policies

Editorial process and peer review

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CJLT accepts submission of original manuscripts within its thematic scope and languages as indicated in the Call for Submissions. A double-blind peer-review process will apply to both the Translation practice and the Research sections. Reviews will be managed internally.

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All submissions are first evaluated by the editors of their respective section. The selected submissions then undergo a double-blind peer review with external referees and/or members of the Advisory Board and Consultant Editors, chosen for their specific competences and research fields. The Reviews editors will ensure that reviews remain anonymous when submitted to a member of the Editorial or Advisory Boards or Consulting Editors for comments. 

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Criteria for publication include: appropriateness to the journal’s mission (or to the unifying theme or issue), potential impact on the field of literary translation practice and scholarship. Submissions must not have been previously published.

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Decision-making concerning submissions is without regard to authors’ language, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, affiliation, geographic location, or political positioning. Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly merit, compliance with copyright law and CJLT’s code of ethics and Open Access principles.

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Open access policy and licensing terms

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CJLT is an open access journal hosted on the Diamond Open Access Journals platform at the University of Cambridge. It is published online only and is freely available to all under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Derivative licence (CC BY-NC-ND). This license allows re-users to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format, only as long as attribution is given to the creator, and no derivatives or adaptations are made. The license does NOT allow for commercial use. 

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CJLT does not charge authors to publish, nor readers to access content; all publishing and reading are completely free and immediately available without embargoes.

 

Copyright terms

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Authors do not transfer copyright or assign exclusive rights to CJLT. Authors retain the copyright and publishing rights to their work, in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Derivative licence (CC BY-NC-ND). In the event of a contribution being re-published elsewhere, we expect an acknowledgement of the original publication in this journal.

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It is the author and translator’s responsibility to secure permission from rights holders (author, publisher, or others) to publish images, artwork, as well as the source text and its translation in our journal. CJLT will not consider submissions without evidence that permission has been granted. CJLT is unable to cover any costs for copyright clearance.

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Code of ethics

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CJLT’s code of ethics is inspired by the COPE Code of Conduct.

The Editorial Board as a whole, Authors, Guest Editors, Referees, and the Publisher are required to accept and abide by the ethical code. Elements of the code of ethics are also detailed below.

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Policy on Artificial Intelligence and automated tools

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This policy applies to all submissions, including translations, research articles, and reviews. You can find the full text here.

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CJLT is committed to authorial and research integrity, transparency, accountability, confidentiality, and high editorial standards. All use of AI and automated tools in relation to the journal must comply with the following core principles:

 

• Transparency: substantive use of generative AI must be disclosed.

• Human responsibility: humans, not automated tools, are accountable for all submitted, reviewed, edited, and published content.

• Confidentiality: manuscripts, peer review reports, personal data, and any unpublished material must be protected.

• Human oversight: editorial and publishing decisions must be made by appropriately qualified human editors.

• Research integrity: AI must not be used in ways that fabricate, falsify, misrepresent, or obscure the origin of scholarly work.

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Any use of AI that contributes to the content of a manuscript must be disclosed at the point of submission, including which sections were AI-assisted and the nature and extent of that assistance. This information should be included in an AI Use Disclosure section at the end of your main submission file (you will find examples in the submission templates).

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Using AI tools in ways that replace or compromise core researcher and author/translator responsibilities is strictly not permitted. Failure to disclose relevant AI use will be treated as a breach of publication ethics.

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