Editorial policy of the journal in English
Aims & scope of title
Francophone journal of research in the humanities and social sciences particularly open to the fields of language sciences, literature, didactics of languages and cultures.
Its mission is to implement in its geographical area the Global Program of Scientific Dissemination Francophone Network GERFLINT, Study and Research Group for the French International Language. This is why it mainly publishes articles in this language but without linguistic exclusivity (it can accept up to 3 articles per issue in another language: English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, etc.) and welcomes, as a matter of priority, work resulting from the scientific thought of French-speaking researchers from its geographical area, of which French is not the first language. Like all GERFLINT journals, it pursues the following objectives : defense of French-language scientific research in all human sciences, promotion of dialogue between disciplines, languages and cultures, opening to the entire scientific community, assistance to young researchers, adoption of a wide disciplinary coverage, ensures the scientific quality of the work.
Open access, Archiving and License Creative Commons
The method of dissemination of its articles is consistent not only with the founding principles of GERFLINT, the French Code of Intellectual Property, but also the Budapest Initiative (BOAI definition). All the articles can therefore be read and downloaded for free online in their entirety without username, subscription, registration, membership. The publication of this publication is available in the « Ours » of each issue.
Its archiving, pre-print, post-print policy is posted on the SHERPA / R0MEO Database.
Unless otherwise stated, this review is protected and released under license CC BY-NC-ND
Watch on the respect of 25 instructions to authors
Researchers wishing to submit a collaboration proposal or an article to the editor are invited to consult the 25 instructions for the authors of the journal and to contact the editorial staff in case of need for explanations, clarifications and information. . These instructions are both ethical and editorial. In case of insufficient follow-up, the article is sent back to the author. An article can not have more than two authors.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement requirements
French magazine published by the GERFLINT which is within the framework of the free access to the scientific and technical information. Its marketing is prohibited. Its editorial policy and articles can be directly consulted and studied in their entirety online. The method of quotation must comply with the French Code of Intellectual Property. The Editorial Board, GERFLINT's scientific cooperation partner, works according to the provisions of the Group's ethical, editorial and confidentiality charter and its most stringent standards. The members of the journal team and scientific publishers are required to respect the dignity of the author and professional secrecy. The comments made in his articles are in accordance with the scientific debate and are the sole responsibility of the author. Any signatory of an article sent to the editor is obligatorily the author or the co-author. He must obligatorily sign a declaration of originality of his text. It guarantees the publisher Gerflint the exclusivity of its sending to the editorial staff of the journal, the follow-up of instructions to the authors, the accuracy of the professional data presented, the sources used and the dates of consultation of the referenced sites. In accordance with the rules of ethics and ethics of the field of research, any scientific fraud (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, unexpected withdrawal of article proposal without duly informing the editorial staff) is communicated to the academic and professional circles of the signatory of the proposal article. Any irregular procedure leads to systematic refusal of the text and cancellation of the collaboration.
Confidentiality declaration
All personal data (names, addresses, resumes, notices, grids and evaluation reports) which reach the review will be used only within the framework of the humanistic and scientific mission of any review of the GERFLINT, to the exclusion of all other ends. E-mail addresses and professional and scientific profiles are the only personal information published in agreement and in collaboration with the author. The anonymity of the authors and evaluators throughout the evaluation and correction process of the articles is respected. Expert reports are archived and kept confidential.
Ethical standards
1. Responsibilities of technical and scientific publishers
The editorial team works according to the highest ethical and deontological standards ensures the adoption and respect of good practices in this field. It is committed to work for the good of the scientific community and obey to no personal interest. The operation of ethical standards and respect for confidentiality are the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief and of the Director of Publication. These standards come into effect from project design through to final print and electronic publications, continue after publication, and cover international dissemination strategies for all issues. They concern the permanent team of the journal (President, director, editors, secretary, committees) and all of its collaborators: authors, coordinators, external experts, proofreaders, translators, other GERFLINT journals, partners, printer, whatever their country of practice.
The editorial team is committed to protect the magazine against any fraudulent practice. Controls, expertise of originality and systematic detection of plagiarism and self-plagiarism are provided by the Gerflint International Editorial Pole Management. These analyzes are carried out using the most powerful software, coupled with an exhaustive verification, for each article, of the relevance of the results obtained by experts in the field.
Any improper procedure, any proven breach of basic and basic ethical standards by a contributor to the journal or an author would require the editorial staff to take the necessary measures: systematic and immediate rejection of the text or of the collaboration and information to relevant scientific institutions and associations. Total or partial plagiarism demonstrated, the violation of intellectual property and confidentiality, the appearance of names of persons who did not participate directly in the research and the writing of the article, the voluntary forgetting of names of Authors or collaborators who have directly participated in the research and writing of the article are the main cases of definitive exclusion of authors and collaborators.
The members of the journal team and scientific publishers are required to respect the dignity of the author and professional secrecy.
The editorial team works to the extent of its human, material, financial resources for the advancement of the scientific and technical quality of the journal for the benefit of its readers, authors and collaborators and following the Humanistic Mission of GERFLINT.
The freedom of expression of the authors is guaranteed, provided that the statements made are neither confidential nor defamatory.
Any use of the magazine for commercial purposes is prohibited. The names of the institutions that participated in or support the journal are listed on the front and back pages of the print and electronic formats of the journal.
The Editorial Board does not accept either text that has already been published or unreferenced documents. In case of reprint, the authorization of the publisher is requested and duly indicated in note and in the presentation.
The editorial committee is committed to advising authors (particularly young Francophone researchers) in accordance with the principles of publication support defined by GERFLINT since its foundation. This orientation is especially geared to the respect of instructions to authors, whether these are of a purely editorial or ethical nature.
The decision to accept or definitively refuse an article is under the complete responsibility of the scientific publishers of the journal and members of the GERFLINT Higher Scientific Council.
Any coordinator accepting the scientific responsibility of a number subscribes to the ethical standards of the journal.
Only Gerflint's Publications and International Editorial Division is authorized to issue a certificate of publication or collaboration with the journal. To be valid, the certificate must bear the signature of one or the other person in charge and the stamp of the GERFLINT magazine or Presidency.
2. Description of the process of anonymous peer review and corrections
All articles are doubly and anonymously peer-reviewed by the scientific publishers of the issue based on the fit between the evaluator's lines of inquiry and the topic of the article. The article may be accepted, admitted subject to modifications, refused as is or refused. Experts, whatever their field, evaluate precisely:
a. Interest and originality of the subject;
b. Clarity of conceptual approach, definition of methodology, and scientific anchoring;
c. Coherence of ideas;
d. Relevance of findings and conclusions ;
e. The level of writing;
f. The application of the instructions
The results of these justified and justified expertises are systematically sent to the authors in the form of a report. A second round of expertise is provided to evaluate the changes made by the author if changes and corrections have been requested. A third expert is asked if the two evaluators have opposite opinions or if the author expresses a sufficiently argued disagreement on receipt of a negative evaluation.
Significant changes (titles, paragraphs, bibliographic references) occur in agreement with the author. If significant errors remained after publication, an erratum would be published in the following issue. In case of changes or renewals in the writing team, the decisions of the scientific committee are maintained.
3. Responsibilities of the experts
The members of the scientific and reading committees (permanent or external) who have accepted to evaluate an article undertake to adapt to the calendar of the journal, not to take the personal initiative to send the article to the journal. other colleagues, to immediately warn the editor if the article, by mistake, is not entirely anonymous or if he thinks the article is not new, to evaluate the article without answering any interests personal (financial or scientific), to issue a reasoned opinion based solely on the ability of the article to evolve research and reflection, its relevance, the clarity of its content, the quality of the process, even if, personally, he does not fully embrace the theses and methods defended by the author. He is subject to professional secrecy and undertakes to respect the confidentiality of the information transmitted to him and the opinions he has expressed on the article and its author (s) throughout the evaluation process and after the publication of the article.
4. Responsibilities of the authors
Any signatory of an article sent to the editor is obligatorily the author or the co-author. It guarantees the originality of its text, the exclusivity of its sending to the editorial staff of the journal, the accuracy of the professional data presented, the sources used and the dates of consultation of the referenced sites. Anyone who agrees to appear and appear as an author (up to two authors) of the article must have actively participated (partially or totally) in the research, writing and corrections of the article. It is the responsibility of the author to point out and thank all the collaborators who may have intervened directly in the research, the laboratories and institutions that support it and the funding if they exist. The author must immediately notify the editor if the text he proposes is a translation of the original or if a publication of the article in another language has already taken place, knowing that the GERFLINT mainly publishes and distributes articles in French language but without exclusiveness. The submission of an article to the editor also implies the renunciation of the sending of the same article to other publishers or any other system of publication, distribution, reproduction, including another review of the GERFLINT. It also means full acceptance of the evaluation and correction process and the obligation to comply with it. The definitive evaluation of the article is subject to the signature, by the author, of a declaration on honor ensuring that the text is original and unpublished in its entirety and expressing its knowledge of the standards that govern the operation of the journal. The author, the exclusive owner of the intellectual rights, assigns to Gerflint Publishing rights of exploitation of his article. He undertakes to inform the editorial staff if it is impossible to respect the deadlines or to honor his participation.
5. How to quote an article
- Electronic format
Regardless of the publisher's standards, the following data must be included: Author's name, Author's first name, date of publication, Title of article, title of journal, number, title of volume, name of coordinators , place of publication (Sylvains les Moulins), name of the publisher (Gerflint editions), pagination, date of consultation.
- Printed format
Regardless of the publisher's standards, the following data must be included: Author's name, Author's first name, date of publication, Title of article, title of journal, number, title of volume, name of coordinators , place of publication (Sylvains les Moulins), name of the publisher (Gerflint editions), pagination.