Responsibilities of Authors

Authors submitting manuscripts to Linguistic Exploration are responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of their work.

Authors are expected to:

- Submit original work that has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal.

- Present research methods, data, findings, and interpretations accurately and honestly.

- Provide appropriate citations and acknowledgments for the ideas, methods, data, and materials of others.

- Avoid plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate publication, and other forms of research misconduct.

- Ensure that all listed authors have made genuine scholarly contributions and have approved the final manuscript.

- Disclose funding sources, financial support, and relevant conflicts of interest.

- Obtain appropriate ethical approval, informed consent, and permissions where required.

- Respect the privacy, rights, cultural sensitivities, and interests of research participants and linguistic communities.

- Provide accurate information about data sources, research materials, analytical procedures, and the use of AI tools.

- Cooperate with editorial inquiries and provide supporting information when reasonably requested.

Authors remain accountable for all aspects of their submitted and published work, including any material prepared with the assistance of third parties, software, or AI tools.