Policies

Open Access Policy

All research articles published in the Lighthouse Journal of Literature and Linguisitics (LJLL) are fully open access and immediately freely available to read, download and share. Articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons license which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.

 Authors have the option to pay a publication fee (article publication charge APC) to publish their research article on a Gold Open Access (OA) basis under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Papers published on a Gold OA basis are freely available to everyone to read and re-use immediately upon publication, provided the terms and conditions of the license are followed and clear attribution to the author is given.

Publication Charges

Authors can pay the article publication charge (APC) at the following rates to have their work published on a Gold OA under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. There is no submission fee; therefore, APCs only applies to papers that are accepted for publication. Subscription article is free of cost. Other than that, there are no additional charges associated with the publication in the Lighthouse Journal of Literature & Linguistics. Furthermore, the first three issues are free of cost for authors.

The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy use distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use.

A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format, is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving.

Peer Review Policy

LJLL maintains the highest standards of peer review while increasing the efficiency of the process.

All research articles published in LJLL  undergo full peer review taking into account the following characteristics:

  1. LJLL  follows a double-blind review process and each paper is reviewed by at least two suitably qualified experts in the subject area.
  2. All publication decisions are made by the journals’ Chief Editor and Editor on the basis of the reviews provided.
  3. Members of the international Editorial Boards lend insight, advice, and guidance to the Editor generally and assist decision-making on specific submissions.
  4. Managing Editors and Associate Editors provide the administrative support that allows LJLL  to maintain the integrity of peer review while delivering rapid turnaround and maximum efficiency to authors, reviewers, and editors alike.

Peer Review of Referred Papers

Editors of LJLL  will decide promptly whether to accept, reject, or request revisions of referred papers based on the reviewer’s comments. In addition, Editors will have the option of seeking additional reviews when needed. 

Authorship Criteria Policy

INTRODUCTION

Authorship is an explicit way of assigning responsibility and giving credit for intellectual work. The two are linked. Authorship practices should be judged by how honestly they reflect actual contributions to the final product. Authorship should be attributed to personnel with significant contribution to the study, manuscript drafting, and holding responsibility for the authenticity. General supervision, or financial support shall not suffice the authorship. Contribution of each author shall clearly be stated and contributing authors shall not be changed without prior written consent from the existing authors.

Normally, an author is an individual judged to have made a substantial intellectual or practical contribution to a publication and who agrees to be accountable for that contribution. This would normally include the following individuals.

AUTHORSHIP

1. Everyone who is listed as an author should have made a substantial, direct, intellectual contribution to the work. For example (in the case of a research report) they should have contributed to the conception, design, analysis and/or interpretation of data. Honorary or guest authorship is not acceptable. Acquisition of funding and provision of technical services, patients, or materials, while they may be essential to the work, are not in themselves sufficient contributions to justify authorship.

2. Everyone who has made substantial intellectual contributions to the work should be an author. Everyone who has made other substantial contributions should be acknowledged.

3. All authors' academic qualification should have relevence to the work.

4. When research is done by teams whose members are highly specialized, individual's contributions and responsibility may be limited to specific aspects of the work.

5. All authors should participate in writing the manuscript by reviewing drafts and approving the final version.

6. We do not consider multiple submissions and redundant publications. 

7. One author should take primary responsibility for the work as a whole even if he or she does not have an in-depth understanding of every part of the work.

8. This primary author should assure that all authors meet basic standards for authorship and should prepare a concise, written description of their contributions to the work, which has been approved by all authors.

Plagiarism Policy

Prevention of plagiarism is essential as it provides scientific and academic integrity. Hence, Lighthouse Journal of Literature and Linguistics strictly follows the Plagiarism Policy as described by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. HEART uses the latest Plagiarism Detection Software for controlling plagiarism concerns. Also, the Journal Cheif editor will run plagiarism check for the submitted manuscripts before sending to reviewers.  If a manuscript has over 19% of plagiarism based on the result of Turnitin check, we send back the manuscript to the author to be revised for the plagiarized contents.

It is basically the author’s duty to only submit an article that is free from plagiarism. The editor, however, checks each article before its publication. The first step is to check plagiarism against offline database developed by Lighthouse Journal of Literature and Linguistics and, secondly, against all relevant online databases.

Copyright Policy

All authors hold full copyright. They are allowed to link published papers and share the published papers online or offline in the final format printed on the journal website. Additionally, authors are allowed to index and store the published work in any private, public, professional and institutional repositories including Research Gates, University Repositories, Academia.edu, Google Scholar etc.

Authors are free to: