Ethics Policy &
Anti-plagiarism Policy

Ethics Policy

In line with best practices and recommended codes of conduct of the institution as well as the international standards for researchers, the contributors to Interlocutor are to note the following:

- The Editors, Editorial/Advisory/Peer Review Board, the Department, do not charge any money or accept donations or payments at any stage of publication. No fees, charges or payments are accepted for the purpose of submission, review, and publication of the journal.

- Contributors are not monetarily reimbursed or compensated in any way for their submissions.

-The peer reviewers do not receive any kind of payment or honorarium for their services, discharged in relation to the journal.

-Recommendations and references of interested third parties are not entertained at any stage of submission.

-As per the editorial and ethical policy, submissions by the same author for consecutive volumes shall not be accepted. In addition to that, multiple submissions by the same author for the same volume would not be permitted.

- Any submissions made after the CFP deadline may be summarily rejected without explanation.

-Rejected submissions may not be informed of the reason for rejection/non-inclusion and the decision of the Editorial Board is final in the matter. Selected submissions will be notified accordingly.

- All submissions are checked for plagiarism before publication.

Interlocutor is a collective effort of the Department of English, the Bhawanipur Education Society College. The Editorial Board including the faculty of the Department of English will ensure impartial academic and research approaches in relation to the journal.