TAMILIYAL is committed to responsible scholarly publishing and maintains policies designed to protect research integrity, editorial independence and the reliability of the published scholarly record.
Responsibilities of Authors
Authors must:
- Submit original work
- Provide accurate research information
- Properly acknowledge sources
- Avoid plagiarism
- Avoid duplicate or redundant publication
- Disclose relevant conflicts of interest
- Obtain appropriate ethical approval where required
- Obtain required permissions and consent
- Ensure that all listed authors meet the journal’s authorship requirements
- Approve the final manuscript
- Cooperate with investigations concerning possible misconduct
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewers must:
- Maintain confidentiality
- Provide objective and constructive assessments
- Identify relevant published work where appropriate
- Disclose conflicts of interest
- Decline reviews where they lack appropriate expertise or independence
- Not use unpublished information for personal advantage
Responsibilities of Editors
Editors must:
- Evaluate manuscripts fairly
- Maintain confidentiality
- Apply the journal’s peer-review procedures consistently
- Manage conflicts of interest
- Investigate credible allegations of misconduct
- Correct the scholarly record where necessary
- Protect editorial independence
Research Misconduct
The journal may investigate allegations involving:
- Fabrication
- Falsification
- Plagiarism
- Duplicate publication
- Manipulation of images or data
- Citation manipulation
- Peer-review manipulation
- Authorship misconduct
- Undisclosed conflicts of interest
Appropriate actions may include correction, expression of concern, rejection, retraction or referral to an appropriate institution.
Intellectual Property
Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted material does not unlawfully infringe third-party rights.
Post-Publication Discussion
The journal may consider scholarly correspondence, corrections, comments, responses and other appropriate post-publication communications.
Corrections and Retractions
The journal will correct or retract published content where necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.