About the Journal

Aims and Scope

Malaysian Journal of ELT Research (MaJER) aims to advance knowledge of and to develop expertise in critical and scientific inquiry in English language teaching and learning. The journal is intended for academics, researchers, teacher educators and graduate students who are involved in research and dissemination of knowledge in the field.

This refereed open access journal is published in two issues (June and December) annually.

Authors are invited to submit articles that focus on new theoretical perspectives, syntheses of research, discussions of methodological issues and scholarly analyses of issues in ELT. Articles may also include debates on a variety of perspectives, policy and theories, investigations of alternative modes of research in ELT, examination of trends in ELT and the advancement of knowledge and understanding of effective English language teaching and learning.

The journal is indexed by the Malaysian Citation Centre and also listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.

 

Publication Ethics

The following guidelines are in accordance to (Committee on Publication Ethics) COPE’s guidelines.

Editor Responsibilities

  • Editors are accountable and should take responsibility for everything they publish

Editor should:

  • make fair and unbiased decisions independent from commercial consideration and ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process
  • adopt editorial policies that encourage maximum transparency and complete, honest reporting
  • guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct
  • pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct
  • critically assess the ethical conduct of studies in humans and animals
  • have appropriate policies in place for handling editorial conflicts of interest
  • Peer reviewers and authors should be told what is expected of them

Author Responsibilities

  • The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation.

Authors should:

  • present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation
  • strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by others
  • adhere to publication requirements that submitted work is original, is not plagiarised, and has not been published elsewhere
  • take collective responsibility for submitted and published work
  • The authorship of research publications should accurately reflect individuals’ contributions to the work and its reporting
  • Funding sources and relevant conflicts of interest should be disclosed

References:

1. Kleinert S. & Wager E. (2011). Responsible research publication: international standards for editors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 51 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7)

2. Wager E. & Kleinert S. (2011). Responsible research publication: international standards for authors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 50 in: Mayer T & Steneck N (eds) Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 309-16). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7)