriginal material. For more details about Plagirism Policy please, follow the link.
Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interests:
We fully share the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), according to which the conflicts of interest comprise those which may not be fully apparent and which may influence the judgment of author, reviewers, and editors. They have been described as those which, when revealed later, would make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. “Financial” interests may include employment, research funding, stock or share ownership, payment for lectures or travel, consultancies and company support for staff. (1) Such interests, where relevant, must be declared to editors by researchers, authors, and reviewers. (2) Editors should also disclose relevant conflicts of interest to their readers. If in doubt, disclose. Sometimes, editors may need to withdraw from the review and selection process for the relevant submission.
Information about a submitted manuscript must not be disclosed to anyone other than the author(s), editors, reviewers, or the publisher, as required. Editors will not use unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript in their own research without the author(s)’ written consent. Editors will avoid judging manuscripts that conflict with their own interests. When reviewing an article submitted by editorial board members, the author of the article will be temporarily excluded from the review process. The whole editorial decision-making process will be handled by other editors with decision-making responsibility.
