Publication Ethics

Al Mihwar: Journal of Arabic Language Teaching, Arabic Linguistics and Arabic Literature aims to ensure highest ethical standards for publication to accept high-quality scientific publications and public trusts in scientific findings, as well as to promote authors of articles to receive credit for their ideas. All processes are maintained adhering to the Publication Ethics (COPE) and its Best Practice Guidelines in every possible way.

Plagiarism

Manuscripts discovered to contain plagiarism, where content has been copied from other authors' works, will be treated as instances of plagiarism. The plagiarism screening process will occur both at the outset of the review process, before manuscripts are assigned to reviewers, and during the editing stage. If plagiarism is detected after the manuscript has been published, the editor will promptly remove the article from the issue list while notifying the author of the publication ethics violation. Additionally, a maximum plagiarism tolerance of 25% is set as a standard. Should the detected percentage of plagiarism exceed this threshold, the manuscript will be returned to the author for necessary revisions and corrections.

Duplicate Submission

Manuscripts that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere will be considered as violation of duplicate submission. If authors have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently being reviewed, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to properly cite the previous work to avoid self-plagiarism (auto-plagiarism) once after both manuscripts are published.

Citation Manipulation

Submitted manuscripts that are found to include false citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations to a particular author's work or articles published in any particular journal is considered a violation of citation manipulation.

Data Falsification

Submitted manuscripts that are found to have falsified research results and findings (including the manipulation of graphs, images, or charts) will be considered as a violation of data falsification.

Improper Author Attribution

All sources reiterated in the submitted manuscript must be given proper attribution as required by the license derived by the original source.

Conflicts of Interest

Al Mihwar encourages authors to avoid any Conflicts of interests (COIs, also known as ‘competing interests’) that occur when issues outside research could be reasonably perceived to affect the neutrality or objectivity of the work or its assessment. However, any occurring potential conflicts of interest must be declared – whether or not they actually had an influence – to allow informed decisions. In most cases, this declaration will not stop work from being published nor will it always prevent someone from being involved in a review process.