Editorial Policy

Unpublished material 

Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before in English, is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and has been read and approved of by all its authors. Authors submitting papers for publication warrant that the work does not infringe on any existing copyright and indemnify the publisher against any such infringement.

Conflict of interest 

For every submission to Journal of Transcultural Communication (JTC), Template for Author’s Statementsneeds to be customized/filled out by the submitting author on behalf of all other authors and uploaded as separate files at the time of the original submission. For more information on how to fill the form please consult Author and ethical statements instructions.

Copyright 

Manuscripts are accepted on condition of transfer of copyright (for U.S. government employees: to the extent transferable) to the publisher. Once the manuscript has been accepted, it may not be published elsewhere without the consent of the copyright holders.

Authorship 

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section.

Peer-review process 

The journal uses double-blind peer review model. Each paper will be refereed by a minimum of two reviewers. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Authors may suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor’s decision. The final decision of acceptance is made by the Editor-in-Chief.

Scientific Misconduct 

This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note.