CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

A conflict of interest exists when professional judgement concerning the validity of research or its evaluation may be influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial, personal, academic, institutional, or political relationships. EJI (English Journal of Indragiri): Studies in Education, Literature, and Linguistic requires transparency from all parties involved.

 Authors

Authors must disclose all financial and non-financial relationships that could be seen as influencing their work, including funding sources, employment, and personal or professional relationships with the subject of the research. A statement must be included in the manuscript (for example, “The authors declare no conflict of interest” or a description of the conflict).

Reviewers

Reviewers must decline to review a manuscript if they have a conflict of interest, for example a recent collaboration with the authors, a close personal relationship, an institutional affiliation shared with the authors, or a competing research interest. Reviewers must not use unpublished information from a manuscript for their own benefit.

Editors

Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest, including manuscripts submitted by colleagues, family, or members of their own institution. Such manuscripts are handled by another editor or by the Editor-in-Chief who has no conflict. Submissions by editors or editorial board members are handled independently by other editors and follow the same peer-review process.

Where undisclosed conflicts of interest are discovered after publication, the journal may publish a correction or take further action in accordance with COPE guidelines.