Studies in Linguistics and Language Education (SLLE) maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy toward plagiarism, including self-plagiarism. All submissions must be original, properly cited, and must not violate copyright or academic integrity standards.

By submitting a manuscript to SLLE, authors acknowledge and agree that their work will be screened for similarity and originality.

As part of this process, manuscripts may be checked using plagiarism-detection software such as Turnitin, in addition to manual verification by the editorial team and peer reviewers.

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✅ Similarity Check

• All submissions are screened for similarity before peer review.

• Acceptable similarity is limited to properly cited quotations, references, and standard methodological terms.

• High similarity may result in:

  • Immediate rejection, or

  • Return to the author for corrective revision before evaluation.

• Serious or repeated similarity violations may lead to permanent rejection and, in severe cases, notification to the author's institution.

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✅ AI-Generated Content Detection

SLLE is committed to maintaining research integrity and authorship authenticity.
For this reason:

• Turnitin’s AI-writing detection tool may be used to evaluate whether large portions of the manuscript were generated by artificial intelligence without proper attribution.

• Text that is fully or partially generated by AI must be disclosed and clearly discussed in the methodology or acknowledgements (e.g., assistance in grammar correction, data processing, or translation).

• Undisclosed AI-generated manuscripts or AI-fabricated data are considered ethical misconduct.

• If AI-generated writing is detected and not transparently acknowledged:

  • The manuscript may be rejected,

  • Returned for explanation or revision,

  • Or withdrawn if discovered after acceptance.

SLLE supports the responsible use of language tools and AI technologies, but authors must ensure full transparency and originality of their work.

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✅ Consequences

Any manuscript discovered to contain plagiarism, excessive similarity, falsified content, or undisclosed AI-generated writing may be:

• Rejected before peer review,

• Returned for revision,

• Retracted after publication if serious misconduct is confirmed.

SLLE follows international standards of academic integrity and ethical publishing to protect the credibility and scholarly contribution of all published research.