Millennium Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to meeting high standards of ethical behavior in all its publications. This statement outlines the publishing ethics responsibilities of the publisher, authors, peer reviewers and editors.

We expect our publishing partners, editors, authors and peer reviewers to uphold any relevant confidentiality arrangements for each book or journal, to raise concerns in the case of any suspected breach of ethics, and to disclose any conflicts of interest.

Concerns in these respects about research published by Millennium Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences should be raised with the relevant (journal) editor(s) and/or the publisher (LEAP: LEADER OF EDUCATION AND PUBLICAITON).

AUTHOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES

The authors’ central obligation is to present a concise, accurate account of the research performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to public sources of information to permit others to repeat the work.

The submitted manuscript must contain unpublished original work and not be under consideration for publication by any other journal or in another book. Duplicate publications are never acceptable. 

Fragmentation of research papers is not acceptable. Publications should be organized so that each paper gives a complete account of a particular aspect of the research.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the concept, design, execution, or interpretation of the research study. All those who have made significant contributions should be offered the opportunity to be listed as authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the study should be acknowledged, but not identified as authors.

All authors are accountable for the originality, validity, and integrity of the paper; for this reason, no Artificial Intelligence qualifies as author. See also the section on 'Artificial Intelligence'.

The corresponding author, who submits the paper for publication, should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

All (co-)authors have an obligation to provide prompt retractions or correction of errors in published works. Any individual unwilling or unable to accept appropriate responsibility for a paper should not be a co-author.

Authors should list their affiliation(s), limited to those institutions with which the author has or had a formal relationship at the time of the research and/or the preparation of the publication.

Artificial Intelligence

(Addition 22 March 2023) Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not qualify for the role of author (see above) and should not be listed as such. If AI was used in the research or preparation of the paper, this should be declared and explained in the description of the tools or methods used. Any requirements concerning copyright and plagiarism continue to apply.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the unauthorized and unacknowledged use of someone else’s words, ideas, processes, or results in a manner that can mislead others into thinking the material is your own. It may be intentional, or may result from honest error, a lack of knowledge of proper publication practices, or poor judgement, but it is always a serious issue that can have negative implications for an author in terms of reputation and career, as well as legal consequences when copyright is infringed.

We do not tolerate plagiarism in any of our publications. We reserve the right to check all submissions through appropriate plagiarism checking tools. Submissions containing suspected plagiarism, in whole or part, will be rejected. If plagiarism is discovered after publication, we will act according to the section below on “Correcting the Scholarly Record".

Duplicate or redundant publication, or ‘self-plagiarism’, occurs when a work, or substantial parts of a work, is published more than once by the author(s) of the work without appropriate cross-referencing or justification for the overlap. This can be in the same or a different language. We do not support substantial overlap between publications, unless there is editorial agreement that this will strengthen the academic discourse; the author has obtained approval from the original publication; and an acknowledgment and citation of the original source are included in the article.

Libel, Defamation and Freedom of Expression

Freedom of expression is critical to us as publishers, but we do not support publishing false statements that harm the reputation of individuals, groups, or organizations. Criticism of other research must be professional, substantive, and free of polemics.

Manipulation, Falsification and Fabrication of Data

It is considered academic malpractice to fabricate, falsify and manipulate data. Creating or modifying tables, figures or images for publication can sometimes misrepresent the results or their significance. We expect authors to avoid modifying the presentation in their publication in such a way that it leads to the falsification, fabrication, or misrepresentation of the data.

Research involving Humans or Animals 

Research involving humans or animals should conform to international ethical and legal standards that apply to the field and type of research in question. If the research is of the type that would at the authors' institution(s) or in general practice within the discipline be considered to require approval from an ethics committee/review board, this approval should be obtained, and a statement to this effect should be included in the article.

We expect authors to respect human participants’ right to privacy. If any information included in the article from or about participants could lead to those participants being individually identified and recognized, authors should take care to anonymize the information to the best extent possible, and to make sure that they have obtained permission from those participants to include the information in publication. A statement regarding this should be included in the article.

Conflicts of Interest and Funding

Authors submitting a book or journal manuscript, editors, and reviewers of John Benjamins Publishing Company publications, as well as our employees, are required to declare any potential conflicts of interest that could interfere with the objectivity or integrity of a publication. These may be financial, non-financial, professional, contractual or personal in nature.

If an author received any funding for the research on which the publication reports, other than their employment by the institution(s) listed as their affiliation(s), this should be mentioned in a Funding Statement in the publication.

Data and Supporting Evidence

We support transparency and openness around data, code, and other materials associated with research. We expect authors to maintain accurate records of supporting evidence necessary to allow others to understand, verify, and replicate new findings, and to supply or provide access to this supporting evidence on reasonable request. We encourage authors to deposit data in a suitable repository or storage location, for sharing and further use by others, and to include a Data Availability Statement in their article, describing where their data may be found and what the options and licenses are for its access and use.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The editor of a journal has complete responsibility and authority to accept a submitted paper for publication or to reject it. The editor may confer with associate editors or reviewers for an evaluation to use in making this decision.

An editor should give prompt and unbiased consideration to all manuscripts offered for publication, judging each on its merits without regard to race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors, and respecting the intellectual independence of the authors. Situations that may lead to real or perceived conflicts of interest should be avoided. (See also the section below on Peer Review.)

The editor and the editorial staff should not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than reviewers and potential reviewers. Unpublished information, arguments, or interpretations disclosed in a submitted manuscript should not be used in an editor’s own research except with the consent of the author.

An editor presented with convincing evidence that the substance or conclusions of a published paper are erroneous should contact the publisher about the publication of a correction or the retraction of the publication.

 

      Plagiarism/Originality :

Plagiarism check is the first step in the manuscript review process. Manuscripts that are found to contain an unacceptable level of similarity with other published works are immediately rejected.